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By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Papua New Guinea (PNG) Foreign Minister Justin Tkatchenko said he was standing aside on Friday amid a controversy over the cost of the developing country's delegat...

By Tom Sims and Enrico Dela Cruz FRANKFURT/MANILA (Reuters) - A Filipino priest is touring top European banks to demand they curtail ties with companies behind new fossil fuel projects in a region of ...

NIIGATA, Japan (Reuters) - German Finance Minister Christian Lindner on Friday said he hoped politicians in the United States would come to a "grown-up" decision on talks to raise the federal debt cei...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's economy grew 2.7% in the first quarter from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday, adding that inbound tourism and domestic demand would remain drivers for...

LUCERNE, Switzerland (Reuters) -UBS Chief Executive Sergio Ermotti said on Friday that the situation at Credit Suisse has stabilized and he did not think outflows at the embattled bank were continuing...

OSLO (Reuters) - Norway's prime minister said on Friday he had expressed concerns about human rights in parts of China during a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang in Oslo. "We are concerne...

By Edward McAllister DAKAR (Reuters) - Malian soldiers and unidentified foreign military personnel were likely to have executed at least 500 people during a five-day operation in the village of Moura ...

By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) - Starting a family in Italy is becoming a "titanic effort" that only the rich can afford, Pope Francis said on Friday, warning that "savage" free-market conditions w...

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Air strikes and artillery pounded Khartoum on Friday after Sudan's warring army and Rapid Support Forces paramilitary failed to agree a ceasefire despite committing to protect civ...

NIIGATA, Japan (Reuters) - Most U.S. banks, including those whose share prices are under pressure, would be able to pay off uninsured depositors, if they began to flee, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Y...