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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China is expected to keep benchmark lending rates unchanged for a fifth month in January, a Reuters survey showed, although analysts think cuts next month are probable after the c...

By Shrivathsa Sridhar MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Qualifier Katie Volynets stunned ninth seed Veronika Kudermetova 6-4 2-6 6-2 on Thursday to storm into the Australian Open third round and continue the good ...

By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian stock markets struggled to make headway on Thursday, after weak U.S. consumer data stoked recession worries and nudged investors toward safe assets such as...

By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL(Reuters) - The administration of South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol wants to allow people to work up to 69 hours a week - up from the current 52 - and bank overtime hours in exch...

(Reuters) - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Thursday she would step down no later than Feb. 7, and that there would be a general election on Oct. 14. Following are comments from figu...

(Reuters) - Match-by-match facts and statistics ahead of the next round of Premier League fixtures from Jan. 21-23 (all times GMT) : Saturday, Jan. 21 Liverpool v Chelsea (1230) * Liverpool have lost ...

By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) - A verdict in the espionage trial of Australian writer Yang Hengjun, detained by China since his arrest there four years ago, has been delayed until April, the seve...

By Leika Kihara and Takaya Yamaguchi TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan may raise a cap set around its 10-year bond yield target to 0.75% or double it to 1.0% by around mid-year if inflation overshoo...

BRASILIA (Reuters) - A restorer in Brazil's capital gently scrapes off dirt from an ornate vase, just one of the relics damaged earlier this month when right-wing rioters stormed the country's most im...

By Rory Carroll (Reuters) - The NBA returns to Paris on Thursday for the first time in three years amid growing optimism in France that the men's national team could win Olympic gold on home soil next...