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By David Brunnstrom and Hyonhee Shin UNITED NATIONS/SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida held their first one-on-one talks on Wednesday and agreed on …

By Kevin Buckland and Vidya Ranganathan SINGAPORE (Reuters) -A quadrillion yen is lying idle with Japanese households, ready to be shipped overseas when yields abroad turn more attractive, and that …

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has asked his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden to resolve Seoul’s concerns over the recently passed U.S. Inflation Reduction Act, Yonhap news agency …

By Abigail Summerville and Matt Tracy (Reuters) – Wall Street banks completed the sale of $8.55 billion in loans and bonds backing the leveraged buyout of business software company Citrix …

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday rejected a bid by Amazon.com Inc to quash demands that both Chief Executive Andy Jassy and Executive …

SYDNEY/WELLINGTON (Reuters) – Australia and New Zealand condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin’s escalation of the war in Ukraine, saying his threats to use nuclear weapons to defend Russia were “unthinkable” …

By Gabriel Stargardter UBERABA, Brazil (Reuters) – In August last year, Brazilian farmer Reinaldo Huijsmans reported a break-in at his house in the town of Maracaju, where thieves stole six …

BERLIN (Reuters) – Federal and state government tax revenues fell in Europe’s biggest economy during August for the first time this year, the finance ministry said on Thursday. In its …

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – A Honduran court sentenced the country’s former first lady, Rosa Bonilla, to 14 years in prison on Wednesday on charges of fraud and misappropriation of funds destined …

By Pavel Polityuk, Humeyra Pamuk and Caleb Davis KYIV/NEW YORK/GDANSK, Poland (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin ordered Russia’s first wartime mobilisation since World War Two on Wednesday, shocking citizens with …

By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea may be preparing to launch a new submarine believed to be capable of firing ballistic missiles, a U.S.-based think tank reported on Thursday, …

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – United Airlines said on Wednesday it is working to resume flights to Cuba later this year that it suspended in March 2020 because of …

By Marcela Ayres BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil’s central bank on Wednesday chose to keep interest rates unchanged, pausing an aggressive monetary tightening cycle even as U.S. and European policymakers are still …

By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Joe Manchin on Wednesday released an energy permitting bill to speed approvals for natural gas pipelines and power transmission for renewable energy, …

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s manufacturers association on Thursday slashed its forecast for growth in factory output next year, citing huge uncertainty around demand and energy prices. Make UK downgraded its …

By Ismail Shakil OTTAWA (Reuters) -Preliminary tests found no signs of external trauma that could have caused the death of a mass stabbing suspect who died in police custody after …

By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – The Bank of England looks set to raise interest rates by at least half a percentage point on Thursday in a bid to tame …

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian presidential candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Wednesday he should reach an agreement on a trade deal between South America’s Mercosur trade bloc …

By Pete Schroeder, Lananh Nguyen and Saeed Azhar WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The country’s top bank chiefs endorsed U.S. Federal Reserve rate hikes as a means to tame soaring inflation, while acknowledging …

By Steve Holland and Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden accused Russia on Wednesday of making “reckless” and “irresponsible” threats to use nuclear weapons and said Moscow …

(Reuters) -Homebuilder Lennar Corp on Wednesday reported a better-than-expected profit in the third quarter, benefiting from record-high property prices as demand far outpaced supply that was crippled by raw material …

By David French (Reuters) – Wall Street’s main indexes see-sawed before slumping in the final 30 minutes of trading to end Wednesday lower, as investors digested another supersized Federal Reserve …

By Steve Holland UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Liz Truss met in person for the first time on Wednesday and said they want to …

By Valerie Volcovici and Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted 69-27 to ratify an amendment to the Montreal Protocol that would cut the use of hydrofluorocarbons …