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GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations said on Thursday it had set up a special trust fund to provide urgently-needed cash directly to Afghans through a system that would tap into donor funds frozen si...

By Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) - JPMorgan plans to keep lending to the fossil fuel industry to help it transition to a low-carbon economy, despite campaigner calls for banks to phase out financing t...

ROME (Reuters) - The European Union should consider creating a sinking fund to manage public debt accumulated by member states during the COVID-19 pandemic in the last two years, European Central Bank...

(Reuters) - Several prominent figures are in doubt to attend the Oct. 31-Nov. 12 U.N. COP26 climate summit in Glasgow in person. Here is the latest on the status of delegates: OUT OR STILL TO CONFIRM ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - An online consultation for local citizens to express objections to Tesla's huge factory near Berlin will be repeated, the regional environmental ministry said on Thursday, over conc...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow, the country's environment minister said on Thursday, in a boost for global efforts for steeper...

By Shivani Singh and Muyu Xu BEIJING (Reuters) -China's thermal coal futures fell the maximum permitted 11% on Thursday, extending losses since Tuesday when Beijing signalled it might intervene to coo...

By Michaela Cabrera PARIS (Reuters) - After missing a year, the contemporary art world's annual get-together in Paris is roaring back to life with a feast of viewings, deal-making and social mingling ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Spending on credit and debit cards in Britain fell last week to 97% of its pre-pandemic average in February 2020, official data showed on Thursday. The sharpest falls over the past ...

By Josh Horwitz SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Boston Celtics center Enes Kanter was pilloried on Chinese social media and his name appeared to be blocked on the popular Weibo messaging platform after he critic...