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MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr is set on Monday to fly over flood-submerged districts to inspect the damage after Tropical Storm Nalgae barrelled across the Southeast Asian …

By Ju-min Park, Hyonhee Shin and Soo-hyang Choi SEOUL (Reuters) -With “Hooker Hill” and snaking alleyways of bars with signs like “BADASS” around the local landmark Hamilton Hotel, Seoul’s Itaewon …

(Reuters) – COSCO Shipping Holdings Co Ltd said on Monday it has agreed to buy port assets from its parent for an aggregate 19.7 billion yuan ($2.7 billion) as it …

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s October services activity fell for the first time since May, as strict COVID restrictions halted travel and gatherings over the Golden Week holiday period, striking a …

TOKYO (Reuters) – Public approval ratings for the government of Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida touched a new low in one opinion poll and clung near lows in another, hit …

By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian retail sales posted another solid increase in September thanks to spending on food, clothing and eating out with consumption staying surprisingly resilient in the …

By Asif Shahzad and Syed Raza Hassan KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) – It was the kind of attack Pakistani authorities had dreaded. A highly educated female suicide bomber killed three Chinese …

By Abdi Sheikh and Abdiqani Hassani MOGADISHU (Reuters) – The two car bombs that exploded at Somalia’s education ministry next to a busy market intersection killed at least 100 people …

By Mubasher Bukhari LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – A female journalist was crushed to death by a vehicle carrying former prime minister Imran Khan in an accident in eastern Pakistan on …

By Peter Nicholls DOVER, England (Reuters) -A man threw petrol bombs attached to fireworks at a centre for processing migrants in the southern English port of Dover on Sunday and …

By Steve Keating MIAMI (Reuters) – LIV Golf crowned a first team champion to bring the controversial Saudi-backed series to a close at Trump National Doral on Sunday, declaring the …

By Pavel Polityuk and Michelle Nichols KYIV/NEW YORK (Reuters) -The United Nations, Turkey and Ukraine are pressing ahead to implement a Black Sea grain deal with a transit plan in …

By Gus Trompiz PARIS (Reuters) -Wheat futures are expected to leap on Monday as Russia’s withdrawal from a Black Sea corridor agreement puts Ukrainian exports at risk, analysts said. Moscow …

(Reuters) – Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk has denied a New York Times report about laying off Twitter employees at a date earlier than Nov. 1 to avoid stock grants …

(Reuters) – Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk appeared to have deleted a tweet posted on Sunday referencing an unfounded theory regarding the attack on the husband of U.S. House Speaker …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United Nations, Turkey and Ukraine agreed on Sunday on an Oct. 31 movement plan for 14 vessels that are in Turkish waters, a day after Russia …

By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) -Protests in Iran entered a more violent phase on Sunday as students, who defied an ultimatum by the Revolutionary Guards and a warning from the …

(Reuters) – Self-driving truck startup TuSimple Holdings Inc is being investigated by the FBI, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Committee on Foreign Investment about its relationship with China-backed …

By Lucy Craymer and Harshita Swaminathan (Reuters) -The Reserve Bank of New Zealand said on Monday its annual stress test on the banking sector showed banks were “well placed” to …

By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever If world markets on Monday take their cue from Friday’s melt up on …

(Reuters) -National Bank of Canada and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) have dropped out as bidders for HSBC Holdings PLC’s business in Canada, while Bank of Montreal is still …

LONDON (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin’s foreign minister on Sunday needled Joe Biden over Ukraine, saying that he hoped the U.S. president had the wisdom to deal with a global confrontation …

By Sumit Khanna AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) -At least 81 people were killed in the western Indian state of Gujarat on Sunday when a footbridge packed with sightseers enjoying holiday festivities …

ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday said he backed the central bank’s decision to try to mop up excess liquidity by recalling high-value bank notes and replacing …

(Reuters) – The Royal Mail’s largest labour union, the Communications Workers Union (CWU), has withdrawn its planned strike action in Britain in the next two weeks, the company said on …