In trying out Chinese apps as a form of protest — language barrier be damned — many of TikTok’s 170 million American users ...

TikTok was temporarily shut down in the US, but the services were later restored. However, Apple and Google's app stores have not reinstated TikTok or other ByteDance apps, such as CapCut and Lemon8.

The Bank of Japan raised interest rates to their highest since the 2008 global financial crisis, underscoring its confidence that rising wages will keep inflation stable around its 2% target.