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By Manasi Pathak (Reuters) - Sports bodies and athletes reacted with disappointment to the news there will be no spectators at the Tokyo Olympics but downplayed the potential impact on performances an...

TOKYO (Reuters) - The operator of the so-called "Kill Bill" restaurant in Tokyo said on Friday he was "shocked" by comments from a government minister that he would ask banks to pressure eateries that...

By Martin Petty and Stanley Widianto (Reuters) - Having escaped the worst when the coronavirus pandemic erupted last year, Southeast Asia is now suffering record rises in deaths and cases, while vacci...

(Reuters) - The Phoenix Suns took a 2-0 lead in the NBA Finals by beating Milwaukee 118-108 on Thursday, overcoming a 42-point effort from the Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo. Devin Booker led the way fo...

By Naveen Thukral and Gavin Maguire SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Rising costs to ship crops globally are adding to concerns about food inflation that are already at decade-highs and hitting cost-sensitive co...

DHAKA (Reuters) - At least three people have been killed, 20 others injured and many are feared trapped after a massive fire raged through a factory in Bangladesh, officials said on Friday. The cause ...

By David Lawder VENICE, Italy (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund said on Friday its executive board has backed a $650 billion allocation of IMF Special Drawing Rights, advancing the distribut...

By Stella Qiu and Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) - China's factory gate inflation eased in June after a government crackdown on runaway commodity prices, but the annual rate stayed uncomfortably high and ...

By Karen Lema CATO, Philippines (Reuters) - Filipino fisherman Randy Megu has often braved the storms that spring up in the South China Sea, but these days he has a greater fear: seeing a Chinese mari...

By Anshuman Daga SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Indonesia's Bukalapak launched an up to $1.13 billion IPO ahead of next month's listing, marking the country's biggest issue in over a decade amid rising investo...