Pro-Islamic State militants stormed a town and occupied a school in the southern Philippines early on Wednesday, a police officer said, on the same island where fighting between government troops and Islamist militants has entered its fifth week. Members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) were engaged in a gun battle with the military, […]
Read moreBank of Japan policymakers agreed that the amount of government debt purchases will fluctuate under its quantitative easing program, minutes of the central bank’s April 26-27 policy meeting showed on Wednesday. Members also said such fluctuations do not pose problems for the BOJ’s guidance on its market operations, the minutes showed. Policymakers also expressed more […]
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