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BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand on Wednesday reported 20,200 new coronavirus cases and 188 additional deaths, both the highest daily increases so far during the pandemic. The new cases and fatalities bro...

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's lower house of Congress passed a land bill on Tuesday that is backed by the country's powerful farm sector but that environmentalists say will contribute to deforestation...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The Chinese embassy in the UK "firmly opposes" the BBC's reporting on the participation of Taiwan's "Chinese Taipei" team in the Olympics, it said in a statement on Monday. "There...

By Leonardo Benassatto BAIA FORMOSA, Brazil (Reuters) - Brazil's Italo Ferreira won surfing's first ever Olympic gold in Tokyo, and if the reaction in his home town is anything to go by it won't be th...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is aiming to give full approval for the Pfizer COVID vaccine by early September, the New York Times reported on Tuesday, citing people invo...

TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) - Ana Marcela Cunha of Brazil won gold in the women's 10km marathon swimming competition at the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday, finishing the race at just under two hours. Sharon v...

(Reuters) -A Frontier Airlines passenger accused of groping two flight attendants and punching a third on a flight from Philadelphia to Miami was taped to his seat for the duration of the flight and a...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore lender Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp Ltd (OCBC) reported a 59% jump in April-June net profit on Wednesday, supported by recovery in its core markets. The bank posted a p...

By Tim Reid LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Facing a devastating report that found he sexually harassed multiple women, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo released a video on Tuesday denying any wrongdoing, claim...

By Joyce Lee and Heekyong Yang SEOUL (Reuters) - With bated breath, management at Samsung Electronics is waiting to see if the conglomerate's leader, Jay Y. Lee, will be released on parole this month....