TOKYO (Reuters) – Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, often floated as a future Japanese premier, said on Monday the Olympics must go ahead next year as a symbol of world unity in overcoming the novel coronavirus, even as her city grapples with stubborn spikes in cas... More »
MUMBAI (Reuters) – French Open organizers are taking every precaution to ensure the Grand Slam does not meet the same fate as Novak Djokovic’s Adria Tour, which was abandoned after several players tested positive for COVID-19, tournament director Guy Forget ha... More »
(Reuters) – Harold Varner III is getting impatient to play professional golf again, and has no qualms about jumping straight back into the water when the PGA Tour resumes next month amid the COVID-19 pandemic. While some players have expressed reticence to com... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – It is a scene every would-be football player dreams of: You hear your name and the crowd goes wild, the cameras flash and the commissioner shakes your hand, welcoming you as the number-one overall pick in the NFL Draft. For this year’s fir... More »
(Reuters) – Lisa Baird, commissioner of the U.S. National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL), says they are targeting a return to action in late June and trying to hammer out a new schedule after the season was postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak. The NWSL’s e... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – When the world feels like it is ending, it can be comforting to look to history and see that such global convulsions have happened before and the earth kept on turning. For help during the coronavirus crisis, Reuters turned to Carmen Reinh... More »
(Reuters) – Four years after being inspired by watching compatriot Justin Rose claim gold at the Rio Olympics, Bronte Law had all but secured a spot on the British golf team before the 2020 Tokyo Games were postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. With the O... More »
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s own security standards will dictate which companies take part in its planned 5G rollout this year, its communications minister told Reuters on Monday, as the United States pushes countries to exclude China’s Huawei [HWT.UL].... More »
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Shannon Miller thinks her time as the United States’ most decorated Olympic gymnast will come to an end this summer and the 42-year-old will be in Tokyo cheering on Simone Biles as she bids to supplant her. Biles bagged five medals, inclu... More »
(Reuters) – The bushfire smoke that hampered the buildup to the Australian Open highlights the need for Tennis Australia to be doing much more to combat climate change, the country’s national environmental lobby group said. The Australian Open, the season open... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Presenting his World War One battlefield movie “1917” as a single shot had pros and cons for Oscar winning director Sam Mendes. Mistakes meant lengthy retakes but “accidents” also gave an authenticity of life in the trenches. From start to f... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) still sees abundant opportunity to make money from oil and gas in coming decades even as investors and governments increase pressure on energy companies over climate change, its chief executive said. But in an inte... More »
TOKYO (Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) hopes that Tokyo 2020’s “urban festival”, which will offer fans the chance to try out Olympic sports, will help the governing body remain relevant and increase long-term youth engagement with the Game... More »
BEIJING (Reuters) – Beijing-based startup iSpace is planning up to eight commercial rocket launches next year, after last week becoming China’s first privately funded firm to put a satellite into orbit, its executives told Reuters. iSpace’s success has turned ... More »
ZURICH (Reuters) – With other parts of its business facing hefty cuts, Deutsche Bank wants to expand its European operations handling the assets of rich clients and take market share from rivals after staunching the outflow of assets. Hiring new client relatio... More »
ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte will present an ultimatum to fractious ruling parties on Monday to speed up government action or face his resignation, Italian newspapers La Repubblica and Il Corriere della sera reported. Conte will make ... More »
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Mergers in Europe’s fragmented banking sector are necessary to make the sector more resilient as the euro zone seeks to protect itself from future crises, France’s finance minister told Reuters in an interview. Bruno Le Maire, who joined ... More »
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Jill Schlesinger got her start on Wall Street, and that is where she learned a lot of what she knows about the financial world. But she has built a career dishing out personal finance advice by pulling back the curtain on myths about invest... More »
DUBLIN (Reuters) – The parliamentary defeat for Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit strategy has increased doubt among European Union states that she can seal a departure agreement, Ireland’s foreign minister said on Friday. However, they still stand willing t... More »
KABUL/PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – As moves toward peace pick up in Afghanistan, the Taliban are trying to show they have changed since the brutal days of the 1990s when they banned music and girls’ education and carried out public executions in Kabul’s foot... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Qatar’s decision to quit OPEC shows the frustration of small producers at the dominant role of a Saudi and Russia-led panel, a top Iranian official said, adding that any supply cuts should come only from countries that had increased output. ... More »
