Underscoring japans relationship with the asean relationship and boosting ties with the two indopacific cntris. Translator at the two summits we created japans wish to create a peaceful and prosperous future in the region together with asean nations. We agreed to deepen cooperation toward that goal. Strengthening the japanasean partnership will lead to Economic Prosperity and will become a cornerstone of a free and open indopacific. Suga stressed that japan opposes activities that endanger security in the south china sea, urging involved parties to follow the rule of law. The comments are in apparent reference to chinas increasing maritime activities in the region. Beijing and other asean countries, including vietnam, have competing territorial claims. The Prime Minister also said japan will work with vietnam and indonesia to revitalize all three economies in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Translator with vietnam, we agreed to resume regular flights connecting the two countries
Stuart 10 00 eastern. We check the money for you. The nasdaq is down 77. Modest losses. The important numbers, the yield on the 10 year treasury going up 486, close to 5 . Price of oil, any expansion of the war in the middle east going up now. You are up a point and 1 2, 88 a barrel. Bitcoin, not much, cryptos, wednesday morning, how the markets are doing, now this. 4 00 eastern time President Biden steps out of air force one to begin his brief visit to israel, the trip being derailed by the explosion of a hospital in gaza. The leaders of jordan, egypt and the palestinian authority, he did meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The president s demeanor, he looked tired, was not forceful, was not robust, the two leaders heart leave made eye contact, netanyahu said hamas must be deleted, not the same as saying they must be crushed, lightening up a little there. President biden said israel does not appear to be behind the hospital explosion. Based on what i see, the other team, not
Bottom line at novo nordisk and shares moving in an interesting direction overseas. And looking at the u. S. And what jay powell said could give emerging markets a boost today it is thursday, may 2nd, 2024. You are watching Worldwide Exchange here on cnbc good morning and welcome to Worldwide Exchange. Were coming to you live from cnbc london. Lets get you ready for the trading day ahead. Wall street is waking up with whiplash after the rally that saw the dow surge 500 points higher and ending the day with marginal gains u. S. Stock futures are trying to build on the gains you see they are gleareen acros board. Dow opening at 120 points higher nasdaq off the highs from earlier, but up. 50 all this after jay powell ruled out the next move by the central bank which could be a hike my expectation is that we will, over the course of the year, see inflation move back down thats my forecast i think my confidence is that is lower than it was because of the data we have seen. It is unlikely th
Stage 24 hour strikes. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Six people have been killed after a seaplane crashed into a river north of sydney its thought four of the victims may be british. Police say the plane was on a sightseeing flight ahead of new Year Celebrations at Sydney Harbour bridge to the bodies of five passengers and the pilot have been recovered from the wreckage. An confirmed reports say an 11 year old boy is among those killed. Officers say they dont know yet why the plane went down. Officers say they dont yet know why the plane went down. For reasons that are not known at this stage, the plane had hit the water, and it has subsequently sunk. It is sitting in approximately 13 metres of water. At the time of the collision, the plane had a pilot and five passengers on board. I can confirm the six people on the plane are deceased. I do not have details, or cannot confirm, the identity or ages of the people on the plane. It is early in the investigation, and we are worki
For an hour and 40 minutes tonight police chase add white van through south jersey into philadelphia, back into south jersey, and finally into philadelphia again. At times, it was high speed, at times it was slow speed. But finally it was no speed. As a philadelphia trooper brought this bizarre odyssey to an end. Monday night, the big story on action news, the nightlong effort to catch a thief. It began at 8 00 with what they call a shotgun robbery. The police began a slow chase towards the walt whitman bridge. The driver went over the bridge into a navy yard where it hit a police car. The Oaklyn Police were still giving chase as it headed back into new jersey. And the deptford mall it made a tour of the parking lot. Residential neighborhoods, and believe it or not, back to the walt whitman and into philadelphia through old city the Historic District center city and back south on 95. Thats when the police tried, and almost succeeded, in boxing him in. And it seemed that he was surround