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Pope Francis’ fascination with the devil took on remarkable new twists Tuesday, with a well-known exorcist insisting Francis helped “liberate” a Mexican man possessed by four different demons despite the Vatican’s insistence that no such papal exorcism took place. The case concerns a 43-year-old ...
Kazuhiro Shiraishi, 66, is a guest-house manager in the Izu-kogen Highlands, a famous resort area on the Izu Peninsula of Shizuoka Prefecture. Looking out onto the Pacific Ocean, and just 90 minutes by train from Tokyo, Izu has a warm climate all year round ...
“I was stopped by two men in a government-registered vehicle, blindfolded and dragged off the street. They took me away to a house in a place I did not know. I was forced into a room with blood all over the walls and floor, ...
Guitarist Dustin Wong hesitates for a split second. It’s a pause that would go unnoticed during most other sets, but Wong has spent the last 40 minutes seemingly in a trance while playing guitar and looping the notes via an array of pedals in ...
Tim Duncan saves the day as the Spurs hold off the Grizzlies in overtime
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde on Thursday called on Japan to reduce public debt and carry out structural reforms. The Bank of Japan’s new monetary easing policy launched earlier this month is “a positive step,” Lagarde told a news conference ahead of ...
The International Monetary Fund sharply raises its growth estimate for Japan, saying the central bank's new monetary easing policy will provide substantial stimulus.
The International Monetary Fund sharply raises its growth estimate for Japan, saying the central bank's new monetary easing policy will provide substantial stimulus.
Global central banks, including the Bank of Japan, buying assets and keeping interest rates low to boost growth have had “positive short-term effects for banks” even as risks from the policies are increasing, the International Monetary Fund said. “The prolonged period of low interest ...
IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said the Bank of Japan’s recently announced new monetary easing is “a positive step.” In a speech Wednesday at the Economic Club of New York, the head of the International Monetary Fund noted the emergence of a “three-speed” global ...
The world’s major developing nations are laying plans to combine their economic clout in a challenge to the role that U.S.- and European-led institutions such as the World Bank and International Monetary Fund play in global economic affairs. Meeting this week in Durban, South ...
Lawmakers in Cyprus on Tuesday rejected a bailout plan that would have rescued the country’s banks but forced savers to chip in for the cost, throwing down a gauntlet to the rest of Europe over the financial fate of the tiny island nation. The ...
Recent concerns about competitive currency devaluations are “overstated,” according to the International Monetary Fund. The yen’s recent sharp fall has sparked concerns about competitive devaluations, the IMF said Thursday in a report on global prospects and policy challenges. “Taking a broader perspective, however, such ...
The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday left its growth estimate for the Japanese economy this year steady at 1.2 percent despite the latest recession, after determining that the stimulative extra budget will likely spur a temporary recovery in the short term. “The recession is ...