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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The share of farm fires affecting Delhi’s pollution has surged to more than 20% since the weekend, higher than the levels a year ago, government data …

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Anshuman Daga There’s a sense of cheer among investors before the Fed’s mid-week rate decision as markets seem …

(Reuters) – Banks that lent $12.7 billion to Elon Musk for his $44 billion Twitter takeover will hold the debt until early next year as they wait for the billionaire …

By Daina Beth Solomon MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Independent Mexican union La Liga has won the right to represent workers at a 3M Co plant, authorities said on Monday, marking …

By David Shepardson and Rajesh Kumar Singh (Reuters) -Pilots at Delta Air Lines have voted to authorize a strike if negotiators cannot reach agreement on a new employment contract, their …

(Reuters) – National Australia Bank Ltd on Tuesday said it will hike its standard variable home loan interest rate by 25 basis points (bps) per annum from end of next …

By Stella Qiu and Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s central bank on Tuesday stuck with a slower pace of interest rate rises for a second month while revising up …

By Stefanno Sulaiman and Fransiska Nangoy JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s October inflation rate came in below the expectations of officials and the market, statistics bureau data showed on Tuesday, but …

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German industry cut its gas consumption by nearly a fifth last month, sustainability experts said on Tuesday, after a plunge in Russian gas exports sparked a continent-wide …

By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s currency interventions have been stealth operations in order to maximise the effects of its forays into the market, Finance Minister Shunichi …

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – U.S. automaker Ford Motor Co opened its new global technology and business center on the outskirts of Mexico’s capital on Monday after a $260 million investment. …

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Macau carried out mass testing of its 700,000 residents on Tuesday after the emergence of COVID-19 cases in the past week, including at a major casino …

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s factory activity weakened in October as protracted COVID-19 restrictions disrupted production and subdued demand, a private-sector survey showed on Tuesday, suggesting a weaker economic recovery in …

TOKYO (Reuters) – Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Tuesday the central bank must maintain ultra-loose monetary policy to support an economy that is still recovering from …

By Anthony Boadle and Ana Mano BRASILIA/SAO PAULO (Reuters) -President Jair Bolsonaro will not publicly address his defeat in Brazil’s presidential election until Tuesday, a minister said, amid doubts over …

By Soo-hyang Choi and Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean investigators combed footage on Monday from more than 50 state and private closed-circuit TV cameras as well as from …

By Joyce Lee SEOUL (Reuters) – Proper crowd and traffic control by South Korean authorities could have prevented or at least reduced the surge of Halloween party-goers in alleys that …

By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – Britain still faces a 40 billion pound ($46 billion) budget hole that will need to be filled by tax rises as well as spending …

By Shaloo Shrivastava BENGALURU (Reuters) – Malaysia’s central bank will tighten its policy rate by a quarter point for the fourth time in a row on Nov. 3 as upside …

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s manufacturing activity grew at its slowest pace in 21 months in October on marked declines in output and overall new orders, as exports were partly hurt …

(Reuters) – Electronic Arts Inc will launch an Iron Man game and at least two other action-adventure titles revolving around characters from the Marvel universe, under a deal announced by …

SAN JOSE (Reuters) – Costa Rica’s economy is expected to grow 4.3% in 2022, its central bank said on Monday, an upgrade to an earlier projection from boosts expected in …

(Reuters) – Federal law-enforcement officials have filed a criminal complaint in the U.S. District Court in San Francisco against David DePape, the 42-year-old man accused of attacking Paul Pelosi, the …

By James Mackenzie JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israelis vote for the fifth time in four years on Tuesday in an election in which former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s comeback bid may …

By Martin Quin Pollard and Bernard Orr BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s COVID-19 curbs forced the temporary closure of Disney’s Shanghai resort on Monday, while production of Apple Inc iPhones at a …