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – U.S. farmers could receive cash payments from a planned $12 billion aid package as soon as late September, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue told Reuters on Saturday, warning that the program will not make tariff-hit farmers whol... More »
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Kurt Cobain’s daughter said on Tuesday the United States should overcome its taboo about mental health and addiction almost a quarter of century after her rock star father took his own life. Frances Bean Cobain was speaking in Ireland at the... More »
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Grab unveiled a grocery delivery service on Tuesday, betting the firm’s extensive network of 7.1 million drivers, agents and merchants will help steer the company as it expands beyond its core ride-hailing business across Southeast Asia. ... More »
(This story corrects reference to Wester as “founder” in fourth paragraph in June 29 story.) By Helena Soderpalm and Eric Auchard STOCKHOLM/LONDON (Reuters) – Tencent-backed strategy and simulation games publisher Paradox Interactive expects more acquisitions ... More »
CHICAGO (Reuters) – In an effort to increase competition and bring down prescription drug prices, FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb wants to speed approval times for rivals to promising new first-to-market medicines. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration chi... More »
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said in a Reuters interview published on Thursday that he does not expect the next election in Italy to become a referendum on its euro zone membership. Anti-European remarks by leading Italian politicians... More »
CANNES, France (Reuters) – Fans of high school musical “Grease” are in for a treat if they can make it to the French Riviera this week. The movie will be screened on the beach on Wednesday to celebrate its 40th anniversary. And fans might get a glimpse of its ... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Mark Read, WPP’s (WPP.L) joint chief operating officer, said he would look at new ways to restructure the group but would not put a timetable on how long that would take and did not think a full break up made sense. Read was appointed to run... More »
BONN, Germany (Reuters) – That the personal data of tens of millions of Facebook (FB.O) users fell into the wrong hands is troubling politicians, but Germany’s top competition regulator is questioning the sheer volume of information that the social network har... More »
LONDON, April 18 (Reuters) – Gene-editing technologies that alter mosquitoes’ DNA could prove critical in the fight against malaria, Bill Gates said on Wednesday, and ethical concerns should not block progress in such gene-modifying research. Speaking at the M... More »
OSLO (Reuters) – Norway’s foreign minister said her government was discussing whether to ask Washington to extend the stay of U.S. Marines in the country, a presence that has irked neighbouring Russia. Some 330 Marines are scheduled to stay until the end of 20... More »
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Formula One’s planned Chinese joint venture will have its own marketing, licensing and media rights arms dedicated to growing the sport’s presence in the vast but still nascent market, commercial managing director Sean Bratches has said. “... More »
DETROIT/SEOUL (Reuters) – General Motors Co’s (GM.N) president said common ground must be reached on a long-term financial restructuring of GM’s South Korean auto unit by next Friday and if there was none, the operation would likely seek bankruptcy protection.... More »
GOLD COAST, Australia (Reuters) – The Commonwealth Games should be taken for what they are and expectations that every event is going to deliver top notch competition are unrealistic, athletics great Daley Thompson has told Reuters. Considered by some an anach... More »
Pakistan’s new finance ministry chief Miftah Ismail speaks with a Reuters correspondent during an interview in Islamabad, Pakistan December 28, 2017. Picture taken December 28, 2017. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s de facto finance mini... More »
FILE PHOTO: A logo of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp is pictured outside its headquarters in Tokyo November 9, 2012. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao/File Photo TOKYO (Reuters) – Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp (5401.T), Japan’s biggest steelmaker, is worried that ... More »
Alan Gross and his wife Judy face a news conference in Washington hours after his release from Cuba on December 17, 2014. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque HAVANA (Reuters) – When Alan Gross heard the Trump administration’s renewed U.S. push to expand internet in Cuba, d... More »
FILE PHOTO: The Allergan logo is seen in this photo illustration in Singapore November 23, 2015. REUTERS/Thomas White/File Photo PARIS (Reuters) – Botox-maker Allergan (AGN.N) has embarked on a big push in China where it plans to hire 200 additional staff this... More »
FILE PHOTO – Britain’s Shadow Finance Minister John McDonnell speaks at the Labour Party Post-Budget Rally in West Bromwich, Britain, November 23, 2017. REUTERS/Darren Staples DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – John McDonnell, a proud socialist who wants to run Br... More »
Qatar’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani in Doha, Qatar October 22, 2017. REUTERS/Alex Brandon/Pool DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Qatar is confident that it can host a successful World Cup in 2022 and preparations are fully on track a... More »
VTB Chief Executive Andrei Kostin attends a meeting in Russia, June 1, 2017. REUTERS/Sergei Savostyanov/TASS/Host Photo Agency/Pool MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian lender VTB has set aside 50 billion rubles ($882 million) in additional provisions against losses and... More »
