BRASILIA/SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Petrobras shares plunged 15 percent on Monday after Brazil’s government offered new fuel subsidies and softened the oil producer’s pricing policy in a bid to settle a truckers’ strike that has wreaked havoc on Latin America’s lar... More »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An “alien asteroid” that circles the sun in the giant gas planet Jupiter’s orbital path, but hurtling in the opposite direction, is the first-known permanent resident of our solar system that astronomers have concluded originated in anot... More »
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Rampant corruption scandals and a deep recession soured many foreign investors on Brazil in recent years, but one Canadian group saw opportunity. Brookfield Asset Management Inc and its subsidiaries have made nearly a dozen major acquisit... More »
(Reuters) – Hometown favorite Ed Carpenter won pole for next week’s Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, topping 230 miles per hour to help restrict Danica Patrick to a third-row start for the final race of her career. Carpenter, a local resident and the penultimate qu... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – A resurgent dollar and higher borrowing costs are smashing through Argentina and Turkey’s currencies like a wrecking ball and raising the likelihood more broadly that emerging markets’ three-year long interest rate cutting cycle is at an end... More »
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – A sexual abuse scandal is engulfing Brazilian gymnastics this week as a former national coach has come under investigation for allegedly abusing dozens of boys. The scandal in Brazil follows the sentencing of former USA Gymnastics team do... More »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Mike Pence is postponing his plans to travel to Brazil this month in order to ensure foreign policy resources are focused on President Donald Trump’s coming talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Pence’s spokeswo... More »
(Reuters) – Brazilian surfer Rodrigo Koxa was named a ‘world record holder’ at the weekend after the judging panel at the World Surf League (WSL) Big Wave Awards decided he had ridden an 80-foot (24.38m) wave in Portugal last year. Koxa won the “Biggest Wave” ... More »
BRASILIA/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to scrap the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) will soon be a distant memory, likely to be supplanted by only slight changes to the 24-year-old pact, a Reuters poll of economists ... More »
LIMA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Latin American leaders will gather in Lima, Peru, on Friday at a summit the United States hopes to use to counter China’s rising influence in the region, despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s last-minute decision not to attend. The ... More »
BERLIN (Reuters) – The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Friday that Peru captain Paolo Guerrero and the World Anti-doping Agency (WADA) have filed appeals over the player’s six-month doping ban. Guerrero had been suspended for a year by world socce... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Loomis Sayles vice chairman Dan Fuss says the 10-year Treasury yield could go “north of 4 percent” within two years, but geopolitical risks and economic deterioration could keep yields lower. Fuss, known as Wall Street’s Warren Buffett of ... More »
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – A joint South American bid to host the 2030 World Cup will feature eight cities in Argentina, two in Paraguay and two in Uruguay, the three nations confirmed on Monday. “Our country will have eight host cities, but those haven’t been d... More »
OSLO (Reuters) – Scientists in developing nations plan to step up research into dimming sunshine to curb climate change, hoping to judge if a man-made chemical sunshade would be less risky than a harmful rise in global temperatures. Research into “solar geo-en... More »
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s Tiangong-1 space station re-entered the earth’s atmosphere and burnt up over the South Pacific on Monday, the Chinese space authority said. The “vast majority” of the craft burnt up on re-entry, at around 8:15 a.m. (0015 GMT), the ... More »
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian billionaire Vladimir Potanin’s Interros Holding said it had completed the purchase from businessman Roman Abramovich of a 2 percent stake in Norilsk Nickel, which has been the subject of a legal battle. Abramovich struck a provisiona... More »
An aerial view shows Brazil’s Alcantara space center in the city of Alcantara, Maranhao state, Brazil May 21, 2013. Brazil Air Force Press Office/Handout via Reuters BRASILIA (Reuters) – U.S. companies eager to tap into the fast-growing market for low-cost sat... More »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump struck a defiant tone on Friday, saying trade wars were good and easy to win, after his plan to put tariffs on steel and aluminum imports triggered threats of retaliation from trading partners and a slide in s... More »
