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By Amy Tennery NEW YORK (Reuters) -American Madison Keys rode the home crowd’s support at Arthur Ashe Stadium to swat aside Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova 6-1 6-4 and reach the U.S. Open semi-finals on Wednesday. Keys, runner-up in 2017, has suffered a handful of early exits at her home Grand Slam in recent years but has excelled in the 2023 edition and is flourishing under the bright lights at Flushing […]

By Leika Kihara KOCHI, Japan (Reuters) -Bank of Japan policymaker Junko Nakagawa said on Thursday the central bank must maintain ultra-loose monetary policy for the time being due to uncertainty over prospects for achieving the bank’s 2% inflation target in a sustainable fashion. An increasing number of Japanese companies were raising prices and wages, Nakagawa said, adding that there was a chance inflation could accelerate more than initially expected. But […]

By Dave Graham MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico’s ruling party named former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum its candidate for next year’s presidential election on Wednesday, putting her in pole position to win the June 2 vote and become the country’s first woman president. Sheinbaum, 61, is a close ally of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and had been regarded as the strong favorite to win the national poll organized by […]

By Leika Kihara KOCHI, Japan (Reuters) -Bank of Japan policymaker Junko Nakagawa said on Thursday the central bank must maintain ultra-loose monetary policy for the time being due to uncertainty over prospects for achieving the bank’s 2% inflation target in a sustainable fashion. An increasing number of Japanese companies were raising prices and wages, Nakagawa said, adding that there was a chance inflation could accelerate more than initially expected. But […]

KOCHI, Japan (Reuters) – Bank of Japan board member Junko Nakagawa said on Thursday the central bank must maintain ultra-loose monetary policy for the time being. “We’re seeing some positive developments in Japan’s economy with signs of change in corporate price and wage-setting behaviour,” Nakagawa said in a speech to business leaders in the city of Kochi. “But we’re not at a stage where we can judge that Japan has […]

By Dave Graham MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico’s ruling party named former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum its candidate for next year’s presidential election on Wednesday, putting her in pole position to win the June 2 vote and become the country’s first woman president. Sheinbaum, 61, is a close ally of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and had been regarded as the strong favorite to win the national poll organized by […]

By Amy Tennery NEW YORK (Reuters) -Second seed Aryna Sabalenka crushed Zheng Qinwen 6-1 6-4 on Wednesday to reach her fifth straight Grand Slam semi-final and end the Chinese 23rd seed’s charmed run at the U.S. Open. Sabalenka, who will move top of the world rankings next week, will next face 17th seed Madison Keys after the American powered past Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova. The Belarusian leads Keys 2-1 in […]

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Tencent Holdings said its large language artificial intelligence (AI) model “Hunyuan” will be available for enterprise use from Thursday. The AI model has more than 100 billion parameters, the technology major said. (Reporting by Beijing Newsroom; Editing by Christopher Cushing) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

By Poonam Behura (Reuters) -National Australia Bank is planning to cut 222 back-office jobs, the Finance Sector Union (FSU) said in an emailed response to Reuters. FSU, a white-collar trade union, said NAB’s restructuring will impact its departments such as Personal Direct Lending, Technology and Operations, Corporate Finance and Client Coverage. This will result in job cuts, with hundreds of other staff to be redeployed, FSU added. “There is significant […]