Director Sam Keller (L) of the Fondation Beyeler listens to German artist Georg Baselitz during a media preview of the exhibition ‘Baselitz’ in Riehen near Basel, Switzerland January 19, 2018. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann RIEHEN, Switzerland (Reuters) – Georg Baselit... More »
FILE PHOTO: Turkey’s Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci makes a speech in Cologne, Germany, March 5, 2017. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/File Photo ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s cabinet is likely to announce an incentive scheme this month to boost investment in 20 projec... More »
Jan 7, 2018- Maui, HI, USA- PGA golfer Dustin Johnson reacts after winning the Sentry Tournament of Champions golf tournament at Kapalua Resort – The Plantation Course. Mandatory Credit: Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports (Reuters) – Dustin Johnson and Rory McIlr... More »
Atsushi Miyanoya, Bank of Japan (BOJ) Executive Director, speaks during an interview with Reuters at the BOJ headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, December 22, 2017. REUTERS/Issei Kato TOKYO (Reuters) – Prolonged ultra-easy monetary policy is weighing heavily on Japan... More »
South African Alpine Skier Sive Speelman poses for a photograph at training venue in Randburg, near Johannesburg, South Africa, December 21, 2017. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Sive Speelman is more determined than ever to become South Africa... More »
FILE PHOTO: Genmab Chief Executive Jan van de Winkel poses for a photograph in London, Britain, October 13, 2016. REUTERS/Ben Hirschler/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – Genmab (GEN.CO) was Europe’s second biggest biotech company, until its partner Johnson & Johns... More »
FILE PHOTO: Uzbekistani Som banknotes are seen in this picture illustration taken May 4, 2017. REUTERS/Mukhammadsharif Mamatkulov/Illustration/File Photo TASHKENT/ALMATY (Reuters) – Sensing change in his native Uzbekistan, Hikmat Abdurahmonov plans to build a ... More »
DUBAI (Reuters) – Some Arab states are trying to destabilize Qatar’s riyal but efforts to drive down its value could backfire by hurting other dollar-linked currencies in the region, a Qatari central banker said. Khalid Alkhater, currently in Britain on leave ... More »
LEVERKUSEN, Germany (Reuters) – Bayer is seeking to defend its pharmaceuticals business that will be diluted in importance by the takeover of Monsanto and faces a threat to revenues in 2024 when the blockbuster heart drug Xarelto loses its patent. The firm’s p... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A top U.S. bank regulator has been working to ensure that examiners on the ground have a lighter touch with institutions they scrutinize, but change will take more time, acting Comptroller of the Currency Keith Noreika said in an interview... More »
HomeRenter, a new British online property lettings website backed by newspaper publisher Trinity Mirror is to be launched on Monday, offering to cut out the role of traditional letting agents and the hefty fees which they levy on tenants. More »
The Harvey Weinstein scandal is forcing a rethink of attitudes toward sexual harassment in France, a country that cherishes its self-image as the land of seduction and romance, said the minister tasked with cracking down on violence against women. More »
In an auto industry race to develop electric vehicle batteries that charge faster and are cheaper and safer than lithium-ion cells, startup Zap&Go will do all that with its carbon-ion alternative 'within a few years', a company executive said. More »
University of Chicago professor Richard Thaler may have won the Nobel Economics Prize on Monday for his work on behavioral economics, but the behavior of investors has him stumped. More »
The United Auto Workers is talking with Ford Motor Co (F.N) about ways to avoid layoffs as the No. 2 U.S. automaker builds more electric vehicles, a senior union official told Reuters on Thursday. More »
The man who helped expose Russia's massive doping regime says the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is still in denial over the performance-enhancing drug use and would rather sweep it under the carpet than take meaningful action. More »
Qatar's third-largest lender, Commercial Bank of Qatar (CBQ), is considering borrowing money on the Taiwanese bond market, its group chief executive told Reuters, as a crisis in the region makes it harder to raise funds. More »
Australia's Macquarie Group Ltd has overtaken Goldman Sachs to break into the top three banks for commodities business, having significantly expanded its U.S. energy operations in recent years while rivals cut back. More »
French biotech company Neovacs is confident that its experimental drug to treat lupus could grab significant market share from standard treatments of the auto-immune disease, its chief executive said. More »
Europe's regulators are competing to hire risk specialists to prepare for an influx of banks escaping Brexit, nudging up salaries and stretching staff budgets. More »
Canada's biggest licensed producer of medical marijuana has bought land next to its greenhouse production site that will allow it to more than double the total volume of cannabis it can grow, its chief executive said on Thursday. More »
The unexpected resignation of America's No. 2 central banker on Wednesday only complicates decision-making by global investors and business leaders already worried that international economic expansion may be short-lived, according to U.S. money manager Richar... More »
The cost of electric vehicles (EVs) will fall to match those running on combustion engines by 2022, a key trigger that will mean by 2035 half of all passenger vehicles sold globally will be electric, according to the head of a top energy consultancy. More »
