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LONDON (Reuters) – A New York judge has dismissed criminal charges against Tom Hayes, the British trader who became the face of the global Libor interest rate scandal. The former …

By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – In the worst year for U.S. Treasuries ever, it is the ultra-long end that investors should be most worried about. Yields across the …

By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has restarted on-site inspections in Ukraine to help keep track of the billions of dollars of weapons being provided to Kyiv, …

By Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON (Reuters) -Oil prices fell on Monday on expectations that U.S. production could rise and as weaker economic data out of China and the country’s widening COVID-19 …

(Reuters) – China Southern Airlines Co Ltd has cancelled plans for two Boeing Co 737 MAX flights on Sunday that would have represented the model’s return to passenger flying in …

By Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) – After enduring days of lock-in at Foxconn’s vast facility in central China with 200,000 other workers, Yuan finally climbed the fences on Saturday night …

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democratic U.S. Senator Chris Murphy said on Monday he wants a U.S. national security review of a Saudi Arabian conglomerate’s stake in Twitter Inc after …

By Nell Mackenzie (Reuters) – Senate Republicans want the SEC to explain why staff are leaving the nation’s corporate watchdog at the highest rate in 10 years amid a flurry …

By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever Investors’ focus on the growing stress in Asian financial markets has tended to …

By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former President Donald Trump on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in his fight to prevent a U.S. House of Representatives committee from …

By Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice expressed support on Monday for a lawsuit filed by voting rights organizations in Arizona, which alleges that groups monitoring …

NAIROBI (Reuters) – The number of people killed by two car bombs that exploded outside the education ministry in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu has risen to at least 120 people, the …

By Angelo Amante and Emilio Parodi ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s new government on Monday delayed the application of a justice reform required to obtain European post-pandemic funds and scrapped a …

By Alex Lawler ABU DHABI (Reuters) – OPEC raised its forecasts for world oil demand in the medium-and longer-term in an annual outlook released on Monday and said $12.1 trillion …

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Turkey’s bid to dismiss two lawsuits filed by demonstrators seeking monetary damages after accusing Turkish security …

By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) – The European Union’s industry chief said on Monday that European governments and companies must realise China is a rival to the EU and they …

By Nathan Gomes, Kannaki Deka and David Carnevali (Reuters) – Emerson Electric Co will sell a majority stake in its climate technologies unit to Blackstone Inc in a deal that …

By Nigel Hunt and Naveen Thukral LONDON/SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Grain was flowing out of Ukraine at a record pace on Monday under an initiative led by the United Nations aimed at …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday will call on oil and gas companies to invest some of their record profits in lowering costs for American families, a …

By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) – Strong earnings are helping energy stocks extend this year’s torrid run, furthering their contrast with the tech-focused megacaps whose disappointing results have battered …

By Johann M Cherian and Sruthi Shankar (Reuters) -Britain’s FTSE 100 closed at a fresh five-week high on Monday as a fall in sterling lifted dollar-earners such as AstraZeneca and …

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is set to speak with U.S. President Joe Biden later on Monday, said the head of Lula’s Workers Party, …

By Jonathan Saul and Carolyn Cohn LONDON (Reuters) -Lloyd’s of London insurer Ascot is suspending writing cover for new shipments using the Ukrainian grains corridor in the Black Sea until …