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PARIS (Reuters) – French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said he hoped the worst would be over by spring 2023 in terms of inflation, and reaffirmed that France would have …

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Vidya Ranganathan With just hours to go before the Fed goes 75 basis points, or even 100, and …

By Daphne Psaledakis and Humeyra Pamuk UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – After pleading with world leaders at the United Nations to protect the education and rights of women in Afghanistan a …

By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan will not intervene to stem the yen’s decline, said just over half of economists polled by Reuters, though a fifth said weakening beyond …

By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan’s dovish deputy governor Masayoshi Amamiya ranked top among candidates to become the bank’s next head in a Reuters poll of …

(Reuters) -A fire outbreak at PG&E Corp’s energy storage facility that uses battery packs made by Tesla Inc has been fully controlled, the Monterey County sheriff’s office in California said …

By Marianna Parraga and Sudarshan Varadhan HOUSTON/CHENNAI, India (Reuters) – Maroil Trading, owned by shipping tycoon Wilmer Ruperti, has taken over sales of almost all Venezuela’s exports of petroleum coke, …

By Aftab Ahmed NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s government is in no hurry to push inflation – now hovering near 7% and eight-year highs – back to the central bank’s …

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A man has been taken into custody after the Washington Monument was vandalized late on Tuesday, police said, adding that the area around the …

By Ivelisse Rivera, Rich McKay and Scott DiSavino SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico/ATLANTA/NEW YORK (Reuters) -Some 80% of homes and businesses in Puerto Rico still lacked power on Tuesday as rains …

SYDNEY (Reuters) – A top Australian central banker said on Wednesday monetary policy was not yet restrictive despite five rate rises in as many months, but the bank was looking …

By Mariko Katsumura and Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) -A man set himself on fire near the Japanese prime minister’s office on Wednesday in an apparent protest at the government’s decision …

By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia’s central bank on Wednesday said its equity had been wiped out by losses suffered on pandemic-era bond buying, but its ability to create money …

(Reuters) – Planemaker Boeing Co said on Tuesday it plans to cut about 150 finance jobs in the United States this year to simplify its corporate structure and focus more …

By Rajesh Kumar Singh and Andres Gonzalez CHICAGO/LONDON (Reuters) -General Electric Co on Tuesday confirmed it has hired Mavi Zingoni to head up the company’s power unit, which comprises its …

By Scott Murdoch and Donny Kwok HONG KONG (Reuters) -China’s Tencent Music Entertainment Group shares started trading at HK$18 ($2.29) each in the company’s Hong Kong listing debut on Wednesday. …

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s exports fell 8.7% in the first 20 days of September from the same period a year earlier due to holiday effects and amid signs of …

By Cassandra Garrison and Andrea Shalal MEXICO CITY/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -An outside firm hired to investigate whistleblower allegations found evidence that Inter-American Development Bank President Mauricio Claver-Carone engaged in an intimate …

By Josh Horwitz SHANGHAI (Reuters) – A top European industry group warned on Wednesday that firms were losing confidence in China and that its standing as an investment destination was …

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin will only give up his “imperial ambitions” that risk destroying Ukraine and Russia if he recognizes he cannot win the war, German Chancellor …

By Julia Payne and Dmitry Zhdannikov LONDON (Reuters) – Europe’s problems in sourcing oil and gas this winter after a dispute with Russia may be exacerbated by a new crisis …

By Joey Roulette PARIS (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia is planning to launch two astronauts to the International Space Station aboard a space capsule from Elon Musk’s SpaceX, becoming the latest …

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, addressing the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as destabilising the international order to its core and …

(Reuters) – Nasdaq Inc is placing a big bet on the cryptocurrency market, with the launch of a digital assets business that is aimed at tapping institutional investors. The new …

By Enrico Dela Cruz MANILA (Reuters) – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday cut its growth forecasts for developing Asia for 2022 and 2023 amid mounting risks from increased …