An African safari has inspired a new book by Julia Donaldson in which the creator of children's favorite "The Gruffalo" homes in on an unsightly bunch of wild animals known as "The Ugly Five." More »
Liechtenstein's LGT Bank, owned by the mini-state's ruling family, hopes to stand out in Asia's crowded private banking market by touting the clan's own track record of preserving wealth. More »
Facing potentially deep budget cuts to U.S. foreign aid, new USAID administrator Mark Green says he needs to do more with less and prove to President Donald Trump that development assistance can further his "America First" agenda. More »
Bill Gates has told Reuters his foundation plans to spend more than $300 million in Tanzania this year on public health and poverty reduction programs. More »
Popular Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike is often spoken of as a candidate to become Japan's first female prime minister - but for now, the former lawmaker is having too much fun as top leader of the capital, where she says she can get things done. More »
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs for the United Arab Emirates, Anwar Gargash, speaks at an event at Chatham House in London, Britain July 17, 2017. The United Arab Emirates was not responsible for an alleged hack of Qatari websites which helped spark a mo... More »
FILE PHOTO: Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attends a news conference after close of regular parliament session at his official residence in Tokyo, Japan, June 19, 2017. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s cherished goal of revising Japan’s pacifist constitution has... More »
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An ice sculpture of the Olympic rings is illuminated during the Pyeongchang Winter Festival, near the venue for the opening and closing ceremony of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, February 10, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji U.... More »
Jun 17, 2017- Erin, WI, USA- Tommy Fleetwood plays his approach shot onto the 18th green during the third round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Erin Hills. Mandatory Credit: Michael Madrid-USA TODAY Sports The shackles are off England’s Tommy Fleetwood, ri... More »
Incoming Philippine Central bank Governor Nestor Espenilla speaks during a news conference at the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas in Manila, Philippines May 9, 2017. REUTERS/Karen Lema The Philippines central bank is closely watching the rapid pace of domestic cre... More »
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FILE PHOTO: European Union Justice Commissioner Vera Jourova holds news conference at the EC headquarters in Brussels, Belgium January 10, 2017. REUTERS/Yves Herman The European Union wants to make it easier for law enforcement authorities to get electronic ev... More »
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File photo: Luis Alberto Moreno, president of the Inter-American Bank, speaks during a news conference in Managua, Nicaragua April 21, 2016. REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposed spending cuts for Central America are “not a good sign” fo... More »
Standard & Poor’s is likely to follow its regular ratings review schedule for China, and does not see any basis at this point for an out-of-schedule committee meeting, a senior director at the ratings agency told Reuters on Monday. More »
FILE PHOTO: Tennis – ATP – Rome Open – Novak Djokovic of Serbia v Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina – Rome, Italy – 19/5/17 – Djokovic returns the ball. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini Novak Djokovic’s decision to work with American great Andre Agassi at the Frenc... More »
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks to Reuters during an interview in Washington, U.S., May 24, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts Mitch McConnell, the top Republican in the U.S. Senate, says he could live without the drama surrounding President Don... More »
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South Korea’s Presidential candidate Ahn Cheol-soo from People’s Party speaks during a plenary session of the special committee for constitution revision at National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea April 12, 2017. REUTERS/Lee Jin-man/Pool South Korean software ... More »
FILE PHOTO: A Bitcoin (virtual currency) paper wallet with QR codes and a coin are seen in an illustration picture taken at La Maison du Bitcoin in Paris, France May 27, 2015. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo Dreyfuss More »
Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei takes a selfie with women at the Islamic Art Museum in Doha, Qatar, April 11, 2017. Picture taken April 11, 2017. REUTERS/Tom Finn Chinese artist Ai Weiwei called on wealthy Gulf Arab states to take in more Syrians displaced ... More »
No longer content to build hospitals and give art to museums, America’s elite philanthropists more and more often write supersized checks in efforts to steer educational, environmental and government policies, according to wealth tracker David Callahan. More »
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FILE PHOTO: A Hyundai electric car is seen during the 15th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition in Shanghai April 21, 2013. REUTERS/Carlos Barria South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co (005380.KS) is developing its first dedicated architecture for ele... More »
Golf – LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship – Incheon, South Korea – 15/10/16. Michael Whan, commissioner of the LPGA, poses for photographs during an interview with Reuters. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji Golf is getting younger, more global and more female, all to the delig... More »
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