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By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea reported more than 2,000 new coronavirus cases for the second time on Thursday as it struggles to subdue a wave of outbreaks during the summer holidays, d...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan warned on Thursday of "serious" ramifications if a South Korean court ruling against Mitsubishi Heavy Industries over forced colonial labour is enforced. The court ruled late o...

By Valerie Volcovici and Nichola Groom (Reuters) - Oil producers such as Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell are burning off gas in the largest oil field in the United States without required Texas stat...

By Joseph Menn (Reuters) -More than 90 policy and rights groups around the world published an open letter on Thursday urging Apple to abandon plans for scanning children's messages for nudity and the ...

By Swati Bhat and Chris Thomas MUMBAI (Reuters) - The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) became the first in Asia on Thursday to raise interest rates since the pandemic began, as it acted to stem inflat...

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, is blocking social media followers who criticize him, violating their rights of freedom of speech and access to information, Human Ri...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said late Wednesday that domestic air carriers and civilian pilots can fly into Kabul to conduct evacuation or relief flights with...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese internet platforms must crack down on the spread of online rumours and guard their "fields of responsibility", state media outlet the People's Daily wrote in a commentary ...

By Alun John HONG KONG (Reuters) - Asian shares fell on Thursday while the dollar reached multi-month highs against peers, after minutes from the U.S. central bank's last meeting showed the increasing...

By Scott Murdoch HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese internet giant Baidu Inc has raised $1 billion in a two-tranche, U.S. dollar sustainability bond, its first environment, social and governance (ESG) tran...