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A board member of the Bank of Japan said on Sept. 5 (Thursday) that if companies continue to increase spending and wages, the nation's central bank would keep raising interest rates. "If inflation moves roughly in line with forecasts, and companies continue to boost spending, wages and pass on costs
![Stores in two South African provinces were ransacked for a fifth consecutive day, hours after President Cyril Ramaphosa deployed troops in a bid to quell unrest that has claimed over 70 lives. The premier of Gauteng province, which includes Johannesburg, said 10 bodies were found late on July 12 at a looted shopping centre in Soweto, on the city's outskirts.](https://img.visiontimes.com/2021/07/GettyImages-1233959533-768x512.jpg)
More than 70 Dead in South African Riots Following Jailing of Former President Jacob Zuma
Unrest in South Africa, following the jailing of former president Jacob Zuma, has claimed more than seventy...
![A Great Wall 236 submarine of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, billed by Chinese state media as a new type of conventional submarine, participates in a naval parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of China's PLA Navy in the sea near Qingdao, in eastern China's Shandong province on April 23, 2019.](https://img.visiontimes.com/2021/07/GettyImages-1138906135-768x512.jpg)
US Increasing Surveillance of Chinese Submarines: PRC Think Tank
A Beijing think tank stated in a recently published report that the United States is escalating its surveillance...
![Tablets suspected to be fentanyl are placed on a graph to measure their size at the Drug Enforcement Administration Northeast Regional Laboratory on October 8, 2019 in New York. Mexico’s drug cartels are perhaps the major cohort for the Chinese Triad, an arm of the Communist Party’s United Front Work Department, in the creation and import of America’s fentanyl endemic.](https://img.visiontimes.com/2021/07/GettyImages-1176401071-768x483.jpg)
Mexican Drug Cartels Laundering Money Through China’s Triads After Championing US Fentanyl Push
America’s deadly fentanyl crisis is championed by Mexico’s notorious drug cartels relying on chemical...
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UK to Encourage Use of COVID-19 Vaccine Passports After July 19 Reopening
The UK government had earlier proposed that July 19 would mark the end of all COVID-19 restrictions....
![Newport Wafer Fab is the UK's largest wafer fab, which produces 20nm processes that are mainly used as automotive wafers.](https://img.visiontimes.com/2021/07/image2-768x543.jpg)
China Buys UK’s Largest Semiconductor Firm, Raising National Security Concerns
With Beijing facing a chip shortage under U.S.-led global technology sanctions, Chinese companies have...
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WHO Buys 110 Million Chinese Vaccine Doses Through COVAX Diplomacy Arm
An international vaccine diplomacy effort coordinated by the World Health Organization and the Coalition...
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Cubans Protest Against Communist Regime Over Rising Prices and Shortages
Thousands of Cubans took to the streets of 16 cities, including the national capital of Havana, to voice...
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Virgin Founder Richard Branson Kicks Off Billionaire Space Tourism Race With Successful Unity 22 Mission
The billionaire space race was kicked off when Sir Richard Branson, the British founder of Virgin Galactic...
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BBC Loses 1 Million Subscribers, Plans to End Free TV for People Aged Above 75
The BBC seems to be facing a crisis of survival right on the heels of the global pandemic. Over the past...