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(Reuters) -PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan is recovering from a “medical situation”, the U.S.-based circuit said on Tuesday. A joint statement by Monahan and the PGA Tour Policy Board said day-to-day operations will be led by Tour executives Ron Price and Tyler Dennis during Monahan’s absence. It did not reveal the nature of the medical issue. The news comes after a tumultuous week in the sport with the PGA Tour […]

By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is thought increasingly likely to call a snap election, perhaps within days. No election for the powerful lower house of parliament needs to be held until 2025, but Kishida is eager to solidify his grip on the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to ensure his victory in a party leadership race in September 2024 and extend his time as […]

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida may dissolve the country’s lower house of parliament if the opposition submits a no-confidence vote on Friday, and the dissolution would come the same day, Fuji TV reported. Speculation that Kishida would call an election has intensified as his public approval ratings rose after he hosted the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Hiroshima, his home base. An election for parliament’s more powerful […]

By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is thought increasingly likely to call a snap election, perhaps within days. No election for the powerful lower house of parliament needs to be held until 2025, but Kishida is eager to solidify his grip on the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to ensure his victory in a party leadership race in September 2024 and extend his time as […]

By Stephen Nellis SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Amazon Web Services, the world’s largest cloud computing provider, is considering using new artificial intelligence chips from Advanced Micro Devices Inc, though it has not made a final decision, an AWS executive told Reuters. The remarks came during an AMD event where the chip company outlined its strategy for the AI market, which is dominated by rival Nvidia Corp. Despite AMD disclosing some […]

TOKYO (Reuters) -A member of the Japan Self-Defence Force (SDF) was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of attempted murder after a shooting incident that resulted in at least one fatality, local media reported. An 18-year-old SDF member injured three other personnel with automatic weapon fire, killing one, public broadcaster NHK reported, citing the defence ministry. Another report by NTV said two of the victims were without vital signs. Chief Cabinet […]

SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – China’s central bank is widely expected to cut the borrowing cost of medium-term policy loans for the first time in 10 months on Thursday, after it lowered two key short-term policy rates, a Reuters poll showed. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) cut its seven-day reverse repo rate and standing lending facility (SLF) rate by 10 basis points on Tuesday, signalling possible easing for longer-term rates to […]

By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) – The number of people forcibly displaced around the world has climbed to a record 110 million people, the head of the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) said, with conflicts in Ukraine and Sudan spurring millions of people to flee their homes. The increase of around 19 million people to 108.4 million by the end of last year is the biggest annual jump on record, UNHCR […]

(Reuters) – Venezuelans seeking asylum abroad nearly tripled in 2022, according to the United Nations refugee agency, which found that more than two in five new asylum applicants globally last year came from Latin America and the Caribbean. Venezuelan asylum applications surged 186% last year to 264,000 amid an economic crisis which began in 2014, leaving many struggling to afford basic goods and services and prompting the largest refugee exodus […]