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By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON -A U.S. congressional committee has invited board members at four oil majors to testify about the industry’s role in climate change and spreading “disinformation,” turning up …

By Praveen Menon, Kirsty Needham and Tom Westbrook WELLINGTON/SYDNEY – Life-saving water supplies from a New Zealand navy ship were distributed across Tonga’s main island on Friday, as other countries …

By Clare Jim and Brenda Goh HONG KONG/SHANGHAI -The provincial government leading China Evergrande Group’s restructuring wants to separate the company’s offshore assets and sell them to pay off foreign …

By Dawn Chmielewski – Even as Netflix Inc executives sought to reassure investors in a Thursday video interview that its long-term prospects for streaming media remain bright, with its popular …

By Kevin Yao BEIJING -China will be able to achieve economic growth of around 5.5% in 2022, an adviser to the government’s cabinet said on Friday, making a rosier prediction …

(Toyota corrects number of affected plants to 12 from 11) TOKYO -Toyota Motor Corp is slowing production at as many as 12 plants in Japan because of rising COVID-19 infections …

SHANGHAI -China’s central bank said on Friday it has cut interest rates on another key monetary policy tool, capping off a week of easing measures that underscore official concern about …

-U.S. authorities on Thursday charged a man with human smuggling of Indian nationals from Canada, the day after four people including a baby were found frozen to death in a …

A look at the day ahead from Dhara Ranasinghe. The S&P 500 looks set to end the week down almost 4% in its biggest weekly drop since late 2020. Trade …

By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE -A Japanese-Australian venture producing hydrogen from brown coal is set to start loading its maiden cargo on the world’s first liquid hydrogen carrier on Friday, in …

By William Schomberg LONDON -British retail sales slumped in December after consumers did much of their Christmas shopping earlier than usual in November and many people stayed at home due …

By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Leika Kihara TOKYO -Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida reiterated on Friday that it was up to the central bank to decide on an exit strategy from …

By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES -Netflix Inc dashed hopes for a quick rebound after forecasting weak first-quarter subscriber growth on Thursday, sending shares sinking nearly 20% and wiping away most …

By Tim Kelly and Shinji Kitamura TOKYO -Sony Group will likely add new technology partners to its electric vehicle (EV) project to help it forge a mobility business to transform …

By Andrius Sytas and John O’Donnell VILNIUS/FRANKFURT – Lithuania is under pressure from German companies to back down in a dispute with China to end a blockade of the Baltic …

SYDNEY – Qantas Airways Ltd will cut domestic capacity by 10 more percentage points, to 60% of pre-pandemic levels, in the March quarter after the state of Western Australia indefinitely …

By Anshuman Daga SINGAPORE – A special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), backed by European asset manager Tikehau Capital and a holding firm of LVMH Chairman Bernard Arnault, became the second …

– Peloton Interactive Inc’s chief executive said on Thursday the company was reviewing the size of its workforce and “resetting” production levels, following a report earlier in the day that …

By Poppy McPherson and Fanny Potkin BANGKOK -Lebanon’s M1 Group will partner with a Myanmar firm to take over Norwegian telco Telenor’s business in the Southeast Asian country after its …

By Jonnelle Marte -Creating an official digital version of the U.S. dollar could give Americans more, and speedier, payment options, but it would also present financial stability risks and privacy …

By David Morgan WASHINGTON – A bipartisan group of U.S. senators is discussing a scaled-back law focused on safeguarding election results and protecting election officials from harassment following Democrats’ twin …

By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON – Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd, a crypto-oriented financial services firm, on Thursday said it hired an executive from asset management giant Blackstone Group to help grow …

By Kantaro Komiya and Leika Kihara TOKYO – Japan’s core consumer prices rose 0.5% in December from a year earlier, increasing for a second month in a row at the …