Earlier this month Federal Reserve chair janet yellen said a hike in the key rate would likely be decided at next weeks meeting but that would only happen if employment and inflation continued to evolve in line with expectations of fed policy makers. It would be the feds first rate increase since december and also the first for president Donald Trumps administration. Investors are also waiting to hear what yellen has to say about the pace of future rate hikes after the policy meeting. Japans Prime Minister says his administration will end its main u. N. Peacekeeping mission in south sudan. The government will not send another team to replace the current unit. Translator the current team will return around the end of may after completing construction of the roads they are working on. The mission reached the fiveyear mark in january. That makes it the longest of its kind. Sdf personnel helped build main roads linking the capital to other cities. And contributed to the countrys developmen
Choo said change of government is the only hope for the nation. Park jiewon of the Peoples Party said the people are disappointed that she did not accept the ruling or express remorse. On monday lawmakers close to park visited her home, but she did not appear in public. Local media report that a Cabinet Meeting will be held for scheduling an election with a date likely abe announced this week. Media also say prosecutors are likely to question the former president for the first time this week to determine whether she accepted bribes from a conglomerate. Nine Embassy Staff and their families are stranding there because of a travel ban. The two countries have been locked in a diplomatic row over the killing of the north diplomatic killing. Prime minister has said his country will keep the lines of communication open to find a solution. Kim jongnam was attacked last month with a toxic nerve agent. He died on the way to a hospital. Malaysia has not directly blamed north korea but is investi
Choo said change of government is the only hope for the nation. Park jiewon of the Peoples Party said the people are disappointed that she did not accept the ruling or express remorse. On monday lawmakers close to park visited her home, but she did not appear in public. Local media report that a Cabinet Meeting will be held for scheduling an election with a date likely abe announced this week. Media also say prosecutors are likely to question the former president for the first time this week to determine whether she accepted bribes from a conglomerate. Nine Embassy Staff and their families are stranding there because of a travel ban. The two countries have been locked in a diplomatic row over the killing of the north diplomatic killing. Prime minister has said his country will keep the lines of communication open to find a solution. Kim jongnam was attacked last month with a toxic nerve agent. He died on the way to a hospital. Malaysia has not directly blamed north korea but is investi
Theyre used in the 2020 tokyo summer games. A scandal in western japan is widening over the controversial sale of stateowned land at a deep discount. It was sold to a School Operator that would teach a curriculum seen as supportive of the Prime Minister and have his wife as honorary principal. Now the governor of osaka is suggesting the Central Government played a role in securing the deal. Ichiro matsui said government officials asked the prefecture to make recommendations in favor of the schools operator. The officials reportedly said it is a necessary move to present the deal to the Central Government. Translator Central Government officials have often visited our prefectures officials in charge of private school affairs. So we said we could accept an application if the government is selling the land. Two years ago, a prefectural panel made recommendations backing moritomo mogakus bid for an Elementary School. Matsui suggested the recommendation was in response to the governments re
Agents. With reduction of overall numbers. Do you anticipate a need to reexamine and restructure how the Border Patrolmans bases and Forward Operating bases . I share very much the concern we discussed on this hiring issue. For the Border Patrol to be in a downward spiral, which means were not able to hire as fast as attrition is very concerning. I have talked with your staff also about the number of programs that we put in place, particularly to speed up the process. So in these new hiring hubs we can get people through in 160 days until at times, well over a year. That is important. The close cooperation with the department of defense as people leave the department of defense and the active duty military to be able to hire them into the Border Patrol or into customs and Border Protection is particularly important. Working with congress for additional pay for very difficult locations where they work, hardship reimbursement would be particularly helpful. Along with things that weve dis