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US immigration authorities have paused all immigration applications from 19 countries on Trump's travel ban list for a comprehensive review, affecting Green Card, naturalization, and asylum processes, with the pause remaining until further notice.
Parents and players in England are raising safety and fairness concerns about transgender athletes competing in girls' and women's ice hockey. Incidents of physical aggression have heightened these worries, prompting England Ice Hockey and Ice Hockey UK to review their transgender inclusion policies.
The Bank of Japan has left its interest rates unchanged in newly appointed Governor Kazuo Ueda's first policy meeting, while announcing a broad-perspective review of its easing measures. The central bank also kept the tolerance range for 10-year Japanese government bonds unchanged at 50 basis points above and below its target of 0%. Inflation in Japan's capital city ticked higher in April, exceeding forecasts in a Reuters poll for a 3.2% increase. Meanwhile, Japan's unemployment rate rose to 2.8% in March from 2.6% in February, government data showed.