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LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s economy expanded 1.41% in July compared with the year before, the government said on Thursday, feeling the effects of a slowdown in the key mining sector. …

By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Downside risks continue to dominate the global economic outlook and some countries are expected to slip into recession in 2023, but it is too early …

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. retail sales unexpectedly rebounded in August as Americans ramped up purchases of motor vehicles and dined out more amid lower gasoline prices, but …

(Reuters) – Meta Platforms Inc’s independent Oversight Board said on Thursday that Facebook should not have taken down a newspaper report about the Taliban that it considered positive, backing users’ …

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Boeing Chief Executive Dave Calhoun said Thursday there is still a chance U.S. regulators could approve the 737 MAX 10 before the end of the …

By Medha Singh and Bansari Mayur Kamdar (Reuters) – Shares of Union Pacific Corp and Norfolk Southern rose on Thursday after major U.S. railroads clinched a tentative deal with unions …

By Shreyashi Sanyal and Susan Mathew (Reuters) -European equities gave up earlier gains to end lower on Thursday, with energy and technology shares declining the most, as worries about tighter …

By Angus MacSwan LONDON (Reuters) – Amid the displays of emotion and deference since the death of Queen Elizabeth, the presence of one figure has added a discordant note to …

(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc on Thursday said it would give merchants free software for managing shoppers’ orders on and off its platform, as the retailer extends its e-commerce reach. The …

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that if the United States decided to supply Kyiv with longer-range missiles, it would cross a “red line” and become “a party …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The world may be edging toward a global recession as central banks across the world simultaneously hike interest rates to combat persistent inflation, the World Bank said …

By Ahmed Aboulenein and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky said on Thursday she was cautiously optimistic over a decline …

(Reuters) -Major U.S. railroads and unions secured a tentative deal after 20 hours of intense talks brokered by the Biden administration to avert a rail shutdown that could have hit …

LONDON (Reuters) – Russia’s lower house of parliament will consider summoning Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu to face questioning in a closed session, senior lawmaker Sergei Mironov was cited as saying …

By Johan Ahlander STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – The populist, anti-immigration Sweden Democrats’ rise to real power after Sunday’s election has civil rights groups and many immigrants worried about what the future …

(Reuters) -Zoom Video Communications Inc said on Thursday it had resolved the problem that was preventing users from starting and joining meetings, after more than 40,000 users reported issues with …

By Paresh Dave and Diane Bartz SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -California filed a lawsuit against Amazon.com on Wednesday, alleging that the company violated antitrust law by blocking price competition and pushing …

By MacDonald Dzirutwe LAGOS (Reuters) – Inflation in Nigeria rose for a seventh straight month to 20.52% in August, the statistics bureau said on Thursday ahead of a central bank …

(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc and Apple Inc have both passed on the media rights to the LIV Golf tournament, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with …

MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s parliament ratified the entry of Finland and Sweden to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on Thursday, bringing the two Nordic countries one step closer to …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department has sued to block a $4.3-billion proposed deal by Assa Abloy AB to buy a division of Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc that makes residential …

By Andrew MacAskill and William James LONDON (Reuters) -Presidents, prime ministers and monarchs from around the world will travel to London over the weekend to pay their respects to Queen …

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s annual consumer price index (CPI) of inflation dipped to a 4.6% rate in August, the Central Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday, easing from a 14-year …