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Asia is most climate disaster-impacted region, UN meteorological agency says
GENEVA (Reuters) - Asia was the world's most disaster-hit region by climate related hazards last year, the World Meteorologic...
44m ago
China can't quit coal by 2040, researchers say, despite global climate goals
By Colleen Howe BEIJING (Reuters) - China's coal consumption will fall by just one-third by 2040, according to a report by a ...
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California to wrap up Exxon plastics probe 'in weeks', AG says
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - California will conclude a two-year investigation into Exxon and the fossil fuel ...
2h ago
Taiwan rattled by dozens of quakes, but no major damage
TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan's quake-hit eastern county of Hualien was rattled by dozens of aftershocks late on Monday and early ...
3h ago
Ryan Gosling's 'The Fall Guy' is a love letter to stunt performers
By Hanna Rantala LONDON (Reuters) - After serving "Kenergy" with "Barbie", actor Ryan Gosling turns the s...
7h ago
National Sports
Olympics-Teen skater Trew eyeing Paris after rolling off with Laureus award
MADRID (Reuters) - Resplendent in a pink dress with matching sneakers, 14-year-old Arisa Trew performed a kickflip on her ska...
2h ago
Olympics-USADA wants investigation into China swimming, welcomes WADA lawsuit
By Steve Keating (Reuters) - The head of the United States Anti-Doping Agency demanded on Monday an investigation into the Wo...
3h ago
Sabres bring back Lindy Ruff as head coach
Lindy Ruff, the winningest coach in Buffalo Sabres history, is returning to his former post. The Sabres announced Monday they...
3h ago
Golf-Exhausted Korda withdraws from LPGA event, puts record bid on hold
(Reuters) - Nelly Korda's bid for a record-setting sixth consecutive LPGA win will have to wait a little longer as the world ...
7h ago
Golf-Scheffler, Korda take men's and women's game by storm with dominant runs
By Frank Pingue (Reuters) - Scottie Scheffler and Nelly Korda, the two leading players in the men's and women's games, respec...
8h ago
World
Ukraine launches military charm offensive as conscription flags
By Dan Peleschuk DNIPRO, Ukraine (Reuters) - Far from the trenches, at orderly new centres across Ukraine, civilian recruiter...
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Iran's foreign minister calls EU sanctions 'regrettable'
DUBAI (Reuters) - European Union sanctions announced following Iran's attack against Israel are "regrettable" becau...
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South Korea, Romania pledge defence cooperation amid reports of contract in works
By Jack Kim and Joyce Lee SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean and Romanian leaders pledged on Tuesday to boost defence industry co...
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China to revise statistics law to fight data fraud
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will revise its statistics law in a bid to fight persistent data fraud, the state-run Xinhua news a...
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Indonesia's biggest party confirms President Jokowi no longer a member after backing Prabowo
By Ananda Teresia JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia President Joko Widodo and his son, incoming vice president Gibran Rakabuming ...
43m ago
Business
World Bank says Vietnam GDP to grow 5.5% in 2024, 6.0% in 2025
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's gross domestic product is seen growing 5.5% this year, the World Bank said on Tuesday, faster tha...
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Morning Bid: Eyes on PMIs for rebound signs
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook Purchasing Managers Index figures begin a data and ...
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Thailand's cabinet approves $13.5 billion digital wallet handout
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's cabinet approved in principle the government's 500 billion baht ($13.51 billion) digital walle...
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Singapore March core inflation at 3.1% y/y, below forecast
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's key consumer price gauge rose 3.1% in March on a yearly basis, lower than economists' forec...
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Electric car sales to rise but affordability in focus, IEA says
By Noah Browning LONDON (Reuters) - Electric car sales will rise strongly in 2024 despite economic headwinds in some markets,...
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Politics
Trump says Biden would be 'responsible' for any TikTok ban
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Monday that President Joe B...
8h ago
Factbox-Key quotes from Trump's criminal hush money trial
By Luc Cohen and Jack Queen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Opening statements kicked off on Monday in the criminal hush money trial of ...
11h ago
White House weighs immigration relief for spouses of US citizens
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House is weighing ways to provide temporary legal status and work permits to i...
