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LONDON (Reuters) - Consumer spending on credit and debit cards in Britain rose 2 percentage points in the week to July 22 from the week before, according to data published by the country's statistics ...

By Sruthi Shankar (Reuters) - European stocks hit record highs on Thursday as strong earnings from commodity majors, Airbus and a clutch of other companies set an upbeat tone, with fading concerns abo...

LONDON (Reuters) - AstraZeneca still plans to seek approval for its COVID-19 vaccine in the United States even though the process is taking longer than expected, because it may still be used there in ...

By Martyn Herman TOKYO (Reuters) - When Kye Whyte pressed his front wheel against the starting gate before launching down the ramp at Ariake Urban Park in Tokyo on Thursday it was landmark moment for ...

MADRID (Reuters) - The family office of Spanish billionaire Amancio Ortega, founder and main shareholder of fashion group Inditex, posted net profit of 666 million euros in 2020, down 62.5% from 1.778...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia reported 799 coronavirus-related deaths on Thursday, an all-time high it has reached three times in the last month amid a surge in cases blamed on the infectious Delta varian...

By Philip O'Connor ENOSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) - The sailors at the Tokyo Games might be surrounded by water, but it's the wrong kind - and the risk of dehydration during an intense period of racing is ...

By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean health experts called on Thursday for tougher social distancing rules including a midnight curfew as the number of severe COVID-19 cases has doubled in thr...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China will raise export tariffs for pig iron and ferrochrome products from Aug. 1 to promote high-quality development of the steel sector, the Ministry of Finance said on Thursday....

TOKYO (Reuters) - Newly reported coronavirus cases in Tokyo surged to a record high of 3,865 on Thursday, the metropolitan government announced. On Wednesday, the Olympic host city registered 3,177 ne...