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By Navya Mittal (Reuters) -Australia’s competition watchdog said on Friday that Alphabet Inc’s Google unit was ordered by the country’s Federal Court to pay A$60 million ($42.7 million) in penalties …

JAKARTA – Indonesians must prepare for a potential hike in fuel prices as the government looks to control its ballooning energy subsidies amid high global oil prices, a cabinet minister …

By Jan Lopatka and Marek Strzelecki PRAGUE/WARSAW -A European bank has agreed to process a payment for the transit of Russian oil through Ukraine, Slovak refiner Slovnaft and another source …

By Joyce Lee, Soo-hyang Choi and Heekyong Yang SEOUL -South Korea’s President Yoon Suk-yeol pardoned Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee on Friday, with the justice ministry saying the …

(Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson will stop selling talc-based baby powder globally in 2023, the drugmaker said on Thursday, more than two years after it ended U.S. sales of a …

JAKARTA – An interest rate hike will not be Bank Indonesia’s first choice at this juncture, the central bank’s deputy governor told the Reuters Global Markets Forum on Friday, even …

TOKYO – Japanese vehicle maker Hino Motors Ltd and its parent, Toyota Motor Corp, have been accused of historical misconduct in a class action lawsuit brought in the United States, …

By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – California Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled a new water strategy on Thursday that plans for a future with 10% less water and shifts the emphasis from …

By Scott Murdoch HONG KONG -China Tourism Group Duty Free Corp is aiming to raise up to $2.16 billion through a new listing in Hong Kong, according to a term …

MOSCOW/LONDON – Kazakhstan is expected to sell some of its crude oil through Azerbaijan’s biggest oil pipeline from September, as the nation seeks alternatives to a route Russia threatened to …

By Rozanna Latiff KUALA LUMPUR -Malaysia’s economy grew at its fastest annual pace in a year in the second quarter, boosted by expansion in domestic demand and resilient exports, but …

TOKYO -Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s cabinet reshuffle appears to have done little to ease voter concerns amidst anger about the ruling party’s ties to the Unification Church, opinion polls …

By Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON -South Korea’s SK Hynix aims to select a U.S. site for its advanced chip packaging plant and break ground there around the first quarter of next …

SHANGHAI – China’s central bank is widely expected to partially roll over maturing medium-term policy loans on Monday, while keeping borrowing costs unchanged for the seventh month in a row, …

TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Friday he will instruct his government to come up with additional measures to cushion the economic blow from rising energy and …

MEXICO CITY -Mexican army divers were blocked by debris in their first attempt to descend deep into a flooded coal mine in northern Mexico where 10 miners have been trapped …

By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON(Reuters) -A former Virginia police sergeant who joined Donald Trump’s supporters in storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced to seven years and three …

By Devayani Sathyan BENGALURU – The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) will stick to its hawkish stance and deliver a fourth straight half-point rate hike on Wednesday in its …

By Daniel Trotta and Kanishka Singh (Reuters) -An armed man who tried to breach the FBI building in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Thursday was shot dead by police following a car …

By Ann Saphir (Reuters) -San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Mary Daly said on Thursday that while a half-percentage-point interest rate hike in September “makes sense,” she is open to …

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON -The U.S. consumer watchdog agency said on Thursday that it will consider rules to better protect Americans’ privacy and crack down on businesses that collect far-reaching …

SAO PAULO -Brazil’s Petrobras said on Thursday it has begun the process of looking for bidders for its potassium mining rights in the Amazon basin. The asset is composed of …

BANGKOK – Former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa arrived in Thailand on Thursday, according to three Reuters witnesses, as he seek temporary shelter in a second Southeast Asian country after …