Key words : us treasury deadline
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US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has set an estimated deadline of June 5 for raising the country's debt limit to avoid default. Her previous estimate was as early as June 1.
Yellen urged quick action in a letter on Friday to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and other Congressional leaders.
She wrote that the Treasury Department will make more than 130 billion dollars' worth of scheduled payments in the first two days of June, including those to veterans as well as Social Security and Medicare recipients.
She added that these payments will leave Treasury with an extremely low level of resources.
She warned the Congressional leaders that past debt impasses show that waiting until the last minute can cause serious harm, including a negative impact on US credit ratings.
She wrote, "If Congress fails to increase the debt limit, it would cause severe hardship to American families, harm our global leadership position, and raise questions about our ability to defend our national security interests."
Key words : biden optimistic
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Key words : japan and the united next-generation
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Japan and the United States have agreed to strengthen cooperation in the field of next-generation semiconductors.
Japanese Economy Minister Nishimura Yasutoshi and US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo discussed economic prosperity and security on Friday in Detroit, Michigan.
A joint statement issued after the meeting says the two countries will encourage cooperation in road-mapping for technological and human resource development. It also says they will cooperate to identify and resolve geographic concentrations of production undermining semiconductor supply-chain resilience.
Following their talks, Nishimura told reporters that he and Raimondo agreed to hold a second US-Japan economic two-plus-two meeting as soon as possible. The first took place last July in Washington.
He added that the joint statement will help to strengthen cooperation between the two countries in the field of economic security.
Key words : brazil announced
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Brazil's government has announced that the 2025 UN conference on climate change, known as COP30, will be held in Belem in the Amazon region.
Belem is a major city of 1.5 million people near the mouth of the Amazon River in the country's north. It will be Brazil's first time to host the UN climate conference.
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said in a video call on Friday that the Amazon was widely discussed at every COP conference he has taken part in.
He added that he wanted his country to host the conference so that people can see and get to know the Amazon and its tropical rainforest.
As president-elect, Lula had expressed a willingness to host a COP conference at the COP27 in November, 2022, in Egypt.
Two-thirds of the Amazon rainforest is in Brazil. Deforestation accelerated under Lula's predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro, who promoted development over conservation.
Deforestation is so far down 40 percent from the same period last year since Lula took office in January.
Lula apparently hopes to demonstrate to the international community his administration's commitment to conserving the Amazon and its rainforest.
Key words : us court 18 years
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A US court has sentenced the founder of a far-right extremist group to 18 years in prison in connection with the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol by supporters of former US President Donald Trump.
The federal district court in Washington handed down the sentence for Stewart Rhodes on Thursday. US media say it is the heaviest punishment given so far to any of the more than 600 people found guilty of involvement in the riot.
Rhodes, the founder of the Oath Keepers, is accused of plotting to use force to overturn the election defeat of then US President Trump and obstruct a peaceful transition of power. He was convicted in November of last year on charges of seditious conspiracy.
The Justice Department said Rhodes sent a text to supporters stating, "We aren't getting through this without a civil war" and bought weapons with him in an attempt to occupy the Capitol.
Before handing down the sentence, the judge said, "You, sir, present an ongoing threat and a peril to this country."
Rhodes remained defiant saying, "Like President Trump, my only crime is opposing those who are destroying our country."
The court also sentenced three other Oath Keepers to prison terms ranging from four to 12 years.
Key words : sri lanka restructuring
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The president of debt-riddled Sri Lanka aims to conclude negotiations with creditors including Japan by October at the latest.
Speaking to NHK in Tokyo on Friday, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said, "We'd like to finish it off by September, October, before I present the budget in November."
Sri Lanka suspended external debt payments in April of last year. Fiscal policy failures and other factors triggered price rises and a sharp depreciation of the country's currency.
The first round of restructuring talks took place earlier this month. China is believed to be Sri Lanka's largest creditor, but attended only as an observer.
Wickremesinghe urged Beijing to participate in the discussion, saying, "We have proposed that everyone joins together."
The Sri Lankan leader met Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio on Thursday. He says he told Kishida that his country intends to apply for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership. And he says he wants Sri Lanka to join a trans-Pacific trade agreement known as the CPTPP.
Key words : ukrainian man wounded
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A Ukrainian man wounded by Russian shelling is returning to his country after spending one year receiving treatment in Japan.
Anton Kornishuk departed from Narita Airport near Tokyo on Friday night.
The 38-year-old was seriously hurt in a Russian mortar attack near Kyiv in March last year. He was serving as a combat medic at the time.
Kornishuk was studying Japanese at a university in Lviv in western Ukraine. He came to Japan in May last year with the help of his teacher and others, and was admitted to Chiba University Hospital.
He told NHK that he is grateful to the hospital staff, but has mixed feelings about heading home.
Kornishuk said he will rejoin the fight against Russia and enter the military as soon as he is ready.
Physician Matsuura Yusuke says Kornishuk has recovered beyond expectations. The doctor added that he does not want his patient to engage in fighting.
Matsuura also said he would like to visit Ukraine once peace has been restored.
Key words : south airliner
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A South Korean airliner landed with one of its doors open in Daegu on Friday. Police are questioning a male passenger who says he pulled the lever to open the door.
Asiana Airlines says 194 people were on the domestic flight. Some passengers were taken to hospital with breathing difficulties. Their symptoms are said not to be serious.
The airline says an emergency door suddenly opened at an altitude of about 200 meters, shortly before the plane was to land in Daegu. The plane had taken off from the southern island of Jeju.
Footage posted on social media shows wind blowing through the open door buffeting passenger's hair and seat covers.
Asiana says a man in his 30s seated just in front of the emergency exit has admitted opening the door.
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