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By Scott Murdoch, Kane Wu and Xie Yu HONG KONG -The move to delist five Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) signals Beijing may be …

By David French (Reuters) -Kimmeridge Energy Management Co LLC on Monday confirmed it has amassed a stake in California Resources Corp and is engaging with the oil and gas producer …

By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON – Grenada’s former Climate Resilience Minister Simon Stiell will become the new United Nations climate chief, UN Secretary General António Guterres announced on Monday. Stiell will …

LONDON -Germany’s Bayer said it has decided to continue supplying Russia with essential agricultural inputs, reversing course from comments made in March that supplies for 2023 would be contingent on …

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK – Goldman Sachs Group Inc and Morgan Stanley urged a U.S. federal judge to dismiss seven lawsuits by investors who accused the Wall Street banks …

(Reuters) – London’s Heathrow Airport said on Monday it will extend the cap on flight departures to Oct. 29 as it looks to support more “reliable and resilient” passenger journeys. …

(Reuters) – Emergent BioSolutions Inc said on Friday it had received a warning letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, citing certain deficiencies at the contract drugmaker’s manufacturing facility …

By Emma Farge GENEVA – The Red Cross on Monday appealed to states and donors to set aside their political objections to the Taliban and resume aid flows to Afghanistan’s …

MEXICO CITY – Peru’s economy expanded 3.44% in June compared with a year earlier, the government said on Monday. In the same report, the country’s statistics agency INEI posted that …

By Irene Wang TOKYO – Japanese fans of the sci-fi hit “Stranger Things” can chow down on demonic pasta and rock out to retro 1980s tunes at a pop-up cafe …

FRANKFURT – Volkswagen AG and Mahindra & Mahindra on Monday expanded their cooperation and signed a term sheet under which the German carmaker will supply electric components to its Indian …

By Clara Denina and Jahnavi Nidumolu LONDON – Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd on Monday rejected an offer by majority shareholder Rio Tinto Ltd to buy the 49% stake it doesn’t …

HELSINKI -Finland has cancelled plans to overhaul equality legislation aimed at narrowing the pay gap between men and women, the government said in a statement on Monday, citing unbridgeable gaps …

BRASILIA – Brazilian central bank chief Roberto Campos Neto on Monday said policymakers had never imagined the country’s unemployment rate below 9%, but it now seems likely to fall to …

By Irene Wang and Elaine Lies TOKYO – Prime Minster Fumio Kishida vowed on the anniversary of Japan’s World War Two surrender on Monday that his country would never again …

By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve’s hawkish message on inflation registered quickly in U.S. housing markets this summer as mortgage rates shot up and home sales slowed. But …

By Muvija M LONDON – Stood on her hind legs to greet any prospective owner who might approach her glass-doored kennel, Harriet is a black English cocker spaniel abandoned as …

By Steve Holland and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON -The White House is seeking to improve President Joe Biden’s low approval ratings by launching a campaign to highlight some of the recent …

By Jamie Freed (Reuters) -Malaysia Airlines has signed a provisional agreement to acquire 20 Airbus A330neos to replace its ageing fleet of A330 widebody jets in a deal that also …

By Nayera Abdallah and Hadeel Al Sayegh (Reuters) -Saudi Arabia’s Kingdom Holding Co, the investment firm controlled by billionaire Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, quietly invested more than $500 million in …

By Andrew MacAskill and Elizabeth Piper LONDON -Britain’s Labour Party called on Monday for the energy price cap to be frozen to help people deal with another expected surge in …

BANGKOK – Instant noodle makers asked Thailand on Monday to allow them to charge more for their products to meet rising costs, potentially paving the way for the first price …

BEIJING/SHANGHAI -China’s central bank cut key lending rates in a surprise move on Monday to revive demand as data showed the economy unexpectedly slowing in July, with factory and retail …

HONG KONG -Hong Kong’s audit regulator said on Monday it has initiated an enquiry into the financial statements of China Evergrande Group’s property services unit and its former auditor after …

By Yoshifumi Takemoto and Kantaro Komiya TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday instructed his ministers to draw up additional steps to cushion the economic blow from rising …