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![As UK election looms, Bank of England set to sit tight on rate](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/de/e7/aa/As-UK-election-looms--Bank-of-Engla-800121_small.jpg)
As UK election looms, Bank of England set to sit t...
The Bank of England was set to hold its interest rate steady on Thursday despite slowing UK inflation, with higher price risks and...
![Japan seeks more visitors despite overtourism woes](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/5c/09/c2/Japan-seeks-more-visitors-despite-o-771114_small.jpg)
Japan seeks more visitors despite overtourism woes
Japan's tourism chief said Thursday its ambitious goal of luring 60 million foreign tourists a year -- more than double the curren...
![Asian markets swing as traders assess rates outlook](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/de/e7/aa/Asian-markets-swing-as-traders-asse-181322_small.jpg)
Asian markets swing as traders assess rates outloo...
Asian markets drifted Thursday as investors try to gauge the outlook for US interest rates, while also keeping tabs on development...
![As election looms, BoE set to sit tight on UK rate](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/de/e7/aa/As-election-looms--BoE-set-to-sit-t-147847_small.jpg)
As election looms, BoE set to sit tight on UK rate
The Bank of England was set to hold its interest rate steady on Thursday despite slowing UK inflation, with higher price risks and...
![Ecuador experiences hours-long nationwide power outage](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/9e/d9/28/Ecuador-experiences-hours-long-nati-303181_small.jpg)
Ecuador experiences hours-long nationwide power ou...
Ecuador suffered a nationwide blackout for several hours Wednesday as the electrical grid failed, with metro services, road traffi...
![Booking.com sounds alarm on AI-enabled travel scams](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/d5/0c/70/Booking-com-sounds-alarm-on-AI-enab-171123_small.jpg)
Booking.com sounds alarm on AI-enabled travel scam...
As travellers rush to book their summer getaways, Booking.com's internet safety boss says watch out for supercharged AI scams.
![Last collective-run Paris cinema saved](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/ed/b0/12/Last-collective-run-Paris-cinema-sa-082177_small.jpg)
Last collective-run Paris cinema saved
The last Paris cinema run by a collective has been saved from closure with the help of Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino, as s...
![Air pollution linked to nearly 2,000 child deaths a day: report](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/1a/60/66/Air-pollution-linked-to-nearly-2-00-176516_small.jpg)
Air pollution linked to nearly 2,000 child deaths...
Nearly 2,000 children die every day from health problems linked to air pollution, which is now the second biggest risk factor for...
![S.Africa's Ramaphosa sworn in for second full term as president](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/b4/fc/bc/S-Africa-s-Ramaphosa-sworn-in-for-s-131198_small.jpg)
S.Africa's Ramaphosa sworn in for second full term...
South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa was sworn in for a second full term as president in Pretoria on Wednesday, after his weakened Afric...
![France arrests 8 in New Caledonia including independence leader](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/c3/8f/04/France-arrests-8-in-New-Caledonia-i-813088_small.jpg)
France arrests 8 in New Caledonia including indepe...
French police arrested eight people in Pacific territory New Caledonia Wednesday, prosecutors said, including one of the leaders o...
![Shouts, fights, vomit: Polish city grapples with drunk tourists](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/f9/cf/6c/Shouts--fights--vomit--Polish-city--870704_small.jpg)
Shouts, fights, vomit: Polish city grapples with d...
Late evening, downtown Krakow goes from historic landmark to hub for stag nights, pub crawls and wild parties. Now, fed up with th...
![EU to warn France, Italy and more over unruly budgets](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/0d/80/bb/EU-to-warn-France--Italy-and-more-o-744468_small.jpg)
EU to warn France, Italy and more over unruly budg...
The European Union is expected on Wednesday to rebuke nearly 10 governments, including France and Italy, over their excessive spen...
![Most Asian markets advance after latest Wall St record](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/35/9e/3a/Most-Asian-markets-advance-after-la-775885_small.jpg)
Most Asian markets advance after latest Wall St re...
Equities rose across most of Asia on Wednesday following yet another record day in New York fuelled by data that boosted US intere...
![South Africa's Ramaphosa to be sworn in as president](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/b4/fc/bc/South-Africa-s-Ramaphosa-to-be-swor-116816_small.jpg)
South Africa's Ramaphosa to be sworn in as preside...
South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa is to be sworn in as president at a ceremony in Pretoria on Wednesday, after his weakened African N...
![Mouse shakers, power naps: Corporate America fights 'keyboard fraud'](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/88/8a/d7/Mouse-shakers--power-naps--Corporat-721781_small.jpg)
Mouse shakers, power naps: Corporate America fight...
A US banking giant fired more than a dozen employees for "simulating keyboard activity," highlighting a battle within productivity...
![Fresh records for Nvidia, Nasdaq despite sluggish retail sales data](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/06/c7/7a/Fresh-records-for-Nvidia--Nasdaq-de-884841_small.jpg)
Fresh records for Nvidia, Nasdaq despite sluggish...
Nvidia edged out other tech giants Tuesday to become the world's most valuable publicly traded company, a rise that also helped li...
