Brazil space station open for small satellite business
ALCANTARA SPACE CENTER, Brazil (Reuters) – Brazil is ready to launch small commercial rockets from its space base near the…
Amazon’s Bezos says Trump should be ‘glad’ of media scrutiny
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) Chief Executive Jeff Bezos said on Thursday the company would announce a decision on…
China bans feeding of food waste to hogs in provinces with African swine fever
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has banned the use of food waste as pig feed in provinces that have reported African…
Oil prices rise on declining U.S. crude stockpiles, looming Iran sanctions
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices rose on Wednesday following a report of declines in U.S. crude inventories and as looming…
Russia says ASF might have come to China from the EU
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The African Swine Fever (ASF) virus may have came to China from the European Union, Russian agriculture…
Zimbabwe declares cholera emergency in capital after death toll rises to 20
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe declared a cholera outbreak in the capital Harare after 20 people died from the disease and…
China seeks WTO backing for $7 billion sanctions on U.S. over dumping duties
GENEVA (Reuters) – China told the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Tuesday it wanted to impose $7 billion a year…
European F-35 fighter jet users push to drive down operating costs
BERLIN (Reuters) – The U.S. military and European operators of the radar-evading F-35 fighter jet have agreed to work together…
Ebola fight has new science but faces old hurdles in restive Congo
BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – When Esperance Nzavaki heard she was cured of Ebola after three weeks of…
Oil up as U.S. drilling stalls, Iranian sanctions bite
LONDON (Reuters) – Oil prices rose on Monday as U.S. drilling stalled and investors anticipated lower supply once new U.S.…
Oil climbs as U.S. drilling stalls, Washington sanctions against Iran loom
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices rose on Monday as U.S. drilling for new production stalled and as the market eyed…
May wraps ‘suicide vest’ around UK over Brexit, says Johnson
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal wraps “a suicide vest around the British constitution” and hands the…
Chequers plan is only deal on the table with EU: Britain’s Javid
LONDON (Reuters) – British interior minister Sajid Javid said on Sunday that the prime minister’s so-called Chequers plan was the…
Two health scares at U.S. airports tied to Mecca pilgrims: U.S. officials
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Two major health scares at U.S. airports involving inbound flights are related to pilgrims returning from the…
China’s record trade surplus with U.S. adds fuel to trade war fire
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s trade surplus with the United States widened to a record in August even as the country’s…
VW faces 9.2 billion euros investor suit over dieselgate scandal
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Volkswagen faces a trial next week as investors seek 9.2 billion euros ($10.7 billion) in compensation arguing…
Apple to provide online tool for police to request data: letter
(Reuters) – Apple Inc (AAPL.O) plans to create an online tool for police to formally request data about its users…
China detects more African swine fever cases in cities already infected
BEIJING (Reuters) – China discovered three more outbreaks of the deadly African swine fever on Thursday in Heilongjiang and Anhui…
Department of Justice looks into social media firms over free speech
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Justice Department said on Wednesday it has convened a meeting with state attorneys general to discuss…
Facebook, Twitter face U.S. Congress over foreign bids to tilt politics
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top executives from Facebook Inc (FB.O) and Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) will defend their companies in the U.S.…
Congo records first Ebola case in major eastern city of Butembo
GOMA, Congo (Reuters) – Congo has recorded its first case of Ebola in the eastern trading hub of Butembo, a…
U.S. arbitration court can rule on Vattenfall’s German nuclear claim: paper
BERLIN (Reuters) – A U.S. arbitration court has rejected a German government petition that said the panel had no right…
U.S. oil prices rise as Gulf oil rigs evacuated ahead of hurricane
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – U.S. oil prices rose on Tuesday, breaking past $70 per barrel, after two Gulf of Mexico oil…
Oil prices higher as U.S. sanctions limit Iran exports
LONDON (Reuters) – Oil prices rose on Monday, supported by concerns that falling Iranian output will tighten markets once U.S.…
Oil falls on rising output from OPEC and United States
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices fell on Monday amid rising supply from OPEC and the United States, outweighing concerns that…
Trump says Canada not needed in NAFTA deal, warns Congress not to interfere
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday there was no need to keep Canada in the North…
Exclusive: Brazil prosecutors hope to strike deal lifting glyphosate injunction
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil federal prosecutors are negotiating with health authority Anvisa and the agriculture ministry to reach a deal…
U.S. to move ahead with Mexico trade pact, keep talking to Canada
WASHINGTON/TORONTO (Reuters) – Contentious U.S.-Canada trade talks ended on Friday with no deal to revamp the North American Free Trade…
Trump ready to ratchet up China trade war with more tariffs: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump is prepared to quickly ramp up a trade war with China and has…