U.S. President Donald Trump holds a meeting where he announced that the United States will impose tariffs of 25 percent on steel imports and 10 percent on imported aluminum at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 1, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque WASHINGTO... More »
FILE PHOTO: Steel pipes for sale are displayed at a shop in the Mullae-dong steel product district in Seoul July 13, 2010. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak/File Photo SEOUL/SYDNEY (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s planned tariffs on steel and aluminum will distort ... More »
Chairman, CEO and President of Nucor John Ferriola and U.S. Steel CEO Dave Burritt flank U.S. President Donald Trump as he announces that the United States will impose tariffs of 25 percent on steel imports and 10 percent on imported aluminum during a meeting ... More »
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a PAZ Earth Observation satellite is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base (AFB) as seen over the Ventura Pier in Ventura, California, U.S., February 22, 2018. REUTERS/Patrick T. Fallon BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s defens... More »
FILE PHOTO: The logo of commodities trader Glencore is pictured in front of the company’s headquarters in Baar, Switzerland, November 20, 2012. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo TORONTO/MELBOURNE (Reuters) – As shareholders push the world’s cash-rich miners to ... More »
NFL Football – Philadelphia Eagles v New England Patriots – Super Bowl LII – U.S. Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. – February 4, 2018 New England Patriots’ Tom Brady walks off dejected after the game REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – Mom... More »
(This February 1 story has been refiled to fix typo in 13th paragraph) By John Revill and Michael Shields ZURICH (Reuters) – Swiss private bank PKB Privatbank SA Lugano committed serious breaches of money laundering regulations in business linked to Brazilian ... More »
Plastic surgeon Andre Hazan shows a picture of the vagina that he uses during consultations with his clients at his office, during an interview with Reuters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil September 4, 2017. Picture taken September 4, 2017. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares RI... More »
Farmer Blake Erwin drives a combine as he harvests corn on his farm near Dixon, Nebraska, U.S., October 26, 2017. Picture taken October 26, 2017. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson CHICAGO/MONTREAL (Reuters) – A collapse of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), ... More »
(Reuters) – Portuguese drivers Filipe Albuquerque and Joao Barbosa teamed up with Brazil’s Christian Fittipaldi to win the Rolex 24 Hours as twice Formula One champion Fernando Alonso’s car experienced frequent problems at Daytona International Speedway on Sun... More »
FILE PHOTO: Signs are placed around a neighborhood as county vector control hand-spray a for adult Aedes mosquitoes after a travel-related case of Zika was confirmed in this the area of San Diego, California, U.S. September 12, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Blake CHICAGO... More »
FILE PHOTO: A Chinese ship is loaded with soybeans at Port of Santos May 19, 2015. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker/File Photo BEIJING/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Brazil’s share of soybean exports to China, the world’s top buyer of the commodity, grew to the largest on record... More »
FILE PHOTO – A man talks on his mobile phone in front of a Wal-Mart store in Sao Paulo, Brazil, February 16, 2016. REUTERS/Nacho Doce SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Wal-Mart Stores Inc is in talks with buyout firm Advent International Corp and other funds to sell a maj... More »
FILE PHOTO: Balloons are seen in front of a logo at Facebook’s headquarters in London, Britain, December 4, 2017. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Facebook (FB.O) said on Monday it will open three new centers in Europe to train people in d... More »
People walk past a store with signboards offering 70% off on store products in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil January 9, 2018. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker BRASILIA (Reuters) – Economic activity in Brazil expanded for a third straight month in November, the longest stre... More »
Tennis – Australian Open – Nick Kyrgios of Australia v Rogerio Dutra Silva of Brazil – Hisense Arena, Melbourne, Australia, January 15, 2018. Kyrgios hits a shot. REUTERS/Toru Hanai MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Home hope Nick Kyrgios launched his Australian Open camp... More »
FILE PHOTO: The company logo of China Oil and Foodstuffs Corporation (COFCO) is seen at its headquarters in Beijing, China, November 3, 2016. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo LONDON/PARIS/BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s COFCO International is in the throes of a sta... More »
A Keppel Corporation logo in the central business district of Singapore February 22, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore’s Keppel Corp Ltd (KPLM.SI) said the impact of a mammoth fine borne by its offshore unit will be a ‘one-off’ in this yea... More »
