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Support for Japan PM up as voters welcome his COVID measures

27 Dec 2021 0 comments

Nearly two-thirds of Japanese voters support Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's government, with the public ...

Turkish lira slides almost 8% after intervention-driven surge

27 Dec 2021 0 comments

The lira tumbled almost 8% against the dollar on Monday amid persisting investor concern over Turkey's m...

For third day, COVID-19 crimps Americans' holiday travels

27 Dec 2021 0 comments

U.S. airlines canceled more than 1,300 flights on Sunday as COVID-19 thinned out the number of available...

Blinken set to meet Russia's Lavrov as Ukraine tensions flare

02 Dec 2021 0 comments

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thu...

First Omicron case in U.S. adds to global alarm over virus variant

02 Dec 2021 0 comments

Fears over the impact of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus rose on Thursday after the first case wa...

Russia says some U.S. embassy staff must leave in January

01 Dec 2021 0 comments

Russia's foreign ministry has ordered U.S. embassy staff who have been in Moscow for more than three yea...

U.N. pushes cash handouts to avert mass poverty in Afghanistan

01 Dec 2021 0 comments

The United Nations said on Wednesday that a program to pay $300 million a year in cash to Afghan familie...

Google to ban political advertising ahead of Philippine election

01 Dec 2021 0 comments

Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google said on Wednesday it will ban political advertising on its pla...

Ukraine calls on NATO to ready sanctions to deter Russian attack

01 Dec 2021 0 comments

Ukraine urged NATO on Wednesday to prepare economic sanctions on Russia and boost military cooperation w...

U.S. tightens travel rules as more countries secure borders to quell Omicron

01 Dec 2021 0 comments

Air travellers to the United States will face tougher COVID-19 testing rules, while more countries...

German ICUs expect COVID peak to hit hospitals at Christmas

01 Dec 2021 0 comments

Germany is likely to reach a peak of its fourth wave of COVID-19 infections by mid-December and this cou...

China not inviting Western politicians who threaten boycott of Beijing Winter Games, media says

29 Nov 2021 0 comments

China does not plan to invite Western politicians who threaten a diplomatic boycott to the Beijing Winte...

Australia looks set for May 2022 election as budget brought forward

29 Nov 2021 0 comments

Australia's ruling coalition, trailing in the opinion polls, brought forward its annual budget by two mo...

Honduras set for woman president as leftist Castro declares victory

29 Nov 2021 0 comments

Honduran opposition leader Xiomara Castro declared victory in Sunday's presidential election as in...

Travellers on edge as countries tighten rules due to Omicron fears - travel agents

29 Nov 2021 0 comments

Some would-be travellers are considering cancelling or delaying trip plans in response to fresh curbs pr...

Nuclear talks resume as West asks whether Iran is serious or stalling

29 Nov 2021 0 comments

World powers and Iran will gather in Vienna on Monday to try to salvage their 2015 nuclear deal, but wit...

First suspected case of Omicron variant of COVID-19 detected in Switzerland

29 Nov 2021 0 comments

The first probable case of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has been detected in Switzerland, the governm...

Djokovic likely to skip Australian Open over vaccine mandate, says father

29 Nov 2021 0 comments

Novak Djokovic is unlikely to play at the Australian Open if rules on COVID-19 vaccinations are not rela...

COVID-positive Czech president appoints new PM from plexiglass cubicle

28 Nov 2021 0 comments

Czech President Milos Zeman appointed the leader of a centre-right alliance Petr Fiala as prime minister...

Raducanu thanks 'role model' Hamilton for support

28 Nov 2021 0 comments

U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu has thanked Lewis Hamilton for his advice and support since her thrilli...

Shiffrin ties Stenmark's World Cup record with slalom win

28 Nov 2021 0 comments

American Mikaela Shiffrin tied the all-time mark for World Cup wins in a single discipline when she beat...

European shares suffer worst day in 17 months on virus fears

26 Nov 2021 0 comments

European stocks plummeted amid widespread selling on Friday, as reports of a newly identified and possib...

Romania's Liberals, rival leftists pledge to have new cabinet by Nov. 25

19 Nov 2021 0 comments

Romania's ruling Liberals and their former rivals, the leftist Social Democrats, will have a coalition g...

Japan to unveil record stimulus package, bucking global tapering trend

19 Nov 2021 0 comments

Japan is set to announce a record $490 billion spending package on Friday to cushion the econo...

Oil at 6-week low as China readies crude oil reserve release

18 Nov 2021 0 comments

Oil prices slid to near six-week lows on Thursday as China said it was moving to release reserves follow...

