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By Praveen Menon (Reuters) - Jacinda Ardern has put tiny New Zealand on the map in her five years as prime minister, becoming a global icon for left-leaning politics and women in leadership, even as s...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - British-born film actor Julian Sands, known for his starring roles in such films as "A Room with a View" and "Warlock," has gone missing in the mountains of Southern California...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong said it will no longer require people infected with COVID-19 to quarantine from Jan. 30, removing one of the last major coronavirus restrictions in place in the Asian f...

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...