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June 3, 2025TOKYO – Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba unveiled his intention to set up a council of relevant Cabinet ministers tasked with discussing how to deal with rising rice prices as early as this week, during a deliberative session of the House of Councillors’ Budget Committee on Monday.The aim of Ishiba’s envisaged council appears to being one of changing the government’s rice farming policy by, for example, reexamining the policy of rice production control that is still in effect today.The prime minister will chair the new council and ministers related to the rice policy will attend, such as Chief Cabinet…
The products featured in this article are from brands available in NBCUniversal Checkout. E! makes a commission on purchases. With over 20 seasons, ranging from the Mediterranean to the Down Under, few reality TV shows have provided as much drama as Bravo’s Below Deck franchise. Between the guests, the deck crew, and a no-nonsense captain (Captain Lee is my favorite, in case you were wondering), there’s no telling what this group of people will get into. If the closest you’ve ever gotten to a superyacht is the hit Bravo reality series, we’re in the same boat (pun totally intended). However, not…
Elon Musk laughs during a press event with US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 30, 2025.Allison Robbert | AFP | Getty Images In his first week away from the U.S. government’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency, Elon Musk is seeing positive activity in his companies. His brain tech startup Neuralink announced a $650 million funding round, while his electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla in May enjoyed a 213% year-on-year jump in sales in Norway.Of course, the causal link between those events and Musk’s departure from DOGE is tenuous. The funding process…
It was a day of celebration (and perhaps some tears of joy) for fans of the Big Bear, California, eaglets as Sunny took flight and left the family nest for the first time.For the last couple of months, animal lovers have become enamored and fascinated with wild female and male bald eagle couple Jackie and Shadow’s journey. From the laying of their eggs to the hatching of three eaglets, to now one of their offspring flying off to explore its surroundings.Three eaglets hatched in early March, with one dying mid-month. People have been able to watch the two surviving eaglets,…
YouTuber Ms. Rachel Reveals Inspiration Behind Baby Girl’s NameMs. Rachel is loving on her little one off-screen. The children’s YouTube personality (real name Rachel Griffin Accurso) recently shared a happy update on her new baby Susannah, 3 months. In a joint interview with her husband, composer Aron Accurso—with whom she also shares son Thomas, 7—on May 31, Rachel told TODAY.com, “She’s such a smiley, happy baby.” In the rare behind-the-scenes peek into their personal lives, Rachel also revealed how Susannah is fully benefitting from her special talents. “I had [Susannah] in front of me, and I was like, ‘I want to…
BOULDER, Colo. — Once again, the war in Gaza has come home to America.A man using what police called a “makeshift flamethrower” launched a gruesome attack on demonstrators in Boulder on Sunday, raising questions about why security wasn’t stronger in the wake of an earlier attack in Washington, D.C.Run for Their Lives, the organization behind the long-standing demonstration that advocated for the return of Israeli hostages, had anticipated that its members would have safety concerns.The group offered principles to make the events safer, including “don’t protest,” “be polite and peaceful” and “don’t disturb your neighbors.””Focus on humanity,” the guidance on…
June 3, 2025SEOUL – Exactly six months after the tense night of martial law on Dec. 3, South Koreans head to the polls today to elect a new president.Polling stations opened at 6 a.m. across the country and will close two hours later than usual at 8 p.m. due to the extraordinary nature of today’s vote. The by-election was triggered by the impeachment of former President Yoon Suk Yeol after his attempt to invoke emergency military rule — an extraordinary measure last used in 1980 — led to the conservative leader’s downfall.As of 9 a.m., voter turnout was 9.2 percent,…
BEIJING – The United States’ repeated and unpredictable policy shifts have not only enhanced the risk of deepening its economic and trade frictions with China, but have also weakened its credibility in the international market, analysts and exporters said on Monday.These policy shifts are undermining the confidence of global businesses and investors in US policies, market conditions and assets, they added.Their remarks came after the Ministry of Commerce urged the US to promptly rectify its wrongful actions. In a statement issued on Monday, the ministry said the US has seriously undermined the consensus reached during the China-US economic and trade…
The morning after a man hurled Molotov cocktails at a crowd of Jewish Americans in Boulder, Colo., Rabbi Noah Farkas celebrated the first day of Shavuot in the usual way: He read the Torah about the giving of the Ten Commandments to the Israelites at Mt. Sinai.But Farkas, the president of the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, said what was supposed to be a holiday celebrating the establishment of law and order was marred by the weekend violence.“The community is terrified,” Farkas said outside Temple Ramat Zion in Northridge.“It’s remarkable to me that those who want to assault us…
June 3, 2025NEW DELHI – Trade tensions and a decline in consumer confidence amid political and economic uncertainty have dented otherwise strong projected demand for air travel.While airlines are expected to carry a record 4.99 billion travellers in 2025 – 4 per cent more than in 2024 – the latest forecast is lower than the 5.22 billion projected by the International Air Transport Association (Iata) in December 2024.Still, airlines are expected to turn in higher profits despite the headwinds.Iata, a global trade body representing 350 carriers, said on June 2 that airline net profits are projected to be US$36 billion…