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By Aleksandra Michalska HINDMAN, Ky. – Hundreds of National Guard have fanned out across eastern Kentucky to help residents displaced this week by severe flooding that swept away homes and …

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS -United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday slammed the “grotesque greed” of oil and gas companies and their financial backers and urged governments globally to …

(Deletes repeated word in paragraph 11) By Elvira Pollina MILAN – Telecom Italia (TIM) has trimmed its expected profit drop for 2022 to lift its outlook on the back of …

TORONTO – Canada’s main stock index rose on Wednesday, helped by gains for technology and financial shares after encouraging U.S. economic data, but the advance was limited as a drop …

By Stephen Culp NEW YORK – U.S. stocks jumped to a sharply higher close and Treasury yields touched two-week highs on Wednesday as robust economic data, upbeat corporate guidance and …

By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK – The U.S. dollar was up against the yen on Wednesday after data showed a surprise pickup in the U.S. services industry in July, while …

By Lindsay Dunsmuir and Dan Burns (Reuters) -Federal Reserve officials voiced their determination again on Wednesday to rein in high inflation, although one noted a half-percentage-point hike in the U.S. …

By Jibran Ahmad and Mohammad Yunus Yawar KABUL – Leaders of Afghanistan’s Taliban were holding discussions on Wednesday about how to respond to a U.S. drone strike in Kabul that …

MOSCOW – A long queue of Russians snaked through a Moscow shopping centre on Tuesday, waiting to get into H&M as the fashion retailer flung open its doors for a …

By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – Planned Parenthood on Wednesday urged Idaho’s top court to stop a state law criminalizing nearly all abortions from taking effect later this month, arguing that …

By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK – U.S. companies are reporting mostly upbeat news this earnings season, surprising investors who had been bracing for a gloomier outlook on both businesses and …

WASHINGTON -The U.S. Transportation Department on Wednesday proposed new rules to strengthen airline passenger protection and require airlines to provide vouchers that do not expire when passengers are unable to …

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK -A former Coinbase Global Inc product manager and his brother pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to wire fraud charges in what U.S. prosecutors called the …

By Bhanvi Satija and Leroy Leo (Reuters) – CVS Health Corp on Wednesday lifted its annual outlook for COVID-19-related revenue as it expects sales of over-the-counter coronavirus tests to more …

By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON -The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday published a staff bulletin that seeks to clarify how broker dealers and investment advisors must address conflicts …

By Yimou Lee and Sarah Wu TAIPEI -U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi left Taiwan on Wednesday after touting its democracy and pledging American solidarity during her brief visit, …

By Maha El Dahan and Ahmad Ghaddar DUBAI/LONDON – OPEC+ is set to raise its oil output goal by 100,000 barrels per day, an amount analysts said was a setback …

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON -A union representing nearly 2,500 workers at three Boeing defense locations in the St. Louis area voted to accept a revised three-year contract offer from the …

By Praveen Paramasivam (Reuters) – Beyond Meat Inc is headed for an unappetizing second quarter as the plant-based food craze withers in the face of several weak product tests at …

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON – The U.S. services industry unexpectedly picked up in July as new orders grew solidly, supporting views that the economy was not in recession despite output …

By Lindsay Dunsmuir (Reuters) -It would be ‘reasonable’ for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates by 50 basis points next month if the economy evolves as expected, San Francisco …

By Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) -An Illinois man accused of opening fire on spectators watching an Independence Day parade in a Chicago suburb last month pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to …

By Tatiana Bautzer SAO PAULO – UnitedHealth Group Inc, the top U.S. healthcare company by market capitalization, is struggling to sell Brazilian unit Amil due to antitrust issues and growing …

By Akash Sriram (Reuters) -Private equity firm Thoma Bravo is buying Ping Identity for $2.4 billion, deepening a bet on the cybersecurity sector that has been one of the big …

By Joseph Ax (Reuters) -Republican voters on Tuesday chose a raft of candidates supporting Donald Trump’s 2020 election falsehoods in multiple party primaries for the November general election – a …