Asia looks at SPR shock treatment for high oil prices after U.S. request

18 Nov 2021 0 comments

Some of the world's biggest crude oil buyers said on Thursday they are looking at tapping strategic oil ...

Russia to deploy new paratroop regiment on annexed Crimea

17 Nov 2021 0 comments

Russia said on Wednesday it would deploy a new paratroop regiment on annexed Crimea by the beginning of ...

EXCLUSIVE Europe must work together to stay at forefront of high-tech - Merkel

17 Nov 2021 0 comments

European countries must work together on next-generation chip manufacturing, Angela Merkel said, drawing...

Stranded migrants try to breach Polish border many times as EU readies Belarus sanctions

10 Nov 2021 0 comments

Migrants trapped in Belarus made multiple attempts to force their way into Poland overnight, Warsaw said...

Investors await Evergrande's overdue $148 mln payment as debt woes grow

10 Nov 2021 0 comments

Cash-strapped China Evergrande Group (3333.HK) faced a Wednesday deadline for making an offsho...

Denmark revisits its 'corona pass' as third wave of epidemic looms

09 Nov 2021 0 comments

Denmark's government on Monday proposed reinstating the use of a digital "corona pass" to be presented w...

Asian stocks mixed ahead of U.S. inflation test

09 Nov 2021 0 comments

Asian shares were mixed and U.S. treasury yields slipped on Tuesday as markets, boosted by the weekend p...

Musk's potential Tesla stake sale follows share surge

09 Nov 2021 0 comments

Should Elon Musk decide to unload some of his stake in Tesla Inc (TSLA.O), he will be capitalizing ...

Global COVID-19 cases hit 250 million, eastern Europe infections at record levels

08 Nov 2021 0 comments

Global COVID-19 cases surpassed 250 million on Monday as some countries in eastern Europe experience rec...

Crypto rally lifts ether to new record, bitcoin to near 3-week high

08 Nov 2021 0 comments

Bitcoin rose to a two-and-a-half-week peak on Monday and ether climbed to a fresh record as cryptocurren...

UK govt denies corruption accusations over ennobled Conservative Party donors

07 Nov 2021 0 comments

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government rejected fresh accusations of corruption on Sunday aft...

UK seems set to invoke emergency measures on Northern Ireland trade - Irish minister

07 Nov 2021 0 comments

Ireland said on Sunday the British government appears ready to invoke emergency unilateral provisions in...

Diplomat found dead outside Berlin embassy was Russian secret agent - Der Spiegel

05 Nov 2021 0 comments

German security services believe that a man found dead in a street outside the Russian embassy in Berlin...

Czech president opens way to opposition gov't, feels fit to finish term

05 Nov 2021 0 comments

Czech President Milos Zeman expects to appoint opposition leader Petr Fiala as the new prime minister, t...

France and Britain defuse fishing row with 'positive' talks

05 Nov 2021 0 comments

France and Britain moved to defuse their dispute over fishing on Thursday, with sanctions off the table ...

Pfizer says antiviral pill cuts risk of severe COVID-19 by 89%

05 Nov 2021 0 comments

A trial of Pfizer Inc's (PFE.N) experimental antiviral pill for COVID-19 was stopped early aft...

Republicans jolt Biden with Virginia win, but fall short in New Jersey

04 Nov 2021 0 comments

Republicans pushed Democrats out of the Virginia governorship and came up just short of an upset in heav...

Stocks rise as Fed tapers without tantrums, BoE takes the stage

04 Nov 2021 0 comments

Share markets firmed on Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve engineered an orderly start to unwinding...

Uganda's president Museveni calls for East African leaders' summit to discuss Ethiopia conflict

04 Nov 2021 0 comments

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has called an East African bloc leaders' meeting on Nov. 16 to discuss...

French ambassador accuses Australia of deceit over submarine deal

03 Nov 2021 0 comments

France's ambassador to Australia, Jean-Pierre Thebault, said on Wednesday that Australia acted with dece...

FIFA, IOC join pledge for NetZero goal by 2040

03 Nov 2021 0 comments

Some of the world's biggest sports organisations including soccer's governing body FIFA and the Internat...

Messages from Macron to Morrison leaked amid submarine deal row

02 Nov 2021 0 comments

Australian media on Tuesday published messages between French President Emmanuel Macron and Australian P...

France pushes back deadline for fishing row sanctions

02 Nov 2021 0 comments

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday his government was postponing implementation of sanction...

China urges families to keep stocks of daily necessities ahead of winter

02 Nov 2021 0 comments

The Chinese government has told families to keep daily necessities in stock in case of emergencies, afte...

