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By Ilona Wissenbach and Maria Sheahan FRANKFURT/BERLIN – Germany’s Lufthansa said on Thursday it expected demand for short-haul flights in Europe to drive growth at its passenger airlines this year, …

By Dina Kartit and Elena Vardon (Reuters) -Satellite company SES’s Paris-listed shares slumped as much as 10% on Thursday after the Financial Times reported it was in talks with U.S. …

By Dawn Chmielewski (Reuters) – Warner Bros Discovery Inc is expected to discuss the new streaming strategy for the merged company on Thursday when it reports second-quarter earnings, four sources …

By Satoshi Sugiyama TOKYO -Toyota Motor Corp’s profit slumped a worse-than-expected 42% in its first quarter as the Japanese automaker was squeezed between supply constraints and rising costs. Operating profit …

By Rami Ayyub WASHINGTON -U.S. Congresswoman Jackie Walorski and two members of her staff died on Wednesday when the vehicle they were traveling in collided head-on with a car that …

By Julien Ponthus PARIS -French banking group Credit Agricole’s shares rose sharply on Thursday after it joined rivals BNP Paribas and Societe Generale in announcing better-than-expected quarterly profits driven by …

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON -The U.S. Senate approved on Wednesday Finland and Sweden’s accession to NATO, the most significant expansion of the 30-member alliance since the 1990s as it responds …

(Reuters) -South Africa’s Remgro Ltd said on Thursday it will buy hospital chain operator Mediclinic International in a consortium with Switzerland’s MSC Mediterranean Shipping for 3.7 billion pounds ($4.49 billion). …

By Anshuman Daga SINGAPORE -Singapore’s DBS Group warned inflation and geopolitical uncertainty may impact second-half performance too, after the wealth business of the bank suffered in the latest quarter, though …

By Ludwig Burger and Patricia Weiss FRANKFURT -Agriculture and pharmaceuticals company Bayer on Thursday lifted its 2022 earnings guidance on strong demand from farmers for its seeds and crop chemicals …

(Reuters) -Australia’s “Big Four” banks raised their home loan variable interest rates on Thursday, after the country’s central bank hiked rates earlier this week. Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Australia and …

By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Leika Kihara TOKYO – As Japan faces its first major battle with inflation in decades, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is extending a rare olive branch to …

(Adds chart) A look at the day ahead in markets from Alun John Will the Bank of England make history today by raising rates by 50 basis points? Probably. Will …

By Ludwig Burger (Reuters) -Germany’s Merck KGaA saw adjusted earnings rise 13.1% in the second quarter as higher revenues from its biotech lab equipment and its chemicals for semiconductor production …

By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) – Kansas voters on Tuesday rejected an effort to remove abortion protections from the state’s constitution, a resounding win for the abortion rights movement in the …

By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON – Thousands of migrants bused to Washington in recent months by Republican governors of states on the U.S.-Mexico border have caused tensions between the White House …

By Marc Frank HAVANA – Cuba announced it will begin purchasing on Thursday dollars and other convertible currencies at nearly five times the current rate in an effort to undercut …

By Nicolás Misculin BUENOS AIRES -Argentina’s new economy minister, Sergio Massa, announced a list of measures on Wednesday aimed at healing the country’s ailing finances, including pledges to meet a …

By Rose Horowitch and David Morgan WASHINGTON – A U.S. Senate panel on Wednesday took up proposals to reform federal election law, aiming to avoid a repeat of the violence …

By Jack Queen (Reuters) – Jurors in the Alex Jones defamation trial began deliberations on Wednesday after a lawyer for a child killed in the Sandy Hook massacre said they …

By Nandita Bose and Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden said on Wednesday the Supreme Court and Republicans are clueless about the power of American women as he signed …

By Gabriella Borter and Joseph Ax (Reuters) – A decisive victory for abortion rights in deeply conservative Kansas has boosted Democrats’ hopes that they can harness voter anger over efforts …

By Natalia Zinets, Umit Bektas and Max Hunder KYIV/ISTANBUL -Ukraine on Wednesday dismissed comments by former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder that Russia wanted a “negotiated solution” to the war and …

By Praveen Paramasivam (Reuters) -Yum Brands Inc said on Wednesday it would offer new items and promotional deals as it seeks to reverse a slowdown in demand for its pizzas …

By Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) – Parents of children killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre urged a U.S. bankruptcy judge on Wednesday not to allow the parent company of …