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DUBAI (Reuters) - The ruler of Sharjah, the third largest of the United Arab Emirates, has appointed Sheikh Sultan bin Ahmed al-Qasimi as deputy ruler as well as chairman of the Sharjah Petroleum Coun...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Companies should not rely on governments to reach agreement at a global summit on climate change this year, but rather take more action themselves, Standard Chartered CEO Bill Wi...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai authorities have detained at least 11 leaders of the country's anti-government protest movement and deployed hundreds of police ahead of a planned demonstration on Tuesday inv...

By Hideyuki Sano TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar was buoyant on Tuesday, pushing the euro to a four-month low, as a run of strong U.S. job figures solidified expectations the U.S. Federal Reserve could s...

By Colin Packham CANBERRA (Reuters) - A small group of protesters on Tuesday painted slogans in support of climate action on Australia's parliament and the prime minister's residence, as the governmen...

(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc on Tuesday said it would pay customers who suffer injuries or property damage from defective goods others sell on its U.S. platform, in a new policy that could reduce litiga...

By Yew Lun Tian BEIJING (Reuters) - The Canadian ambassador to China on Tuesday condemned a Chinese court's ruling that upheld the death sentence verdict for a Canadian convicted of drug smuggling and...

By David Stanway SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Fourteen wild elephants are heading south towards their protected habitat in southwest China's Yunnan province following a 1,300-km (807-mile) trek that captured ...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday she supports the implementation of a mainland Chinese law in the former British colony to respond to foreign sanctions, the strongest ...

By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea gave vaccine developer SK Bioscience the green light on Tuesday for a Phase III study of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate at a time of vaccine shortages, when...