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By Ross Kerber, Isla Binnie and Simon Jessop BOSTON (Reuters) – A movement by financial firms and activists to challenge companies over their efforts on climate change and social inequality …

By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea forged ahead with its missile programme in 2022 and took steps toward resuming testing of nuclear bombs, as world events including the …

By Eliana Raszewski ANELO, Argentina (Reuters) – Argentina’s booming shale production in Vaca Muerta, a formation that rivals the United States’ Permian Basin, is at risk of running out of …

By Joe Cash and Sophie Yu BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese people, cut off from the rest of the world for three years by stringent COVID-19 curbs, flocked to travel sites on …

(Reuters) -Arizona’s Democratic Governor-elect Katie Hobbs asked a court on Monday to sanction defeated Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake over her failed effort to overturn the state’s election results. An …

By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) – An Arizona judge on Saturday rejected defeated Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake’s effort to overturn the results of her election loss in the state’s governor …

By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) -University of California (UC) academic workers ended a nearly six-week strike on Friday that unions described as the biggest work stoppage ever at a U.S. institution …

By Darya Korsunskaya MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia’s budget deficit could be wider than a planned 2% of GDP in 2023 as an oil price cap squeezes export income, Finance Minister Anton …

BERLIN (Reuters) – German companies expect only a mild recession next year despite headwinds from the energy crisis, raw material shortages and a tepid global economy, a survey of major …

MILAN (Reuters) – The European Central Bank has set the minimum capital requirements for Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS) for next year and also removed a ban on …

BERLIN (Reuters) – Nearly three out of five German industry associations are pessimistic about next year and expect their companies to produce less as high energy prices due to the …

BEIJING (Reuters) -China will step up financial support to small and private businesses in the catering and tourism sectors that were hit hard by the COVID-19 epidemic, the country’s banking …

By Yoshifumi Takemoto and Kentaro Sugiyama TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese retail sales rose for a ninth straight month in November, data showed on Tuesday, as the lifting of COVID-19 border …

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s exports dropped for a second straight month in November and by more than expected, due to a global slowdown and China’s lockdown measures, the commerce ministry …

By Khanh Vu HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam’s central bank said on Tuesday it was making efforts to shore up foreign exchange reserves by buying up more U.S. dollars, after it …

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s cabinet on Tuesday approved the central bank’s headline inflation target of 1% to 3% for 2023, unchanged from this year, government spokesperson Traisuree Traisoranakul told reporters. …

(Refiles to add dropped word “with” in paragraph 1) (Reuters) – A court in military-ruled Myanmar will deliver its final verdicts in cases against deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi …

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Inpex Corp, Japan’s biggest oil and gas explorer, said on Tuesday that it has signed a long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) sales and purchase agreement with U.S.-based …

By Krishna N. Das and Ruma Paul NEW DELHI/DHAKA (Reuters) -The possible sinking of a boat in recent weeks with 180 Rohingya Muslims on board could make 2022 one of …

TOKYO (Reuters) -Apple Inc’s Japan unit is being charged 13 billion yen ($98 million) in additional taxes for bulk sales of iPhones and other Apple devices to foreign tourists that …

BEIJING (Reuters) -China has revised up its estimate of 2021 gross domestic product (GDP) growth to 8.4% from 8.1% previously, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Tuesday. China routinely …

By Ellen Zhang and Joe Cash BEIJING (Reuters) -Profits at China’s industrial firms contracted further in the January-November period as strict COVID 19-related curbs disrupted factory activity and supply chains, …

(Reuters) – The board of directors of Russian top carmaker AvtoVAZ approved the firm’s 2023 investment programme for just under 40 billion roubles ($585 million), Russia’s state news agency RIA …

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Weather-related flight cancellations and delays that snarled U.S. commercial air traffic over the holiday weekend dragged on through Monday, with Southwest Airlines accounting for the …