The Embraer Phenom 300 is displayed during the Latin American Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition fair (LABACE) at Congonhas airport in Sao Paulo, Brazil August 15, 2017. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker PARIS (Reuters) – Boeing Co (BA.N) is eyeing a broad partner... More »
Ballet dancers of Municipal Theatre attend a ballet class in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November 14, 2017. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Rio de Janeiro’s opulent Municipal Theatre has gone quiet this year as months of unpaid wages emptied its ... More »
Peru national soccer team captain Paolo Guerrero talks during an interview with Reuters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil December 21, 2017. His tattoo reads “Faith”. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Peru captain Paolo Guerrero says he is innocent and... More »
(Reuters) – Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and Brazil’s Votorantim Group’s energy unit Votorantim Energia have formed a joint venture that will buy two operational wind parks in northeastern Brazil, they said. The wind parks will have a combined ... More »
FILE PHOTO: President of Brazilian Soccer Confederation (CBF) Marco Polo Del Nero arrives for a news conference after the announcement of the players for the 2018 World Cup qualifiers, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 22, 2015. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes/File Pho... More »
Brazil’s President Michel Temer attends a meeting with Business Leaders to discuss the pension reform bill in the lower house, in Brasilia, Brazil December 12, 2017. REUTERS/Adriano Machado BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Michel Temer was cleared to l... More »
FILE PHOTO – A woman walks past Didi Chuxing’s booth at the Global Mobile Internet Conference (GMIC) 2017 in Beijing, China April 28, 2017. REUTERS/Jason Lee MEXICO CITY/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Didi Chuxing, China’s ride-hailing behemoth, plans to expand int... More »
Rodents have joined mosquitoes in the cross-hairs of scientists working on a next-generation genetic technology known as "gene drive" to control pests. More »
FILE PHOTO: A logo is seen in front of the entrance at the headquarters French drugmaker Sanofi in Paris October 30, 2014. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/File Photo MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines ordered a probe on Monday into the immunisation of more than 730... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Red Bull junior driver Dan Ticktum put McLaren in an awkward position on Sunday after winning a coveted award that includes a Formula One test drive and simulator role with the Woking-based team. Macau Formula Three Grand Prix winner Ticktum... More »
FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Telecom Italia logo is seen at the headquarters in Milan, Italy, May 25, 2016. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini/File Photo/File Photo MILAN (Reuters) – The board of Telecom Italia (TIM) will this week discuss options for its fixed-line networ... More »
A man looks at a stock quotation board outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, April 18, 2016. REUTERS/Toru Hanai LONDON/MILAN (Reuters) – European shares fell on Friday despite strong euro zone factory data, after a delay to a keenly awaited U.S. tax reform bill... More »
Former Brazil’s Prosecutor General Rodrigo Janot attends an interview with Reuters in Brasilia, Brazil, November 28, 2017. Picture taken November 28, 2017. REUTERS/Adriano Machado BRASILIA (Reuters) – Three senior Brazilian law enforcement officials, including... More »
An artist’s illustration shows individuals from the fish-eating pterosaur species Hamipterus tianshanensis, including adults, juvenile and eggs in this handout illustration obtained by Reuters November 30, 2017. Fossils of hundreds of Hamipterus individuals an... More »
Formula One – Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – Yas Marina circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – November 26, 2017 Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas celebrates with the trophy after winning the race REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Valtteri Bottas won the Abu ... More »
Formula One – F1 – Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – November 26, 2017. British Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes AMG GP crosses the finish line. REUTERS/Valdrin Xhemaj/Pool ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Lewis Ham... More »
FILE PHOTO: A boat is seen close to oil installations at Lake Maracaibo in Cabimas, Venezuela October 5, 2017. Picture taken October 5, 2017. REUTERS/Isaac Urrutia HOUSTON/DUBAI (Reuters) – As Venezuela’s dilapidated energy sector struggles to pump enough crud... More »
An Uber driver cleans his car as his cell phone shows the queue to pick up passengers departing Guarulhos International Airport in Sao Paulo, Brazil, February 13, 2017. REUTERS/Nacho Doce BRASILIA (Reuters) – The head of Brazil’s lower house of Congress said o... More »
