TOKYO (AP) - Japan's central bank says the world's third-biggest economy is "picking up" as demand recovers in other countries and remains resilient at home, though the trade deficit widened in April, for the tenth straight month.
The Bank of Japan ended a policy meeting on Wednesday with no change to its strategy of doubling the monetary base to reach a 2 per cent inflation target and jolt the economy out of two decades of stagnation. That outcome was expected.
MOORE (Oklahoma) (Reuters) - Emergency workers searched for survivors in the rubble of homes, schools and a hospital in an Oklahoma town hit by a powerful tornado, but officials on Tuesday sharply lowered the number of deaths caused by the storm.
The Oklahoma state medical examiner's office said 24 bodies had been recovered from the wreckage of Monday's storm, down from the 51 they had reported earlier. The earlier number likely reflected some double-counted deaths, said Ms Amy Elliott, chief administrative officer for the medical examiner.
（倫敦20日綜合電） 英國首相卡梅倫週一致函給10個皇家屬地和海外領土的領導人，敦促他們協助英國打擊逃稅和避稅。這些地區被視為避稅港。
卡梅倫呼籲他們正視納稅人交換情報，與透過在稅率低的地方設立虛假身分逃稅的“嚴重問題”。
巴西街頭日前上演肥皂劇般畫面，一名男子站在陽台對紅杏出牆的妻子興師問罪，至于情夫則只穿著一條內褲，偷偷摸摸地想從3樓陽台落跑。最后甚至直接跳樓，落在消防隊的氣墊上。
過程全被路人拍了下來，並放上YouTube分享，3天點閱率已破百萬。
英國一個穆斯林家庭今年2月到沙地阿拉伯伊斯蘭聖城麥加朝聖，期間遇上車禍，救護人員以為同行6人全部喪生。
但工作人員準備把屍體送進停屍間時，突然發現其中一個屍袋裏有東西在動，才發現一歲多的男童哈亞特（Eisa Hayat）仍然生還，堪稱奇跡。
（新德里21日綜合電）正在印度訪問的中國總理李克強，周一在印度總理曼莫漢．辛格為他舉行的歡迎儀式上，首次開口“秀”英文。
在歡迎儀式后，李克強先用中文發表講話，然后與曼莫漢握手，其間他突然用英文對印度記者說：“It will be headline of your newspaper？”（這會上你們報紙的頭條嗎？）當聽到記者答“Yes”后，李再握住辛格手對記者說：“Once again！”（再來一次！）聽者都為李的幽默而笑。
（香港21日綜合電）香港大學一項研究顯示，石斑魚類持續被濫捕，全球每年捕獲最少9000萬條，造成20種石斑魚類滅絕的威脅惡化。
其中8種屬瀕危、易危或近危水平，包括香港紅斑、西星和老鼠斑等。
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