- Reuters
Ex-BOJ official predicts Japan will keep intervening to prevent yen free-fall
Japan will likely keep intervening to prop up the yen until the risk of speculators triggering a free fall in the currency has been eliminated, said a former central bank official who was involved in Tokyo's market forays a decade ago. The yen jumped on Thursday on what traders suspect was the second day of intervention following such action on Monday to stem the currency's sharp declines. Japan's Ministry of Finance has declined to confirm whether it had stepped in, leaving markets on edge over the chance of another bout of intervention.
- PA Media: Sport
Premier League misses out on fifth Champions League spot for next season
Borussia Dortmund’s first-leg victory in the Champions League semi-final against PSG sealed Germany’s extra place.
- AFP
Clip of India's top opposition figure talking about paying unemployed youth taken out of context
Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi did not say in his livestreamed campaign speech on April 20, 2024 that his party will pay unemployed youth to monitor social media, contrary to social media posts that took his statement out of context. The clip was taken from a longer video, where Gandhi talked about his party's proposed apprenticeship programme for unemployed graduates.
