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HONG KONG (Reuters) - Pro-Beijing candidates are running uncontested for most seats in a Hong Kong election committee tasked with choosing the city's leader, with the pro-democracy camp almost absent,...

By Rupam Jain (Reuters) - As the Taliban sweeps across Afghanistan, there are signs the militant group is going back on a promise allowing women to work, according to interviews with female bank emplo...

SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee, convicted of bribery and embezzlement, has been released on parole. But he has two other trials to face - one in which he is accused of ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Below are five events and themes likely to dominate global financial markets next week. 1/ READY, STEADY, GO New Zealand's central bank meets on Wednesday and looks set to become th...

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa's health minister said on Friday he would not recommend a relaxation of COVID-19 lockdown measures despite a downward trend in infections. He said the country of 60 ...

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's business hub Ho Chi Minh City will extend its coronavirus restrictions to the end of August, state media reported on Friday, as new infections and deaths rise further in th...

By A. Ananthalakshmi and Mei Mei Chu KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's economy expanded more quickly than expected on an annual basis in the second quarter, but the central bank slashed its 2021 gro...

Tim Anderson hit a two-run, walk-off homer that disappeared into the cornfield in the bottom of the ninth inning, lifting the Chicago White Sox to a 9-8 win over the New York Yankees during the inaugu...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden is sending his special envoy for the Horn of Africa to Ethiopia amid international alarm at the escalation of a war that has killed thousands and created a...

(Reuters) - European stocks scaled new highs on Friday and were on track for their fourth consecutive week of gains on optimism over a strong earnings season and steady recovery from the pandemic-led ...