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President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 and cancelled a campaign event in Las Vegas.

The White House said that Mr Biden is experiencing mild symptoms

and will self isolate in Delaware.

Earlier Adam Schiff, an influential Democratic congressman from California who is running for a Senate seat,

became one of the party's highest profile politicians to call on the president to end his re-election bid.

Until then, the attempted assassination of Donald Trump

had muted the Democrats' efforts to oust Mr. Biden.

The Bank of Japan was widely suspected of Biden.

The Bank of Japan was widely suspected of intervening to support the yen when the currency rose

sharply after trading at a 38-year low against the American dollar.

The Jens erratic movements follow similar spikes on Thursday and Friday last week.

Data released by the BOJ suggested that it bought nearly 6 trillion yen

or 38 billion dollars across the two days in a bid to shore up the

currency's value.

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