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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
![Police look on as a crowd surrounds the Petionville Police station where armed men, accused of being involved in the assassination of President Jovenel Moise, are being held in Port au Prince on July 8, 2021. Police in Haiti have surrounded a group of possible suspects in the assassination of President Jovenel Moise, the UN envoy to Haiti said.](https://img.visiontimes.com/2021/07/GettyImages-1233874826-768x551.jpg)
Haiti President Assassinated in Home, Country Faces Uncertain Future
Haiti police have killed four mercenaries who were allegedly involved in the assassination of the country...
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US Closing Last Afghanistan Base as Biden Continues Withdrawal
The U.S. military is on track to end its almost two-decade-long engagement in Afghanistan by Sept. 11...
![West Indies cricketer Chinelle Henry drops a catch during the 2nd Twenty20 (T20) match between Pakistan and West Indies' women cricket teams at the Southend Club Cricket Stadium in Karachi on February 1, 2019. Henry and her teammate Chedean Nation collapsed on field during a televised match against Pakistan in Antigua on July 2, 2021 just days after the club announced its roster had taken both doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine.](https://img.visiontimes.com/2021/07/GettyImages-1091977620-768x505.jpg)
Two Women’s Cricket Players Collapse on Field Three Days After Team Announces Full Vaccination Status
Two players from the West Indies women’s cricket team collapsed on the field during a televised match...
![A French court has dismissed a defense lawyer's request to take cultural differences into account in a rape case.](https://img.visiontimes.com/2021/07/sad-child-1759986_1920-768x512.jpg)
French Court Rejects Migrant Afghan Rapist’s ‘Culture’ Defense
A French court has convicted a migrant for the crime of rape after rejecting his defense argument of...
![A healthcare professional draws up a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the West Wales General Hospital in Carmarthen, Wales, on April 7, 2021. Britain on April 7 began rolling out its third coronavirus vaccine, from US company Moderna, as questions mounted over jabs from the country's main supplier, AstraZeneca.](https://img.visiontimes.com/2021/07/GettyImages-1232157267-768x512.jpg)
UK Plans to Give ‘Most Vulnerable’ People Third Vaccine Dose in September, Also Targets Children
On June 30, the UK Department of Health and Social Care announced that millions of people “most vulnerable...
![Apple Daily journalists get emotional after thanking supporters gathered outside their office in Hong Kong early on June 24, 2021, as the pro-democracy tabloid was forced to close after 26 years under a sweeping new national security law.](https://img.visiontimes.com/2021/07/GettyImages-1233622149-768x512.jpg)
UK Government Uncommitted to Strong Action Against China While ‘Hong Kong is Getting Darker’
July 1, 2021, was the 24th anniversary of the UK’s handover of Hong Kong, which ended the 156-year British...
![Tesla boss Elon Musk (L) walks with Shanghai Mayor Ying Yong during the ground-breaking ceremony for a Tesla factory in Shanghai on January 7, 2019.](https://img.visiontimes.com/2021/07/GettyImages-1078753032-768x547.jpg)
Tesla Recalls 300,000 Made-in-China Model 3 and Model Y Cars
Electronic vehicle (EV) market leader Tesla ran into its first entanglement with the Chinese regulatory...
![Protecting Taiwan is now part of Japan's strategy against China.](https://img.visiontimes.com/2021/07/warship-5412870_1920-768x512.jpg)
Japan Says Willing to Defend Taiwan Against PRC Invasion
In 1895, Japan invaded Taiwan and occupied the country for five decades until 1945, when the Japanese...
![Oil-storage tanks are seen from above in Carson, California, April 25, 2020 after the price for crude plunged into negative territory for the first time in history on April 20. Although oil prices have stabilized somewhat since the unprecedented dive, the world remains in the throes of a glut of crude oil caused by a precipitous fall in demand due to the global coronavirus pandemic coupled with a lack of storage capacity for crude already in transit or still being produced.](https://img.visiontimes.com/2021/07/GettyImages-1211017768-768x575.jpg)
Oil Prices Soar to Six-Year High Amidst OPEC Plus Infighting, Creating Winners and Losers
Infighting among key players of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Plus alliance...