(Reuters) – A canceled Formula One tire test meant McLaren reserve Lando Norris effectively flew all the way from Britain to Brazil this week just to take a bath. The 18-year-old, racing in this weekend’s Macau F3 race, told reporters he was soaking in the bat... More »
Translating money messages to 100 million kids around the world is not a feat for ordinary humans - you need monsters. More »
An ecstatic Lewis Hamilton became Britain's first four-times Formula One world champion on Sunday after fighting back from last place following an opening-lap collision with arch-rival Sebastian Vettel at the Mexican Grand Prix. More »
The chief executive of Uber Technologies Inc, Dara Khosrowshahi, will visit its operations in Brazil next week, the company told Reuters on Friday, as the country's Congress nears a vote on legislation threatening its business model. More »
Mercedes won the Formula One constructors' title for the fourth year in a row on Sunday but Lewis Hamilton was made to wait despite cruising to a U.S. Grand Prix victory at one of his favorite circuits. More »
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A Brazilian whose arrest led U.S. authorities to discover $17 million hidden under a mattress pleaded guilty on Thursday to charges that he tried to launder funds tied to one of the largest pyramid schemes ever. More »
Airbus SE has agreed to buy a majority stake in Bombardier Inc's CSeries jetliner program, giving a powerful boost to the Canadian plane and train maker in its costly trade dispute with Boeing Co. More »
Two years ago, Airbus Chief Executive Tom Enders halted negotiations to buy Canada's CSeries program at midnight after the talks with Bombardier leaked to Reuters. On Tuesday, he performed a U-turn by backing a similar deal after all - again at dead of night. More »
FIFA's decision to schedule the World Cup qualifier between Australia and Honduras with just five days in between the two matches was "inhumane", the Central Americans' coach Jorge Luis Pinto has said. More »
BASF has agreed to buy seed and herbicide businesses from Bayer for 5.9 billion euros ($7 billion) in cash, as Bayer tries to convince competition authorities to approve its planned acquisition of Monsanto. More »
The leaders of Mexico and Canada on Thursday pledged to work toward a renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) even as talks taking place in the United States turned sour due to hard-line U.S. demands. More »
Less than half the trucks exported from Navistar's mammoth Escobedo plant in Mexico are sold in North America but the factory's success remains tightly tied to the uncertain future of the region's NAFTA free trade deal. More »
When Israel's envoy told UNESCO delegates last July that fixing the plumbing in his toilet was more important than their latest ruling, it highlighted how fractious geopolitics are paralyzing the workings of the agency. More »
Imagine contact lenses that monitor glucose levels for diabetics, tiny implants to tackle chronic diseases, or algorithms that crunch data to predict illness rates. More »
A trio of Swiss, American and British scientists won the 2017 Nobel chemistry prize on Wednesday for developing cryo-electron microscopy, allowing researchers to see biological molecules frozen in action. More »
EFG International's Joachim Straehle is stepping down as chief executive after some 2-1/2 years, during which time the Swiss private bank acquired troubled BSI Bank from Brazil's BTG Pactual. More »
Antigua and Barbuda asked the United States on Friday to settle a decade-old trade dispute to help the Caribbean country pay the $250 million cost of recovery from Hurricane Irma, which "completely decimated" the island of Barbuda. More »
European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker urged European Union governments on Wednesday to use economic recovery and Brexit as springboards toward a closer union, built on an expanded euro zone and a pivotal role in world trade. More »
Three days ahead of a vote expected to make Paris the host of the Olympics for the first time in 100 years, officials leading the city's 2024 bid on Sunday celebrated the opportunity to try to restore the Games' credibility amid a growing graft scandal. More »
Days after President Donald Trump's decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, Mayara Pena still has a lot of unanswered questions. One of them is about her cars. More »
One Uber vehicle and two other taxis were torched in South Africa's main business district on Thursday night in a feud over fares, but no one was injured, Uber and police said on Friday. More »
Brazilian Andrew Parson was elected president of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) on Friday , succeeding Philip Craven, who had headed the organization since 2001. More »
The British government should stop dreaming about having its own way in Brexit negotiations and start to get more realistic about the likely outcome of divorce talks with the European Union, said Jim O'Neill, a former Goldman Sachs economist. 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 »
China wants to put its relationship with India on the "right track", President Xi Jinping told Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a meeting in Xiamen, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Tuesday. More »
