News Headlines - 14 April 2015

▽U.K. Dodges Deflation for a Second Month as Rate Stays at Zero - Bloomberg Business

Weak price growth means there’s little pressure on the Bank of England to raise its key interest rate from a record-low 0.5 percent, where it’s been for more than six years. Governor Mark Carney has said any period of falling prices will be temporary and an expected pickup in inflation at the end of the year means the next move in interest rates is likely to be an increase.

▽ECB Says QE Buoys Lending as Some Banks Bemoan Hit to Profit - Bloomberg Business

The ECB started buying private assets last year and expanded the program in March to include sovereign bonds and agency debt to revive inflation. In its bank-lending survey for the first quarter of 2015 published on Tuesday, the Frankfurt-based institution said the strategy is having an impact.

▽Mass dolphin stranding in Japan triggers earthquake fears | Daily Mail Online

The mass stranding of 160 melon-headed whales on two beaches in Japan has triggered fears of upcoming earthquake and tsunami.

▽Japan's post-Fukushima nuclear restart plans dealt a blow by court ruling | The Guardian

A court in Japan has dealt a blow to plans by the prime minister, Shinzo Abe, to relaunch nuclear power generation four years after the Fukushima meltdown by halting the restart of two reactors over safety concerns.

▽South Korea lifts travel ban on Japanese journalist in defamation trial | Reuters

South Korea lifted a travel ban on a Japanese journalist on trial for a charge of defaming South Korean President Park Geun-hye, a prosecution official said on Tuesday, removing what has been an irritant in bilateral relations.