SYDNEY, June 20 (Reuters) – Australia’s central bank’s decision to hike interest rates in June was “finely balanced” but judged necessary to ensure high inflation did not become embedded in …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday the United States and China were continuing to discuss the release of three U.S. citizens who are detained …

SYDNEY (Reuters) – New Zealand said on Tuesday it would examine the profitability of the country’s banks and investigate whether competition in the sector was working well for consumers. The …

By David French (Reuters) – Civitas Resources Inc is nearing a deal to acquire oil and gas operations in the Permian basin from private equity firm NGP Energy Capital Management …

By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber, Emma Farge and Khalid Abdelaziz GENEVA (Reuters) -International donors made pledges on Monday of close to $1.5 billion in aid for Sudan and the surrounding region, about …

By Fatos Bytyci PRISTINA (Reuters) – NATO forces in Kosovo are ready to face any situation if acts of violence similar to recent encounters threaten the peace, the NATO commander …

By Max Hunder NEAR KREMINNA, Ukraine (Reuters) – The artillerymen of Ukraine’s 67th infantry brigade are delighted with the U.S.-supplied M119 howitzer amid an increase in military exchanges south of …

By Humeyra Pamuk BEIJING (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday he had asked China’s government to be vigilant about private companies that may be providing Russia …

By Divya Chowdhury MUMBAI (Reuters) – A quarter of workers surveyed by PwC expect to change jobs in the next 12 months, up from 19% last year, as they are …

By Scott Murdoch and Yantoultra Ngui SYDNEY/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Asia’s dealmakers are counting on a pause in rate hikes globally and an economic rebound in China to rekindle activity in …

By Trevor Hunnicutt and Nandita Bose (Reuters) – President Joe Biden on Monday criticized Republican U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville for holding up some 200 Pentagon nominees over a Defense Department …

By Takaya Yamaguchi, Makiko Yamazaki and Paritosh Bansal TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s financial regulator has sounded out top domestic banks about China risks and whether they have plans in place if Sino-Western tensions escalate, according …

PALO ALTO, California (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden said on Monday he thinks relations between the United States and China are on the “right trail” and suggested progress was …

By Humeyra Pamuk BEIJING (Reuters) -China and the United States agreed on Monday to stabilize their intense rivalry so it does not veer into conflict, but failed to produce any …

(Reuters) – The United States regrets a decision by Mali’s interim military authorities to ask a United Nations peacekeeping force to leave the country, the State Department said on Monday, …

By Tom Balmforth and Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine said on Monday it had driven Russian forces out of an eighth village in its two-week-old counteroffensive and a defence official …

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) -One of Honduras’ leading anti-corruption advocates on Monday said she had left the Central American nation because of threats, weeks after accusing President Xiomara Castro’s government of nepotism. …

By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever, financial markets columnist. The People’s Bank of China takes center stage on Tuesday …

By Kate Abnett LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) -European Union countries failed on Monday to agree on planned new rules for the bloc’s power market, having clashed over a proposal to extend subsidies …

By Ali Sawafta JENIN, West Bank (Reuters) -Israeli forces backed by the rare use of helicopter gunships killed five Palestinians including a teenager and wounded more than 90, as a …

By Tim Hepher, Allison Lampert and Valerie Insinna PARIS (Reuters) -Airbus announced a record 500-plane deal with Indian airline IndiGo on day one of the Paris Airshow on Monday, as …

LONDON (Reuters) – British lawmakers on Monday voted to approve a report that recommended sanctioning former prime minister Boris Johnson for deliberately misleading parliament over rule-breaking parties held during the …

By Karolina Tagaris MALAKASA, Greece (Reuters) -The suspected smugglers of scores of migrants who drowned in a Mediterranean Sea shipwreck last week are expected to face manslaughter charges in a …

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers will urge the CEOs of Ford Motor and General Motors to shrink reliance on China auto parts, particularly electric …