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ROME (Reuters) - World food prices rose in May at their fastest monthly rate in more than a decade, posting a 12th consecutive monthly increase to hit their highest level since September 2011, the Uni...

(Reuters) - A coronavirus variant which Vietnam authorities thought was a combination of the Indian and U.K. strains is not a new hybrid but part of the existing Indian strain, the World Health Organi...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Syria has received the first shipment of Russian Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, Russia's Interfax news agency reported on Thursday, citing the Syrian ambassador to Russia. Syrian Presi...

By Jessica Jaganathan SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Global liquefied natural gas (LNG) trade volumes rose to a record last year led by Asia, though growth was marginal as demand was slammed by coronavirus-ind...

By Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) - A two-decades old defence pact between the Philippines and the United States has been revamped and its new terms submitted to President Rodrigo Duterte for his conside...

PARIS (Reuters) - French supermarket group Casino and U.S. e-commerce giant Amazon said on Thursday they were expanding a tie-up for grocery deliveries in an online food retail market that has become ...

MILAN (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund on Thursday slightly improved its growth estimates for Italy in 2021 and 2022 while increasing projections for the country's budget deficit. The IMF n...

MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's annual monsoon arrived on the Kerala coast on Thursday, the state-run weather office said, marking the start of the four-month rainy season crucial for the farm-dependent ec...

(Reuters) - European stocks slipped on Thursday after hitting record highs earlier this week as investors looked ahead to U.S. and European economic data to gauge the future path of monetary policy. T...

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia has cancelled the haj pilgrimage for people in the world's largest Muslim-majority nation for a second year in a row due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, the relig...