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The Bank of Japan ends its negative interest rate policy, opting for its first hike in 17 years
Japan's central bank raised its benchmark interest rate Tuesday for the first time in 17 years, ending a longstanding policy of negative rates meant to boost the economy.
World
Israelis evacuated from the Lebanese border wonder if they'll ever return
For four years, Sivan Shoshani Partush recruited families for Kibbutz Malkiya, a community of around 400 that she calls her ''little slice of heaven.'' It wasn't a hard sell: spacious homes, beautiful nature, paths winding through manicured lawns, and a slower pace of life than in Israel's frantic cities.
World
Cuba protests US comments following protests against power blackouts, food shortages
Cuba's government on Monday protested as interventionist comments from the U.S. Embassy on the island following demonstrations against power blackouts and food shortages by hundreds of people in eastern Cuba.
World
Detention of 3 teens over gruesome killing of 13-year-old classmate sparks debate in China
In the last recorded moments before the 13-year-old boy's death, surveillance cameras showed him sitting on a scooter, surrounded by three classmates. An hour later, his phone went dead, kicking off a frantic search by relatives.
Sports
Olympic great Perkins warns doping-allowed Enhanced Games are 'borderline criminal'
Olympic great and Australian Sports Commission chief Kieren Perkins says ''someone will die'' if a multi-sport event that he called ''borderline criminal'' and which allows banned performance-enhancing substances goes ahead.