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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's top government spokesman rejected South Korea's protest over a map posted by organisers for the Tokyo Olympics, which marked a set of disputed islands as Japanese territory. ...

By Liz Lee KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - AirAsia X Bhd shareholders have approved the Malaysian budget airline's debt restructuring, it said on Tuesday, allowing it to pursue a scheme it viewed as key to s...

PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria City Council must decide how to spend $47 million it received from the U.S. government. As part of its $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, the $350 billion Fiscal Recovery ...

By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Oil prices rose on Wednesday after OPEC and its allies stuck to their plan to cautiously return oil supply in June and July while expecting fuel demand to rebound ...

Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 31 shots in a masterful performance as the Tampa Bay Lightning claimed a 2-1 victory against the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 2 for its second road victory of the second-roun...

By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - A post-coronavirus pandemic world could offer an opportunity for Japanese firms to raise prices and help the central bank achieve its 2% inflation target, Bank of Jap...

(Reuters) - A subsidiary of Brazilian medical services firm Dasa, formally Diagnosticos da America SA, has reached a deal to acquire HBA, a medical company in the northeastern city of Salvador, the co...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's Victoria state on Wednesday extended a COVID-19 lockdown in state capital Melbourne for another week in a bid to contain the latest virus outbreak, but eased restriction...

By Andrew Galbraith SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Asian shares edged up to near three-month highs on Wednesday and global equities held steady near a record as data showing higher U.S. manufacturing activity i...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is planning to pledge an additional $800 million to the World Health Organisation's COVAX programme, which provides COVID-19 vaccines to countr...