Nobel Peace Prize ceremony to go ahead, the only in-person Nobel award this year

01 Nov 2021 0 comments

The Nobel Peace Prize laureates will be able collect their awards in Oslo in December, the Norwegian Nob...

Russia says Ukraine trying to drag it into Donbass conflict

01 Nov 2021 0 comments

Russia's foreign minister accused Ukrainian leaders on Monday of trying to drag Moscow into the conflict...

N. Macedonia's prime minister resigns -media

01 Nov 2021 0 comments

North Macedonia's Prime Minister Zoran Zaev resigned on Sunday after his party lost the second round of ...

Saudi Arabia appoints advisers on green debt issuance

01 Nov 2021 0 comments

Saudi Arabia has appointed financial advisers for a planned green debt issuance but has yet to decide on...

Embattled Credit Suisse to present strategy update on Thursday

01 Nov 2021 0 comments

Credit Suisse Group (CSGN.S) will provide an update on its group strategy review on Thursday f...

France's Macron says Australia PM lied over submarine deal

01 Nov 2021 0 comments

French President Emmanuel Macron said Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison lied to him over the canc...

Thailand, Australia ease international border curbs spurred by pandemic

01 Nov 2021 0 comments

Australia and Thailand eased international border curbs significantly on Monday for the first time in 18...

Japan votes in test for new PM Kishida, political stability

31 Oct 2021 0 comments

Japanese voters went to the polls on Sunday to decide whether to endorse the conservative government of ...

New Zealand says it will cut greenhouse emissions by 50% by 2030 as COP26 starts

31 Oct 2021 0 comments

New Zealand pledged on Sunday to reduce its net greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2030, toughening at t...

Taliban's reclusive supreme leader appears, belying rumours of his death

31 Oct 2021 0 comments

Taliban's reclusive supreme leader, Haibatullah Akhundzada, made a rare public appearance in the souther...

Biden to warn Turkey's Erdogan against 'precipitous' actions

31 Oct 2021 0 comments

U.S. President Joe Biden will warn Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan during a meeting on Sunday that any ...

G20 leaders face tough climate talks on second day of summit

31 Oct 2021 0 comments

Leaders of the Group of 20 major economies sit down for a second day of talks on Sunday faced with the d...

Argentina spends weekend celebrating late hero Maradona

31 Oct 2021 0 comments

Argentine football is gearing up for a weekend of celebrations to mark the birthday of late soccer star ...

Djokovic commits to doubles duty on return to action in Paris

31 Oct 2021 0 comments

Novak Djokovic has signed up for both singles and doubles duty at next week's Paris Masters, as the Serb...

Britain steps up post-Brexit dispute with France over fishing

30 Oct 2021 0 comments

Britain stepped up a war of words with France on Saturday, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson refusing to...

Tourists head to Spanish island of La Palma to see erupting volcano

30 Oct 2021 0 comments

Olga Reinoso took advantage of the All Saints Day public holiday to see the erupting volcano on the Span...

Turkish-flagged cargo ship with migrants to dock at Greek port

30 Oct 2021 0 comments

A Turkish-flagged cargo ship carrying about 400 migrants is sailing slowly off the island of Karpathos a...

Gazprom says European requirements being met after pipeline stoppage

30 Oct 2021 0 comments

Russia's Gazprom (GAZP.MM) said European customers' natural gas requirements were being met on...

U.S., EU end Trump-era tariff war over steel and aluminum

30 Oct 2021 0 comments

The United States and European Union have agreed to end a festering dispute over U.S. steel and aluminum...

Portuguese parliament rejects budget bill, snap election looms

28 Oct 2021 0 comments

Portugal's parliament rejected the minority Socialist government's 2022 budget bill on Wednesday as the ...

World Bank halts Sudan operations in blow to coup leaders, strike calls gain support

28 Oct 2021 0 comments

The World Bank halted disbursements for operations in Sudan on Wednesday in response to the military's s...

Singapore probes unusual surge in COVID-19 cases after record

28 Oct 2021 0 comments

Singapore is looking into an "unusual surge" of 5,324 new infections of COVID-19, the city-state's healt...

Deutsche Bank extends profit run on boost from dealmaking fees

27 Oct 2021 0 comments

Deutsche Bank's (DBKGn.DE) profits rose a stronger-than-expected 7% in the third quarter, the ...

Analysis: The 1970s all over again? Stagflation debate splits Wall St

27 Oct 2021 0 comments

Phil Orlando has not heard this many people mentioning stagflation since he was a financial journa...

U.S. Senate Democrat unveils 'billionaires tax' for Biden agenda

27 Oct 2021 0 comments

U.S. billionaires would pay tax on unrealized gains from their assets to help finance President Joe Bide...

