British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak braced for defeats in key elections
By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faces voters in very different parliamentary seats on Thursday and…
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USDA, states eye cheaper food by targeting anticompetitive acts
By Leah Douglas (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture is seeking to lower food prices and boost competition by…
Hong Kong court sentences man to 3 months jail for insulting national anthem
HONG KONG (Reuters) – A Hong Kong court sentenced a man to three months imprisonment on Thursday for allegedly insulting…
Analysis-Suspicion deepens as absence of China’s foreign minister persists
By Laurie Chen, Martin Quin Pollard and Kate Lamb BEIJING/JAKARTA (Reuters) – Days before a conference of foreign ministers this…
Factbox-Who is the Iraqi Shi’ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr?
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Protesters stormed the Swedish embassy in Baghdad on Thursday and set it on fire in protest against…
Tesla may keep cutting prices in ‘turbulent times’, Musk says
By Akash Sriram and Hyunjoo Jin (Reuters) -Tesla CEO Elon Musk signalled on Wednesday that he would cut prices again…
Nokia profit falls as North American slowdown dents margins
By Supantha Mukherjee STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Finnish telecom gear group Nokia on Thursday reported a drop in second-quarter profit due to…
US seeks soldier’s return as trilateral talks over North Korea start
By Sakura Murakami TOKYO (Reuters) -The United States is actively engaged in ensuring the return of an American soldier who…
Reliance spin-off Jio Financial valued at $20 billion, above estimates
By Chris Thomas and Sethuraman N R BENGALURU (Reuters) -Jio Financial Services (JFS) has been valued at around $20 billion…
UBS says $100 million blended finance initiative receives new backers
ZURICH (Reuters) – British and U.S. development finance organisations have agreed to be anchor investors in a new $100 million…