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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Friday he wanted to discuss climate change and fears related to energy transition in his talk with U.S. President Joe …

By Andrew MacAskill and Sachin Ravikumar LONDON (Reuters) – London’s police force said the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth will be the biggest security operation it has ever undertaken as …

By Saeed Azhar and Pete Schroeder NEW YORK (Reuters) -Citigroup has submitted a comprehensive multiyear plan to the Federal Reserve and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency outlining …

By Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices rose slightly on Friday as a spill at Iraq’s Basra terminal appeared likely to constrain crude supply, but remained down on the …

TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s president on Friday decreed a law imposing prison terms for spreading false information or rumours online, a move immediately denounced by the main journalists’ union as …

THE HAGUE (Reuters) – A small Dutch town took Twitter to court on Friday to demand the social media giant takes down all messages relating to a supposed ring of …

By Syed Raza Hassan and Asif Shahzad KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) – Children and women are becoming more vulnerable as tens of thousands of people suffer from infectious and water-borne diseases …

By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In the shadow of the United Nations’ towering headquarters in New York City, law student Solomon Yeo from an island nation in the South …

By Rafaella Barros RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazilian presidential frontrunner Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is considering raising royalties on certain mining projects if elected, a campaign adviser told …

By Eric Onstad, Pratima Desai and Peter Hobson LONDON (Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase & Co has reduced lending to China’s Tsingshan, one of the world’s top nickel producers, while also …

LIMA (Reuters) -Peru’s central bank on Friday lowered its economic growth estimates for 2022 and 2023, amid worsening expectations despite a package of government stimulus measures aimed at boosting local …

(Reuters) – U.S. auto industry ad spend for the first seven months of this year fell 4% year-on-year as inventory shortages crimped sales even as vehicle demand stayed strong, according …

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentine seed technology firm Bioceres said on Friday it had agreed to expand its collaboration with Swiss seeds and pesticides maker Syngenta to develop and market …

BEIJING (Reuters) – China will impose sanctions on the chief executives of Boeing Defense and Raytheon over their involvement in Washington’s latest arms sales to Taiwan, a foreign ministry spokesperson …

By Hannah Lang and Michelle Price WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Banks’ cryptocurrency projects have been upended by U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) accounting guidance that would make it too capital-intensive …

NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Thursday set a 2024 trial date for former Allianz SE executive Gregoire Tournant, citing the complexity of allegations he defrauded investors out …

By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm met with the governors of six states in the U.S. Northeast on Thursday to talk about their concerns about soaring …

(Reuters) -Governor Kathy Hochul said on Thursday that the New York State Public Service Commission (NYSPSC) has begun to enact a Utility Thermal Energy Network and Jobs Act in an …

By Laura Sanicola and Laila Kearney (Reuters) – Delta Air Lines Inc plans to start receiving shipments of renewable fuel feedstocks at its Trainer, Pennsylvania, refinery as part of a …

By Natalie Grover LONDON (Reuters) – Two COVID-19 antibody therapies are no longer recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), on the basis that Omicron and the variant’s latest offshoots …

By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Makers of the top selling drugs in the United States are costing patients billions of dollars and worsening a drug pricing crisis by abusing …

By Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday he would only back the idea of reopening Russian ammonia exports through Ukraine if Moscow handed back prisoners …

By Davide Barbuscia NEW YORK (Reuters) – Expectations of how aggressively the Federal Reserve will raise rates in its fight against inflation hit a fresh high this week, exacerbating pressures …