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By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Young activists rallied for climate action on Friday, staging protests from New Zealand and Japan to Germany and the Democratic Republic of Congo to demand …

By Fergal Smith TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada’s resource-heavy main stock index posted its biggest decline in more than three months on Friday and the Canadian dollar extended its recent decline …

By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) – The euro and sterling plummeted to fresh 20-year and 37-year lows against a surging U.S. dollar on Friday after surveys showed the downturn …

By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A leading U.S. conservative group is pressuring Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives to shun “left-leaning” corporations that take stances on social issues such …

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The prime minister of the Solomon Islands complained on Friday that his country had been subjected to “a barrage of unwarranted and misplaced criticisms, misinformation and …

By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Friday ruled in favor of U.S. Sugar Corp’s plans to buy rival Imperial Sugar Co, rejecting a Justice Department argument that …

By Sam Nussey and Joyce Lee TOKYO/SEOUL (Reuters) -SoftBank Group Corp founder and CEO Masayoshi Son said on Thursday he plans to meet with Samsung Electronics to discuss a potential …

(In Sept. 20 story, Hertz corrects its estimate in final paragraph to 1.8 million tonnes from 3.5 million) By David Shepardson and Joseph White (Reuters) -Rental car company Hertz Global …

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian No. 2 telco Optus, owned by Singapore Telecommunications Ltd, said it will contact up to 10 million customers whose personal details were taken in a “sophisticated” …

By Jeff Mason, Valerie Volcovici and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON/PITTSBURGH (Reuters) -The White House on Friday said it condemned recent comments on climate change by World Bank President David Malpass, who …

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by Arizona Republican Party Chair Kelli Ward to block a subpoena by the congressional panel probing the Jan. …

By Joseph White and David Shepardson TOLEDO, Ohio/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – General Motors Co said on Friday it will invest $760 million at its Toledo, Ohio factory to build drive units …

(Reuters) – U.S. companies borrowed 4% more in August to finance their investments in equipment compared with a year earlier, industry body ELFA said on Friday, while raising doubts over …

By Scott DiSavino NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices plunged about 5% to an eight-month low on Friday as the U.S. dollar hit its strongest level in more than two decades …

DUBAI (Reuters) -State-organised rallies took place in several Iranian cities on Friday to counter nationwide anti-government unrest triggered by the death of a woman in police custody, with marchers calling …

By Ivelisse Rivera SAN JUAN (Reuters) – Puerto Rico’s widespread power outages caused by Hurricane Fiona have led to cascading energy problems for the island, where fuel distribution limitations and …

By Krisztina Than BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s government submitted a second batch of anti-corruption bills to the country’s parliament on Friday as Budapest ramps up efforts to avoid a loss …

By Valerie Volcovici PITTSBURGH (Reuters) – A top climate adviser to President Joe Biden on Friday said the head of the World Bank should “not mince words” on the scientific …

By Michel Rose, Andreas Rinke and Krisztina Than PARIS/BERLIN/BUDAPEST (Reuters) – The European Union’s powerhouses will have to tread carefully around Giorgia Meloni if the nationalist candidate’s coalition wins Italy’s …

By Yuvraj Malik (Reuters) – India’s Byju’s has paid 19 billion rupees ($234 million) to Blackstone Inc, settling its dues owed to the private-equity firm as part of a $950 …

(Reuters) – Ukraine will never forgive Russia for a shameful conflict which has thrown back Russia’s development by half a century to Soviet times predating Mikhail Gorbachev, journalist and Nobel …

By Shankar Ramakrishnan and Matt Tracy (Reuters) – Some U.S. companies with the best credit ratings are looking at shorter-term debt solutions as a bridge to a better funding environment …

SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazil’s Zamp SA said on Friday that Abu Dhabi state investor Mubadala had revoked its tender offer to purchase a controlling stake in the company, prompting shares …