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LONDON (Reuters) -Israel and Hamas have been waging war since gunmen from the Palestinian militant group went on the rampage in southern Israel on Oct. 7, killing 1,200 people and …

By Jack Queen (Reuters) – Donald Trump lost his bid on Monday to delay a criminal trial stemming from hush money payments paid to a [censored] star but won a …

By Andrew Chung (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court is set on Thursday to weigh Donald Trump’s fight to stay on the ballot in Colorado in a case that carries …

By Dan Peleschuk and Andrew Osborn KYIV/LONDON (Reuters) – Russian forces are intensifying attacks on the eastern Ukrainian city of Avdiivka, seeking to encircle Kyiv’s troops there as Moscow’s war …

MILAN (Reuters) – Telecom Italia (TIM) on Sunday approved the sale of its fixed-line network to U.S. private equity firm KKR in a deal that would make it the first …

By Scott Murdoch SYDNEY (Reuters) – The chairman of China Evergrande Group has been placed under police surveillance, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, raising more doubts about the embattled developer’s …

BEIJING (Reuters) – The announcement of a nearly $1 billion fine by Chinese regulators on Ant Group has drawn a line under the fintech giant’s woes and given hope to …

By Georgina Lee HONG KONG (Reuters) – The yuan has lost nearly 5% of its value against the dollar this year and in recent weeks China’s central bank has begun …

(Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s plan to forgive federal student loans, first announced in August, has been blocked by two legal challenges, clouding the financial future for millions of …

By Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) – Crypto exchange FTX filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States on Friday following its precipitous collapse, saying it could owe money to …

By Georgina Lee HONG KONG (Reuters) – A weak Hong Kong dollar and capital outflows have pushed the city’s interbank rates to 14-year highs and drained cash levels to their …

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s yuan is facing renewed downward pressure, dragged lower by a surging U.S. dollar, a hawkish Federal Reserve and widening monetary policy divergence between the world’s two …

By James Oliphant and Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Control of the U.S. Congress is at stake in November’s midterm elections, along with President Joe Biden’s remaining policy agenda. Republicans …

By Clare Jim HONG KONG – China Evergrande Group will offer asset packages that may include shares in its two overseas-listed businesses as a sweetener for restructuring offshore debt, the …

WASHINGTON – The conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court is set to decide in the coming weeks whether to dramatically curb abortion rights when it rules on a case from Mississippi, potentially …

By Gayatri Suroyo and Stefanno Sulaiman JAKARTA – Indonesia’s parliament is set to revisit a contentious Job Creation law to comply with a court order to fix procedural flaws during …

By Martin Petty (Reuters) – The Philippines holds an election on Monday for a new president, pitting incumbent Vice President Leni Robredo against Ferdinand Marcos Jr, the son of a …

By James Oliphant and Jason Lange WASHINGTON – Control of the U.S. Congress is at stake in this November’s midterm elections, along with President Joe Biden’s remaining policy agenda. Republicans …

By Ingrid Melander PARIS – All the main candidates are now on the starting line for France’s April presidential election, after Emmanuel Macron confirmed on Thursday that he was running …

By Jonnelle Marte and Ann Saphir – Senate Republicans on Tuesday delayed a pivotal committee vote on President Joe Biden’s nominees to the Federal Reserve Board, including Jerome Powell as …