![US LGBTQ club shooter given another 55 life sentences](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/e6/d4/ee/US-LGBTQ-club-shooter-given-another-734186_small.jpg)
US LGBTQ club shooter given another 55 life senten...
A mass shooter who killed five people at an LGBTQ club in the US state of Colorado pleaded guilty to hate crimes Tuesday over the...
![AI goes mainstream as 'AI PCs' hit the market](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/cd/38/89/AI-goes-mainstream-as--AI-PCs--hit--221537_small.jpg)
AI goes mainstream as 'AI PCs' hit the market
A new line of PCs specially made to run artificial intelligence programs hit stores on Tuesday as tech companies push toward wider...
![Kenya scraps most new tax hikes amid protest clashes](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/1d/4a/ec/Kenya-scraps-most-new-tax-hikes-ami-111447_small.jpg)
Kenya scraps most new tax hikes amid protest clash...
Kenya's government on Tuesday scrapped plans to impose multiple tax hikes, the presidency said, amending a controversial bill that...
![Boeing CEO recognizes 'gravity' of safety crisis but sees 'progress'](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/c5/56/41/Boeing-CEO-recognizes--gravity--of--314101_small.jpg)
Boeing CEO recognizes 'gravity' of safety crisis b...
Boeing's CEO acknowledged to a US congressional panel Tuesday that the company's culture was imperfect, but insisted the aviation...
![Nvidia becomes world's most valuable company on stock market](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/e2/c8/5e/Nvidia-becomes-world-s-most-valuabl-781374_small.jpg)
Nvidia becomes world's most valuable company on st...
Nvidia edged ahead of other tech companies Tuesday to become the world's most valuable publicly traded company in the latest sign...
![Senior US Fed official optimistic about inflation fight](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/31/93/3f/Senior-US-Fed-official-optimistic-a-377111_small.jpg)
Senior US Fed official optimistic about inflation...
A senior Federal Reserve official said Tuesday that she is optimistic about the US central bank's progress against inflation, and...
![Biden seeks to relax visa rules in wake of crackdown on illegal border crossers](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/3f/cf/12/Biden-seeks-to-relax-visa-rules-in--811128_small.jpg)
Biden seeks to relax visa rules in wake of crackdo...
President Joe Biden announced Tuesday a new potential citizenship path for immigrants married to US nationals, balancing a recent...
![Kenya scraps most new tax hikes as hundreds protest](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/1d/4a/ec/Kenya-scraps-most-new-tax-hikes-as--210150_small.jpg)
Kenya scraps most new tax hikes as hundreds protes...
Kenya's government on Tuesday walked back plans to impose multiple tax hikes, the presidency said, amending a controversial bill t...
![US retail sales come in below expectations in May](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/9e/f1/ff/US-retail-sales-come-in-below-expec-671717_small.jpg)
US retail sales come in below expectations in May
US retail sales came in below expectations for a second straight month in May as gas station revenues fell sharply, the governmen...
![Swede freed in Iran prisoner swap gets a 'yes' from boyfriend](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/14/12/00/Swede-freed-in-Iran-prisoner-swap-g-172711_small.jpg)
Swede freed in Iran prisoner swap gets a 'yes' fro...
A Swedish man freed in a rare prisoner swap with Iran proposed marriage to his boyfriend just minutes after his return home, the g...
!['Victory for the people': Thailand approves same-sex marriage](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/f4/72/25/-Victory-for-the-people---Thailand--981981_small.jpg)
'Victory for the people': Thailand approves same-s...
Thailand on Tuesday became the first country in Southeast Asia to legalise same-sex marriage, in a historic parliamentary vote hai...
![Survivors recall horror of deadly double Indian train crash](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/27/d2/33/Survivors-recall-horror-of-deadly-d-611894_small.jpg)
Survivors recall horror of deadly double Indian tr...
Survivors of an Indian double train crash that killed nine people described on Tuesday their terror when a driver missed a signal...
![Boeing CEO to face Capitol Hill grilling](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/c5/56/41/Boeing-CEO-to-face-Capitol-Hill-gri-888587_small.jpg)
Boeing CEO to face Capitol Hill grilling
Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun will likely face tough questions Tuesday when a Senate panel grills the executive on safety problems, manu...
![Meteoric rise of South Korea's webtoons powers Nasdaq IPO](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/54/85/2e/Meteoric-rise-of-South-Korea-s-webt-116116_small.jpg)
Meteoric rise of South Korea's webtoons powers Nas...
When Bae Jin-soo quit his well-paying job at one of South Korea's biggest conglomerates to write stories, his parents were so upse...
![Asian markets rise with Wall St as traders eye latest US data](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/a8/12/3a/Asian-markets-rise-with-Wall-St-as--886677_small.jpg)
Asian markets rise with Wall St as traders eye lat...
Asian equities rallied Tuesday, tracking another tech-driven record on Wall Street, while investors awaited fresh US economic data...
![Racist slur probe dropped against Uruguay club football coach](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/e4/38/fa/Racist-slur-probe-dropped-against-U-678617_small.jpg)
Racist slur probe dropped against Uruguay club foo...
Uruguayan prosecutors have dropped an investigation into football coach Ricardo Caruso Lombardi, who quit his club last month amid...