Canada rejoins NAFTA talks as U.S. autos tariff details emerge
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Canada’s top trade negotiator praised Mexico’s trade concessions on autos and labor rights on Tuesday as she…
Congo Republic confirms yellow fever near Angolan enclave
BRAZZAVILLE (Reuters) – Congo Republic has confirmed a case of yellow fever near the border with an Angolan enclave, the…
U.S., Mexico reach NAFTA deal, turn up pressure on Canada
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and Mexico agreed on Monday to overhaul the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA),…
Mexico, U.S. likely ‘hours’ away from NAFTA agreement -minister
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. and Mexican trade negotiators are “hours” away from squaring away bilateral differences on the North American…
Chinese authorities say Didi bears ‘unshirkable responsibility’ for passenger’s death
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s police and transport ministry said on Sunday the country’s largest ride-hailing firm Didi Chuxing had “unshirkable…
China’s Didi suspends Hitch ride-sharing service after female passenger killed
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s largest ride-hailing firm Didi Chuxing is suspending its Hitch services nationwide, the company said in a…
Trump says Mexico trade deal near; NAFTA hurdles seen easing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the United States could reach a “big Trade Agreement” with…
Canada to rejoin NAFTA talks once U.S., Mexico resolve bilateral issues: Freeland
RICHMOND, British Columbia (Reuters) – Mexico and the United States need to resolve complicated bilateral issues before modernization of the…
UK auditors, watchdog to discuss curbs on Big Four market share
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s top accountants will meet with competition regulators next week to discuss limiting the “Big Four” auditors’…
U.S. calls foreign mail system unfair in surprise win for Amazon
(Reuters) – The U.S. State Department on Friday said it would push for foreign postal carriers to pay the U.S.…
Fed’s Powell defends policy of gradual interest rate hikes
JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. (Reuters) – Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Friday defended the U.S. central bank’s push to raise…
West Nile virus cases in Greece jump in 2018
ATHENS (Reuters) – Eleven people have died and 107 infected by the mosquito-borne West Nile virus in Greece so far…
Doctor in eastern Congo contracts Ebola in ‘dreaded’ scenario: WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) – A doctor has become the first probable Ebola case in one of the eastern Democratic Republic of…
British Airways, Air France halting flights to Iran from next month
LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) – British Airways and Air France said on Thursday they would halt flights to Iran from September for…
No-deal Brexit will bring tangle of red tape, Britain warns companies
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain on Thursday told companies trading with the European Union they would face a tangle of red…
Exclusive: Pharma sector warns Saudis on German drug curbs
BERLIN (Reuters) – European and U.S. pharmaceutical associations have waded into a diplomatic row between Germany and Saudi Arabia, warning…
U.S., China to resume trade talks in Washington amid low expectations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. and Chinese officials are set to resume contentious trade talks on Wednesday under the cloud of…
Exclusive: Trump doesn’t expect much from China trade talks this week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump does not expect much progress from trade talks with China this week in…
Exclusive: Trump demands Fed help on economy, complains about interest rate rises
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he was “not thrilled” with the Federal Reserve under his…
U.S. health secretary says agency can eliminate drug rebates
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said it was within his agency’s power to eliminate…
Iran says it is seeking solution to sell oil and transfer revenues: IRNA
LONDON (Reuters) – Iran’s vice president said on Sunday the government was seeking solutions to sell oil and transfer its…
Iran says no OPEC member can take over its share of oil exports
LONDON (Reuters) – Iran told OPEC on Sunday no member country should be allowed to take over another member’s share…
Militia threat hampers Ebola fight in Congo as disease kills 47
GENEVA (Reuters) – Militia violence in Democratic Republic of Congo has prevented aid workers from reaching some potential cases in…
China sacks six senior officials at food and drug regulator over vaccine scandal
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China said on Saturday it has sacked six senior officials at its food and drug regulator after…
Greece set to exit bailout, still faces daunting challenges
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece exits the last of its three bailouts on Aug. 20 and hopes to be able to…
For Greece’s austerity-hit elderly, bailout will never end
ATHENS (Reuters) – With two euros in his pocket, Yorgos Vagelakos, an 81-year-old retired factory worker, scouts the farmer’s market…
Trump asks SEC to consider switch to half-year corporate filings
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said meetings with corporate executives had prompted him to ask…
Trump asks SEC to mull half-year corporate filings vs. quarterly
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he had asked the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission…
China finds second African swine fever case at WH Group plant
BEIJING (Reuters) – China found its second case of African swine fever (ASF) on Thursday at a slaughterhouse owned by…