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Japan’s May wholesale inflation jumps, complicates BOJ rate hike path
Japan’s wholesale inflation jumped in May at the fastest annual pace in nine months, data showed on Wednesday, a sign the weak yen was adding upward pressure on prices by pushing up the cost of raw material imports. Read more
Australian wine exports to China rocket after Beijing drops tariffs
Australian wine makers shipped wine worth A$86 million ($57 million) to China in the month after Beijing lifted tariffs and should be confident of bumper sales going forward, the trade minister said on Wednesday. Read more
Scheffler able to laugh after arrest at PGA as he focuses on U.S. Open
World number one Scottie Scheffler says he is fully focused on the U.S. Open and picking up a sixth win of the season in Pinehurst, North Carolina, having put his arrest at the PGA Championship behind him. Read more
UConn legend Rebecca Lobo offers her take on Clark’s Olympic omission
Caitlin Clark was on the bench during the last quarter of the WNBA game against the Connecticut Sun Monday night. She had four fouls, the Indiana Fever trailed by double digits, and it was pretty clear she wasn’t going back in. Read more
Rory McIlroy plans to get creative with major breakthrough ‘close’
Rory McIlroy improved his finishing position each of the past five U.S. Opens culminating with a second place last year in Los Angeles when Wyndham Clark took home the trophy. Read more
BTS member Jin finishes army service in South Korea
Jin, 31, wearing his army uniform and a black beret, appeared emotional as he hugged his colleagues at a military base in Yeoncheon, Gyeonggi province, television footage showed. Read more
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Kaiser opens new mom and newborn center on Maui
Kaiser Permanente Hawaii today announced the opening of a new “Mom and Newborn Center” in Wailuku, Maui. Read more
Dan Hurley’s return boosts UConn’s three-peat odds
UConn flipped from the prospect of a mass exodus to being even stronger favorites to win a third consecutive national title with coach Dan Hurley spurning the Los Angeles Lakers to return to Storrs, Conn. Read more
U.S. unveils new task force aimed at cracking down on illicit e-cigarettes
The U.S. Justice Department and the Food and Drug Administration on Monday launched a new task force that will take aim at the sale and distribution of illicit e-cigarettes, in a move to protect youth from illegal vaping products. Read more
Hiker airlifted from Koko Head Crater Trail
HFD said the hiker, reportedly a man in his 20s, was unable to continue hiking. Read more
Mililani student among ‘Doodle for Google” finalists
The long-running Google contest invites K-12 students to try their hand at drawing a “Doodle” to celebrate young artists and the power of creativity. Read more
Theranos founder Holmes seeks to overturn fraud conviction
Amy Saharia, Holmes’ lawyer, told a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco that Holmes believed she was telling the truth when she told investors that Theranos’s miniature blood testing device could accurately run a broad array of medical diagnostic tests on a small amount of blood. Read more
As GameStop shares gyrate, Roaring Kitty faces ticking clock
The clock is ticking for Keith Gill, the stock influencer known on YouTube as “Roaring Kitty,” to lock in gains on his options position in GameStop as the company’s share price swings wildly and the expiration date for the contracts draws closer. Read more
NASA, Boeing push back Starliner’s crewed return to June 18
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft was originally expected to undock on Friday and return to Earth after launching its inaugural crew of two NASA astronauts from Florida on June 5. Read more
Navy warships deploy as Russian fleet makes close pass to Florida
The U.S. deployment includes three guided-missile destroyers — the USS Truxtun, USS Donald Cook and USS Delbert D. Black — as well as a Coast Guard cutter, the Stone, and a Boeing P-8 maritime patrol aircraft. Read more
Johnson & Johnson reaches $700M talc settlement with U.S. states
The settlement resolves charges that Johnson & Johnson misled consumers into believing its talc products, which it sold for more than a century before stopping, were safe. Read more
Pentagon: Israel did not use Gaza pier in hostage operation
Pentagon spokesperson Major General Patrick Ryder pushed back “on some of the inaccurate social media allegations,” stressing that the pier was not used during the Israeli military operation on Saturday to rescue four hostages held by Hamas. Read more
Chiquita held liable for deaths during Colombian civil war
The jury on Monday ordered the multinational banana producer to pay $38.3 million to 16 family members of farmers and other civilians who were killed in separate episodes by the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia. Read more
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