TOKYO (Reuters) -Bank of Japan board members turned overwhelmingly hawkish at their April policy meeting with many calling for steady interest rates hikes to forestall risks of an inflation overshoot, a summary of opinions at the meeting showed on Thursday. Some members saw the chance rates could rise faster than currently anticipated due to heightening prospects of inflation durably staying,...

May 9 (Reuters) - Ukraine-launched drone attack sparked fire and damaged several oil tanks at a refinery in Russia's Krasnodar region, the region's crisis administration said on Thursday. About six drones were destroyed, but debris fell on the refinery near the village of Yurovka, sparking fire, the administration said on the Telegram messaging app. Several tanks were damaged, the administration...

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SYDNEY, May 9 (Reuters) - Australia's Labor government on Thursday laid out a strategy to boost natural gas development even as it remains committed to net zero carbon emissions by 2050, highlighting demand from key Asian trade partners. Australia is one of the world's largest exporters of liquefied natural gas (LNG), and Resources Minister Madeline King said gas would be...