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The United States issued a fresh warning to Japan against competitive currency devaluation Saturday, exposing a rift on exchange rate policy.

The World Bank announced Saturday the creation of the Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility, which would help nations combat deadly and costly disease outbreaks.

The program, launched because of overstated vehicle fuel efficiency, covers about 135,000 U.S. owners and 11,000 in Canada, GM said.

Recent terror attacks in Paris and Brussels have dampened the demand for the Eurostar railway service.

Next week's gathering in Japan is expected to yield a “go your own way” response from member nations on economic growth strategies.

The number of Americans filing for jobless aid fell from a 14-month high last week, the latest sign that the economy is regaining speed.

Meanwhile, Japan's Nikkei rose 1 percent thanks to a weaker yen, which fell to a three-week low against the dollar.

Tetsuro Aikawa will resign over the Japanese automaker’s fuel economy data scandal.

The Japanese automaker said the tests were conducted on 16 models sold in the country and about 2.1 million vehicles were affected.

Japan, which in 2013 beat Istanbul and Madrid to host the games, has had a number of issues with the bid, including scrapping the design for the centerpiece Olympic stadium, delaying construction.

The presumptive Republican nominee will meet the GOP’s foreign policy veteran Wednesday in New York, according to a report.

The world’s third-largest economy expanded by an annualized 1.7 percent in January-March, much more than a median market forecast for a 0.2 percent increase.

Meanwhile, markets are watching Japan, which could postpone a planned sales tax hike to support the country's flagging economy.

Some U.S. banks want to know whether the Swift messaging network responded quickly enough to recent breaches, Bloomberg reported.

The company could leverage many of its popular characters to create family-friendly franchises.

The bill requires the administration to review whether or not North Korea fits the terror sponsor designation.

Brompton CEO Will Butler-Adams peddled over the Brooklyn Bridge to talk about the iconic brand and how it’s about to change.

Elfin, with five people on board, was detained by a North Korean coast guard ship in the Sea of Japan on Friday.

Ahead of a cybersecurity summit beginning Monday, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and People’s Bank of China were cited as possible targets for hackers.

The largest automaker in the U.S. temporarily stopped sales of nearly 60,000 vehicles with window labels that overstated the fuel economy of the cars.

Honda is Takata’s biggest customer, and the defective airbags are believed to be responsible for at least 11 deaths.