12h ago
Biden administration issues privacy rule protecting abortion
By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's administration issued a final rule on Monday aimed at streng...
13h ago
US Supreme Court to hear challenge to Biden's 'ghost guns' curbs
By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide the legality of a federal regulation ...
14h ago
Health
Novartis lifts FY guidance after Q1 results beat expectations
By Ludwig Burger FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Swiss drugmaker Novartis on Tuesday raised its full-year guidance after reporting bette...
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U.S. FDA approves ImmunityBio's bladder cancer therapy
(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved ImmunityBio's combination therapy to treat a type of bladder cancer...
6h ago
UnitedHealth says hack could impact data of 'substantial proportion' of Americans
(Reuters) - UnitedHealth Group said on Monday the cyberattack at its technology unit led to a breach of health and personal i...
7h ago
US FDA declines to approve Abeona's skin disorder treatment
(Reuters) - Abeona Therapeutics said on Monday the U.S. health regulator had declined to approve its treatment for a rare ski...
8h ago
Peruvian woman dies by euthanasia after years-long fight for 'dignified death'
LIMA (Reuters) - A Peruvian woman suffering from a degenerative illness has died by euthanasia after a lengthy court battle e...
8h ago
Science
Three Russians parachute from stratosphere to North Pole
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Three Russians set a world record for parachuting from the Earth's stratosphere to the North Pole last wee...
Apr 19, 2024
Fossils of colossal snake Vasuki unearthed in India mine
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fossil vertebrae unearthed in a lignite mine are the remains of one of the largest snak...
Apr 18, 2024
Gigantic marine reptile's fossils found by British girl and father
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - A fossil jawbone found by a British girl and her father on a beach in Somerset, England belongs to...
Apr 17, 2024
Head of Russian space agency says work under way on modernised Angara rocket
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is working on a modernised Angara-A5M rocket capable of launching manned spacecraft, and plans to l...
Apr 17, 2024
Astronomers detect Milky Way's second-largest known black hole
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Astronomers have discovered a black hole with a mass about 33 times greater than that o...
Apr 16, 2024
Technology
OVH Groupe's H1 core profit beats forecasts
(Reuters) -French cloud services provider OVH reported a half-year adjusted core profit on Tuesday that beat market expectati...
39m ago
Exclusive-China acquired recently banned Nvidia chips in Super Micro, Dell servers, tenders show
By Eduardo Baptista, Fanny Potkin and Max A. Cherney BEIJING/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Chinese universities and research institut...
2h ago
Xiaomi secures lock-in orders of more than 70,000 SU7 cars
BEIJING (Reuters) - Xiaomi secured lock-in orders of more than 70,000 SU7 cars as of Saturday, its founder Lei Jun told an in...
2h ago
Australia PM calls Musk 'arrogant billionaire' after court orders X to hide church stabbing posts
By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian court has ordered X to hide some posts commenting on the stabbing of a bishop ...
3h ago
Rio Tinto, Eramet and LG Energy seek to develop lithium extraction tech for Chile
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Miners Rio Tinto and Eramet as well as battery maker LG Energy were among 30 companies that submitted pr...
3h ago
Entertainment
Ryan Gosling's 'The Fall Guy' is a love letter to stunt performers
By Hanna Rantala LONDON (Reuters) - After serving "Kenergy" with "Barbie", actor Ryan Gosling turns the s...
7h ago
Blackstone sweetens proposal to buy Shakira music owner Hipgnosis
(Reuters) - Blackstone made a potential offer to buy Hipgnosis Songs Fund for about $1.5 billion, outbidding Concord and trig...
23h ago
Taylor Swift surprises with extra tracks on 'Tortured Poets Department' album
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Taylor Swift surprised fans with her new record "The Tortured Poets Department&...
Apr 19, 2024
Sony, Apollo discuss joint bid for Paramount, says source
By Dawn Chmielewski (Reuters) - Sony Pictures Entertainment and Apollo Global Management are discussing making a joint bid fo...
Apr 19, 2024
Netflix handily beats subscriber targets but misses on revenue forecast
By Lisa Richwine and Dawn Chmielewski LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Netflix blew past Wall Street expectations on new customers for ...
Apr 18, 2024