The 18th-century painting “Portrait of a Lady” was stolen by a high-ranking Nazi in the 1940s. Last year, it surfaced in a real estate listing in Argentina.

The authorities have not released an official list of those missing in the Tibet flood, creating an information void that people have tried to fill.

HONG KONG: The Japanese yen climbed to fresh seven-month highs ​against the US dollar on Tuesday, as traders continued to unwind short positions amid growing ‌bets of a Bank of Japan interest-rate hike while the dollar was subdued ahead of CPI data this week.

The yen strengthened to as much as 153.53 per dollar in morning trading, surpassing levels reached during Japan’s July intervention and ​hitting its strongest since February.

That added to the yen’s 1.2% jump during a thin session on ​Monday amid a U.S. holiday, with the Japanese currency now having firmed nearly ⁠4% from around 160 yen per dollar early last week.

Traders and analysts said a slew of factors, ​including bets on a faster pace of Bank of Japan tightening, and the potential for Japanese investors ​to repatriate their funds, unwinding carry trades and U.S. political pressure are now driving a sea-change for the embattled currency and turning away the bears.

“The drop looked more like a sharp unwind of yen shorts after the pair broke below critical supports” ​from the around 155 levels seen in August and May, said Tony Sycamore, market analyst at IG, ​adding that it could open the way for a test of the next layer of support.

CPI data awaited

The dollar index , ‌which ⁠measures the greenback against a basket of currencies, was a touch weaker at 98.83 amid yen strength.

That left the euro and sterling both 0.06% stronger, last at $1.1628 and $1.3549, respectively.

Market focus now shifts to U.S. inflation readings this week, the last set of key data releases ahead of the FOMC meeting on September 15 ​to 16, with traders ​now pricing a roughly ⁠60% chance of a Federal Reserve rate hike this month following Friday’s stronger-than-expected nonfarm payrolls report.

Investors were also watching geopolitical tensions in the Gulf and their ​implications for inflation after Iran threatened on Monday to retaliate against any new U.S. ​attacks on ⁠its assets, warning that energy infrastructure across the Gulf including U.S. oil and gas interests was vulnerable.

Oil prices hovered near a six-week high, with Brent crude futures firmly above $97 a barrel.

The New Zealand dollar was 0.1% stronger at $0.5882, ⁠while ​the Australian dollar was flat at $0.7219.

China’s offshore yuan was flat ​near a 3-1/2-year high at 6.708 per dollar ahead of trade data due later in the day, which is expected to show ​the country’s exports likely grew at a faster pace in August.

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump’s name-changing spree found an unlikely new target on Sunday when he suggested the state of New Mexico could become “New America.”

His proposal, which was immediately dismissed by the state’s governor, comes days after he signed an order to rename Lake Ontario as “Lake America” in the middle of a trade war with neighboring Canada.

“Many people suggested changing the name of New Mexico… to NEW AMERICA,” the Republican president posted on social media. “So much more prestigious and beautiful for the people of that potentially incredible State. Wow, I Love It!!!”

The White House reposted an image showing the Mexico part of the state’s name crossed out and replaced with “America.”

Some US media reports said the idea originated as an internet hoax.

State governor Michelle Lujan Grisham told Fox News that the name “isn’t up for debate — it’s been ours since before the United States existed.”

She said the president wanted to “distract Americans” from issues such as soaring gas prices.

Trump last week suggested renaming the Strait of Hormuz as “Trump Strait” as the war with Iran continues — then hours later implied he was not serious about the plan.

He renamed the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America” on his first day back in the White House in 2025 in a move rejected by Mexico.

Canada has also rejected the attempt to rename Lake Ontario.

LONDON: Oxford University’s Pitt Rivers Museum will return the remains of 39 people taken during Britain’s colonial era to the Naga community in northeast India, the museum said on Monday.

The museum, which holds the world’s largest collection of Naga artefacts, confirmed it was preparing the repatriation after the university approved a restitution request by the Forum for Naga Reconciliation (FNR).

The remains “have been away from their homeland for far too long”, museum director Laura Van Broekhoven said in a statement sent to AFP. The human remains were collected in the early 20th century by British colonial administrators and some remained on public display until 2020.

“Repatriation, for the Nagas, is not simply about bones and ancestral remains finding their way back to the land but importantly about memory returning to where it belongs,” the FNR and other Naga organisations said in a statement sent to AFP, welcoming the agreement.

New Canadian levies of up to 50 percent are expected to begin Tuesday, even as Washington warns of a new round of American tariffs.

As Secretary of State Marco Rubio travels this week to Peru, its growing economic ties to China have raised tensions with the U.S., but show no signs of reversing course.

The government insisted the funeral was a private affair, even as government ministers attended and state-controlled news media lavished praise on the convicted war criminal.