Aerospace supplier United Technologies Corp (UTX.N) has struck a $30 billion agreement to buy avionics and interiors maker Rockwell Collins Inc (COL.N), the companies said on Monday, in a deal that bulks up UTC's power with plane makers by creating one of the ... More »
Taxi drivers protesting the growth of mobile ride hailing applications such as Uber and Cabify blocked the main road to Chile's principal airport in capital Santiago on Monday, leading to one death and wreaking havoc on travelers' plans. More »
Asian giants China and India have great potential for cooperation, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Wednesday, seeking to cast the neighbors' difficult ties in a positive light ahead of a visit next week by India's prime minister. More »
India and China have agreed to an "expeditious disengagement" of troops at a disputed border area where their soldiers have been locked in stand-off for more than two months, the South Asian nation's foreign ministry said on Monday. More »
America's Tori Bowie delivered a finish line masterclass when she timed her dip perfectly to win the women's 100 metres world championship gold in spectacular style on Sunday, leaving Ivory Coast's Marie-Josee Ta Lou with a consolation silver. More »
F1 – Formula One – British Grand Prix 2017 – Silverstone, Britain – July 16, 2017 Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton celebrates his win on the podium Lewis Hamilton won his home British Grand Prix for the fourth year in a row on Sunday while a penultimate-lap puncture s... More »
Fixed income fund manager Ford O’Neil, who oversees Fidelity’s $29.7 billion Total Bond fund, has reduced the fund’s investments in high-yield, emerging market and corporate bonds, according to a report from Barron’s. More »
Britain Formula One – F1 – British Grand Prix 2016 – Silverstone, England – 10/7/16 Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton celebrates with his team after winning the race Lewis Hamilton will head to Silverstone for this weekend’s British Grand Prix with the circuit as much ... More »
The Brazilian government has requested a meeting with the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue to discuss a ban imposed on the country’s fresh beef, Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi said on Friday. More »
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt testifies before a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 27, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein The U.S. government on Wednesday proposed to reduce the volume of bi... More »
Tennis – Wimbledon – London, Britain – July 4, 2017 Great Britain’s Andy Murray during a practice session with coach Ivan Lendl REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth Home fans will be treated to a double-bill of British number ones at Wimbledon on Wednesday when Johanna Kont... More »
FILE PHOTO: Brazilian President Michel Temer looks on during a credentials presentation ceremony for several new top diplomats at Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil June 26, 2017. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino/File Picture Brazil’s government has sharply increased... More »
FILE PHOTO: Brazil’s billionaire businessman Joesley Batista leaves the Federal Police headquarters after giving testimony, in Brasilia, Brazil June 21, 2017. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File photo Bernal More »
A veterinarian analyses a piece of meat collected by Public Health Surveillance agents during an inspection of supermarkets, at a veterinary laboratory with the public health department in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 20, 2017. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes Brazil’s... More »
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has found repeated import violations in raw Brazilian beef, including abscesses and unidentified foreign material, a top agency official said, explaining reasons for a U.S. ban on imports of fresh Brazilian beef. More »
A man cools cattle on a beached boat in the Amazon river, in the city of Manaus, Brazil, October 26, 2015. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly The United States halted imports of fresh Brazilian beef on Thursday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said, after a high pe... More »
A member of a pest control team shows a container of mosquito larvae that they collected during their inspection at Zika clusters in Singapore September 5, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo Singapore on Friday confirmed two cases of locally transmitted infecti... More »
People walk in front of the headquarters of the Brazil’s largest fixed-line telecoms group Oi, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 22, 2016. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes Bernal and Alexandra Alper More »
Angel Rondon (R), Odebrecht’s commercial representative in the Dominican Republic, looks on to the judge’s ruling, following the hearing before Supreme Court Judge Francisco Ortega, for bribes paid by Brazilian construction company Odebrecht to obtain public w... More »
