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By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Bank of Japan board member Asahi Noguchi said on Thursday the central bank must maintain ultra-loose monetary policy to ensure wages, seen as key to driving inflation...

By Rae Wee SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar languished near a one-month low against a basket of currencies on Thursday, after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell stuck to his usual messaging at his se...

By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) - The head of Australia's central bank will find out in July whether he will be reappointed to a second term, as customary, or pick a new leader to manage the biggest sh...

TAIPEI (Reuters) - A U.S. Coast Guard ship sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday, the U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet said on Thursday, transiting the sensitive waterway a day after U.S. Secretary of Stat...

(Reuters) - Telecom Italia is restarting its efforts to sell a minority stake in its enterprise unit, potentially valued at more than 6 billion euros ($6.6 billion), Bloomberg News reported on Thursda...

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's Senate on Wednesday approved fiscal rules proposed by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's government, considered vital in preventing a surge in public debt. The project...

By Arathy Somasekhar (Reuters) - Oil prices held on to most of the previous day's gains in early trade on Thursday as markets weighed an unexpected draw in U.S. crude oil stocks against the prospect o...

By Trevor Hunnicutt and Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration will make it easier for Indians to live and work in the United States, using this week's state visit by Prime Ministe...

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Women's World Cup co-hosts Australia are set to play their warmup match against France in front of a record crowd in Melbourne next month in a boost for organisers of the global ...

By Barbara Lewis and Sarah Mills LONDON (Reuters) - Surrounded by the glass and steel towers of London's financial district, a low-rise construction made of re-used materials has sprung up to make the...