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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government is considering easing restrictions on alcohol sales in restaurants and lengthening their opening hours in areas under COVID-19 state of emergency measures, local m...

By Ana Mano SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The Brazilian unit of U.S. commodities trader Cargill has finished building a new facility to produce pectin, a fruit by-product used in jams, beverages, dairy produc...

By Alicia Powell NEW YORK (Reuters) - Broadway's long-awaited reopening kicked off on Thursday with the return of Tony-winning show "Hadestown" - the first musical to come back after an unprecedented ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will not run in a ruling Liberal Democratic Party leadership race in September, public broadcaster NHK said on Friday, setting the stage for hi...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) executives were on Friday scheduled to meet and approve the party's reshuffle, as Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga struggles to shore up s...

By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea on Friday extended social distancing curbs for several weeks to rein in COVID-19 outbreaks nationwide as the country supercharges its vaccination campaign a...

By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Oil prices dipped on Friday after posting strong overnight gains on a weaker dollar and a bigger-than-expected fall in U.S. crude stocks and were headed for small ...

By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) - Analysts are split on whether the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will delay tapering plans at its September policy meeting next week, as a faster roll out of coronavi...

(Reuters) - Australia's financial regulator on Friday outlined details of a climate vulnerability assessment (CVA) being undertaken by the country's top five banks to assess exposure to climate risk a...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia will get 4 million doses of the Pfizer Inc coronavirus vaccine in a swap deal with Britain, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Friday, days after announcing a smaller s...