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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The COVID-19 pandemic reversed a steady decline in global current account imbalances in 2020 as massive deficit aid spending in advanced countries combined with wider trade gaps ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati said on Monday he had hoped for a quicker pace towards the formation of a new government and that his efforts would not be open-ended....

By Jamie McGeever BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's central bank will raise interest rates by a full percentage point on Wednesday, according to a Reuters poll, its largest increase since 2003 as policyma...

By Fedja Grulovic BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbia is benefiting from COVID-19 'quarantine tourism' as thousands of Indians make a two-week stopover on the way to other countries. India has registered more...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Latin American startup holding Movile has received an 1 billion real ($194.2 million) investment from Prosus, a major shareholder and global consumer internet group, the company ...

By Elvira Pollina and Gavin Jones ROME (Reuters) - Interviewed after his shock Olympic sprint triumph, Italy's Marcell Jacobs thanked his mental coach, and it was not the first time he had indicated t...

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Combining AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine with a second dose from either Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna's jab provides "good protection", Denmark's State Serum Institute said on Mond...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Nobody could blame French gymnast Samir Ait Said for feeling that the Olympics Games are cursed for him. Forced by a triple leg fracture to sit out the 2012 London Games, which he wa...

August 2, 2021 Q: In a poll of 30,000 Americans, nearly 70% said they like doing this year round. What is it? A: Eating ice-cream

By Martin Petty TOKYO (Reuters) - New Zealand's Laurel Hubbard made history on Monday by becoming the first openly transgender athlete to compete at an Olympic Games, but she suffered disappointment w...