US and World News

By Nandita Bose, Michael Martina and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden hopes to limit deterioration of ties with China when he meets its leader Xi Jinping next …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden will be looking for an “early opportunity” to meet with Brazil’s President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan said …

PALM BEACH, FL – Former U.S. President Donald J. Trump has announced he will hold a press conference on Tuesday, November 14th at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach. Today, …

By Angus Berwick and Anirban Sen (Reuters) – FTX is scrambling to raise about $9.4 billion from investors and rivals, a source said on Thursday, as Chief Executive Sam Bankman-Fried …

By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese authorities on Friday warned of intervention in the currency market after sharp swings in the yen overnight, which was triggered by softer-than-expected U.S. inflation …

(Reuters) – NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said he met with Kyrie Irving earlier this week and that he did not believe the Brooklyn Nets guard was anti-Semitic, Yahoo Sports reported …

By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) – A state court in Washington on Thursday said it will extend a temporary block that has prevented Albertsons Companies Inc from paying a $4 billion …

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee chair Debbie Stabenow said on Thursday the U.S. Congress needs to pass legislation in the wake of the collapse of cryptocurrency …

By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s wholesale prices rose 9.1% in October from a year earlier, slowing from the previous month’s record gain but remaining at high levels as the …

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) co-CEO Zhao Haijun said on Friday on an earnings call that recent export controls from the United States will have an “adverse …

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s central bank governor on Friday said recent dollar/won movement was in line with his expectations, as currency market movements seem to have stabilised compared with …

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador confirmed on Thursday the nomination of Bank of Mexico Deputy Governor Gerardo Esquivel for the presidency of the Inter-American Development …

By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Florida Governor Ron DeSantis arguably had the best night of anyone on Election Day, trouncing his Democratic opponent on his way to re-election and cementing …

(Reuters) – Berkshire Hathaway Inc, the conglomerate run by billionaire Warren Buffett, said on Thursday it has shed more than 91 million US Bancorp shares since the start of the …

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia will go to the polls on Nov. 19th in what is set to be a highly competitive race between three major coalitions led by incumbent …

By Joey Roulette (Reuters) – NASA’s new $4 billion moon rocket endured fierce winds and heavy rains early Thursday as it rode out Hurricane Nicole on its Florida launchpad, apparently …

SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Latin America’s biggest bank Itau Unibanco SA on Thursday posted a recurring net profit rise of 19%, outperforming other private Brazilian lenders as a larger loan book …

LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s central bank increased its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 7.25% on Thursday, as expected, the 16th consecutive hike as monetary policymakers in the …

By Ruhi Soni and Peter Henderson (Reuters) – California regulators on Thursday revised their proposal for rooftop solar systems credits, a contentious matter as the state tries to expand renewable …

By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Switzerland-based Glencore, China and Chad’s other creditors have reached an agreement in principle on restructuring the African country’s nearly $3 billion in external debt, a …

By Lewis Jackson and Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) -Two of Australia’s top banks have quietly relaxed some home lending standards, banking and mortgage-broking sources said, despite authorities urging prudence in …

SYDNEY (Reuters) – The world’s second-largest fund manager Vanguard launched a pension fund in Australia on Friday, the first new fund licence approved in six years as it bets a …

By Noel Randewich (Reuters) – The S&P 500 and Nasdaq jumped on Thursday, racking up their biggest daily percentage gains in over 2-1/2 years as a sign of slowing inflation …