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By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO -Japan’s ruling coalition has yet to agree on the need for an extra budget to fund emergency relief measures to be compiled by the cabinet to …

By Uditha Jayasinghe and Devjyot Ghoshal NEGOMBO, Sri Lanka – After three weeks at sea, Anton Fernando tallies his sales of tuna and other fish on a dock in Negombo, …

By Phil Lavelle (Reuters) – The company behind a cannabis mega-factory in California is hoping federal legalization of the substance will allow it to expand distribution of joints, oils and …

BEIJING – China’s state planner will continue reduce its crude steel output this year and pledged an annual decline, after cutting around 30 million tonnes of production in 2021, an …

JOHANNESBURG – African start-ups attracted a record $5.2 billion in venture capital last year, bouncing back from a pandemic-induced dip in 2020 with a nearly five-fold increase in investments, according …

SHANGHAI – Benchmark lending rates for China’s commercial banks are likely to be lowered at a monthly fixing on Wednesday, a Reuters survey showed, as Beijing cautiously eases monetary conditions …

TOKYO – Japanese retailer Seven & I Holdings Co, facing pressure from activist investors for structural reforms, has nominated a former executive of Uber Technologies Inc to join its board …

(Reuters) – Commonwealth Bank of Australia warned of a fake news article doing rounds on social media platforms alleging the country’s No. 1 lender to have partnered with a cryptocurrency …

(Reuters) – British retailer WH Smith Plc said on Tuesday it has suspended orders from its online greetings card and gift business Funky Pigeon following a cyber-security incident last week. …

MADRID – Fund manager Reade Griffith bought a minority stake in Spanish broadcaster Mediaset Espana after its parent company MediaForEurope launched a public takeover offer, a filing to the Spanish …

A look at the day ahead in markets from Saikat Chatterjee. Bleary-eyed traders returning to work after the Easter weekend have a short, yet action-packed week ahead. They must contend …

By Clare Jim HONG KONG – Chinese developers are heeding Beijing’s call and accelerating a push into asset-light businesses such as property services and commercial real estate to cut their …

By Lisa Pauline Mattackal and Medha Singh (Reuters) – A fledgling class of crypto that feasts on risk is outshining a wider market paralyzed by war and inflation. Coins backed …

By Paul Lienert and Nick Carey (Reuters) – Buyers around the world are lining up to purchase electric vehicles this year even with sticker prices surging, flipping the script on …

WELLINGTON – New Zealand unveiled new sanctions on Tuesday targeting Russia’s largest banks and financial institutions, in its response to the invasion of Ukraine. “We are deeply concerned at the …

YONKERS, NY – The Yonkers Police Department issued dozens of tickets for aggressive, loud and obnoxious driving around the city this weekend. “The number one enforcement complaint in The City …

BUFFALO, NY (District Attorney Release) – Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 33-year-old Farquan Aljabbouri of Buffalo was arraigned this morning before Buffalo City Court Judge Peter …

HOWARD COUNTY, MD – The Howard County Police Department has issued the following police reports of crimes committed between Friday, April 15 and Monday, April 18, 2022. The incidents are …

CHERRY HILL, NJ – The Cherry Hill Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance in locating missing juvenile male: Matthew Johnson. Matthew Johnson was last seen on April 1st, 2022, …

TOMS RIVER, NJ – A Marlton Man, David Steen, 54, who attacked an elderly woman with a golf club in Berkeley Township, pleaded guilty to robbery and aggravated assault in …

ANNAPOLIS, MD – A taxi cab driver and his passenger were caught in a hail of gunfire on Easter. Police reported on Sunday, at approximately 12:40 a.m., that officers responded …

By Leika Kihara and Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO – Japanese policymakers escalated their warnings against sharp yen falls with the finance minister saying the currency’s slump to two-decade lows versus the …

GLEN BURNIE, MD – On April 15, 2022, at approximately 8:30 p.m., officers responded for a robbery that had occurred thirty minutes earlier in the area of Nolpark Drive and …