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BUDAPEST – U.S. and Hungarian conservatives must join forces in 2024 elections to “take back” institutions in Washington and Brussels from liberals who threaten western civilization, Prime Minister Viktor Orban …

(Reuters) – Apple Inc has asked suppliers to ensure that shipments from Taiwan to China comply with the latter’s customs regulations to avoid them from being held for scrutiny, according …

By William Schomberg and William James LONDON – Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey pushed back at suggestions by the front-runner to become Britain’s next prime minister Liz Truss and …

By Nia Williams REVELSTOKE, British Columbia – A year after a wildfire destroyed the western Canadian village of Lytton, residents, municipal leaders, and the British Columbia government are grappling with …

By Diadie Ba DAKAR -Senegal’s ruling Benno Bokk Yakaar (BBY) coalition has lost its comfortable majority in parliament, securing just two seats more than two allied opposition coalitions in a …

BEIJING -China is halting cooperation with the United States in a number of areas, including dialogue between senior-level military commanders and climate talks, in retaliation for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s …

By John Davison BAGHDAD – Tens of thousands of followers of Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr prayed on Friday at an iconic Baghdad military parade ground built by the late President …

By Swati Bhat and Chris Thomas MUMBAI – The Reserve Bank of India’s key policy repo rate was raised by 50 basis points on Friday, the third increase in the …

By Neil Jerome Morales and Enrico Dela Cruz MANILA -Philippine inflation accelerated to its fastest pace in nearly four years in July, raising the odds of a bigger interest rate …

By Yimou Lee and Sarah Wu TAIPEI -China deployed scores of planes and fired live missiles near Taiwan on Thursday in its biggest drills in the Taiwan Strait, a day …

By Sakura Murakami and Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO -U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday praised Taiwan, pledged U.S. solidarity and said her trip through Asia, which led to …

By Tim Kelly and Nobuhiro Kubo TOKYO -China’s firing of missiles into waters less than 160 km (100 miles) from Japan in a display of might after Nancy Pelosi visited …

By Huw Jones LONDON -London Stock Exchange Group’s (LSEG) cost and savings targets for integration of data company Refinitiv are on track, it said after half-year results and the launch …

By Sachin Ravikumar and Joice Alves LONDON -WPP upgraded its annual net sales outlook on Friday thanks to higher client spending but shares in the world’s largest advertising group slid …

By Maytaal Angel LONDON – The United Nations food agency’s world price index declined again in July, edging further away from record highs hit in March. The Food and Agriculture …

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK – Tyson Foods Inc, one of the largest U.S. meat producers, is refusing to comply with a subpoena for a civil probe into possible price …

By Ludwig Burger FRANKFURT – Market share gains in fine fragrances and strong demand for its food ingredients helped Switzerland’s Firmenich, which has agreed to merge with DSM, deliver a …

(This Aug 4 story corrects milestone to February from January in paragraph 2) By Daniel Leussink TOKYO – Japan’s households increased spending for the first time in four months in …

By Lucy Raitano LONDON – Bond funds recorded their largest weekly inflow since late 2021 while equity funds were sold off, suggesting investors are becoming increasingly risk adverse against a …

KHIMKI, Russia -A Russian court sentenced U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner to nine years in prison on Thursday after finding her guilty of deliberately bringing cannabis-infused vape cartridges into Russia, …

By Stefanno Sulaiman and Gayatri Suroyo JAKARTA -Indonesia’s economic growth accelerated in the April-June quarter amid an export boom driven by rising commodity prices, official data showed on Friday, but …

LONDON -House prices in Britain fell the first time in more than a year in July in monthly terms and the market is likely to weaken further as interest rates …

By Rocky Swift and Satoshi Sugiyama TOKYO – Japanese companies are temporarily shutting offices or suspending production as they battle a record wave of COVID-19, disrupting businesses in a country …

By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE – Global miner Rio Tinto has received several offers to build 4 gigawatts (GW) of wind and solar farms to power its alumina and aluminium operations …

By Kantaro Komiya and Daniel Leussink TOKYO -The Japanese yen’s rise against the U.S. dollar since mid-July is a temporary shift, nearly two-thirds of currency strategists in a Reuters poll …