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MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has agreed to be the ruling political party's candidate for vice president in next year's elections, a senior official of the PDP-Laban party sa...

By Saeed Azhar and Davide Barbuscia DUBAI (Reuters) - Abu Dhabi conglomerate International Holding Co is considering acquisitions worth a few billion dollars in total across several sectors, including...

(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden has declared a major disaster exists in the state of Tennessee and ordered federal aid, after record downpours and flash flooding left at least 21 dead over the we...

By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As foreign governments, aid institutions and companies scramble to evacuate staff from Afghanistan, a crucial question is emerging: should they engage with the r...

By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Less than a month into a COVID-19 vaccine booster drive, Israel is seeing signs of an impact on the country's high infection and severe illness rates fuelled by ...

By Daniel Leussink and Gaurav Dogra TOKYO (Reuters) - Asia's robust economic recovery from last year's coronavirus low is losing momentum as a surge in COVID-19 cases sees shops empty again and factor...

COLOMBO (Reuters) - At a factory in Sri Lanka's Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia city, workers use staples and glue to assemble long cardboard boxes which will be used as coffins for some the country's coronavi...

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea is expected to raise interest rates on Thursday, making it the first major central bank in Asia to do so in the pandemic era as surging household debt and home prices thr...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Rapid climate change in China's Qinghai-Tibet plateau could destabilise water supplies and cause more frequent disasters, even though warmer temperatures have improved conditions ...

By Chris Taylor NEW YORK (Reuters) - If you had to choose one word to describe the pandemic era, "risky" would be a strong candidate. In a deeply risky time for our health, careers and finances, Sukhi...