rich1.0WIRE (npub1q8…382kp)https://nostr.ae/npub1q8g803ajr0lw3xngs0k6hn2q3mejf6dtgv05d06h6krqgv9uh97q5382kpnjumphttps://nostr.ae2026-07-27 06:00 UTC | BLOCK 959789 BITCOIN $65,296 | GOLD $4,075 | OIL $92.03 1. Bank of Japan prepares signal for further rate increases -- The Bank of Japan is expected to indicate that additional rate hikes are coming as domestic price pressures build, Reuters reported Monday. -- Firmer Japanese rates could strengthen the yen and unwind leveraged carry trades, transmitting tighter financial conditions into global bonds and risk assets. 2. South Korean court gives former President Yoon suspended prison term -- A South Korean court sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to a suspended prison term for election-law violations, Yonhap reported Monday. -- The judgment adds legal consequences to South Korea's recent political turmoil while avoiding immediate imprisonment for the former president. 3. Tripoli protesters shut roads and government buildings over blackouts -- Protesters blocked roads, the foreign ministry and other public buildings as outages lasting up to 10 hours a day fueled a widening civil-disobedience campaign in Libya's capital. -- Calls to dissolve Libya's rival political institutions risk destabilizing energy policy and security coordination in an OPEC producer already divided between eastern and western authorities. 4. Appeals court permits suspicionless manual phone searches at U.S. border -- The Fourth Circuit ruled that border agents may search travelers' phones manually without suspicion, applying a stricter standard only when forensic tools extract device data. -- The distinction lets agents inspect highly sensitive personal information without a warrant based solely on the search method they choose, weakening privacy protections at ports of entry.