Nissan asks Tokyo court for leniency over Ghosn charges

27 Oct 2021 0 comments

A lawyer for Nissan Motor Co. (7201.T) on Wednesday asked a Tokyo court for leniency when it s...

UBS fee bonanza lifts quarterly profit to six-year high

26 Oct 2021 0 comments

UBS (UBSG.S) posted its highest quarterly profit since 2015 on Tuesday, as robust trading acti...

EU must act now to prepare for future energy price swings, energy chief says

26 Oct 2021 0 comments

The European Union must start work immediately on measures that will shield the bloc from volatile energ...

EU countries splinter ahead of crisis talks on energy price spike

26 Oct 2021 0 comments

Divisions have deepened among European Union countries ahead of an emergency meeting of ministers on Tue...

Biden imposes new international travel vaccine rules, lifts existing restrictions

26 Oct 2021 0 comments

U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday signed an order imposing new vaccine requirements for most foreign na...

Russian COVID cases hit record high as eastern Europe imposes new curbs

25 Oct 2021 0 comments

Russia reported a record high number of daily COVID-19 cases and some central European countries imposed...

Evacuations as burning cargo ship spews toxic gas off Canada’s coast

25 Oct 2021 0 comments

The Canadian coast guard has evacuated 16 people from a burning container ship that is expelling toxic g...

Evergrande, EV unit shares jump after chairman signals business shift

25 Oct 2021 0 comments

Shares in China Evergrande Group (3333.HK) and its EV unit rose on Monday as the embattled pro...

Turkish lira at all-time low 9.85 after Erdogan seeks expulsions

25 Oct 2021 0 comments

The Turkish lira weakened to a record low of 9.85 against the dollar on Monday after President Tayyip Er...

China will uphold world peace, Xi says, despite others' concerns

25 Oct 2021 0 comments

President Xi Jinping vowed on Monday that China would always uphold world peace and international rules,...

Panasonic unveils prototype battery for Tesla

25 Oct 2021 0 comments

Panasonic unveiled on Monday a more advanced prototype battery that has five times the storage capacity ...

UK plans 6 billion pound package to boost health service capacity

25 Oct 2021 0 comments

British finance minister Rishi Sunak's budget this week will include an extra 5.9 billion pounds ($8.1 b...

German police stop far-right vigilantes patrolling Polish border

24 Oct 2021 0 comments

German police said on Sunday they had stopped more than 50 far-right vigilantes armed with pepper spray,...

FDA says benefits outweigh risks for Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in children

23 Oct 2021 0 comments

Scientists at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Friday that the likely benefits of giv...

U.S. Democrats narrow differences on Biden's agenda, mull billionaire tax

23 Oct 2021 0 comments

Democrats are closing in on a deal on President Joe Biden's social and climate-change agenda by narrowin...

Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia targets net zero emissions by 2060

23 Oct 2021 0 comments

The crown prince of Saudi Arabia said on Saturday that the world's top oil exporter aims to reach zero-n...

Epic Games opposes Apple's effort to pause antitrust trial orders

22 Oct 2021 0 comments

"Fortnite" creator Epic Games on Friday opposed Apple Inc's (AAPL.O) efforts to put on hold orders hande...

Belgium PM says all EU states must help handle migration

22 Oct 2021 0 comments

Belgian Prime Minister Alexander de Croo said on Friday all European Union countries must act in solidar...

Melbourne reopens as world's most locked-down city eases pandemic restrictions

22 Oct 2021 0 comments

Melbourne residents flocked to the city's pubs, restaurants and hair salons in the early hours of Friday...

Dollar set for another week of losses even as Fed tapering looms

22 Oct 2021 0 comments

The dollar was heading for a second week of declines on Friday as sentiment stayed tilted towards riskie...

Moldovan government to ask parliament to back emergency energy measures

22 Oct 2021 0 comments

Moldova's government will ask parliament on Friday to formally approve a state of emergency over gas sup...

Huawei, SMIC suppliers received billions worth of licenses for U.S. goods

22 Oct 2021 0 comments

Suppliers to Chinese telecoms giant Huawei and China's top chipmaker SMIC got billions of dollars worth ...

Biden says United States would come to Taiwan's defense

22 Oct 2021 0 comments

The United States would come to Taiwan's defense and has a commitment to defend the island China claims ...

Hamilton and Verstappen close on track, distant off it

22 Oct 2021 0 comments

Formula One title rivals Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen have been close on track all season, at times...

Intel shares sink as chipmaker predicts lower margins in years ahead

22 Oct 2021 0 comments

Intel Corp (INTC.O) on Thursday forecast lower profit margins for years to come as it attempts...

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