FILE PHOTO: Arrangement of various world currencies including Chinese Yuan, US Dollar, Euro, British Pound, shot January 25, 2011. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration/File Photo The euro fell around half a percent on Monday as concerns over French politics ahea... More »
Visitors use their mobile phones before a ceremony marking the end of trading in 2016 at the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) in Tokyo, Japan December 30, 2016. REUTERS/Toru Hanai Asian share markets and Wall Street stock futures fell on Monday after immigration cur... More »
Tennis – Australian Open – Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia – 23/1/17 Britain’s Johanna Konta hits a shot during her Women’s singles fourth round match against Russia’s Ekaterina Makarova. REUTERS/Jason Reed – RTSWVRW Johanna Konta advanced to an Australia... More »
Four thousand U.S. dollars are counted out by a banker counting currency at a bank in Westminster, Colorado November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Rick Wilking/File Photo The dollar skidded in Asian trade on Monday, with the euro hitting its highest levels in more than a m... More »
Australia’s Richie Porte won his first Tour Down Under on Sunday when he finished behind compatriot Caleb Ewan in a bunch sprint on the final 90-kilometre sixth stage around the streets of Adelaide. More »
A helicopter is used to dry cherries at New Zealand Cherry CorpÕs orchard in Cromwell, in the South Island of New Zealand, January 18, 2016. New Zealand Cherry Corp/Handout via REUTERS New Zealand cherry producers are flying helicopters low over their orchards... More »
Bank notes of Euro, Hong Kong dollar, U.S. dollar, Japanese yen, GB pound and Chinese yuan are seen in this picture illustration, January 21, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Lee/Illustration/File Photo Sterling wallowed at three-month lows in Asian trade on Monday after m... More »
Tennis – Australian Open – Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia – 16/1/17 Shelby Rogers of the U.S. shakes hands after winning her Women’s singles first round match against Romania’s Simona Halep. REUTERS/Thomas Peter Simona Halep fell at the Australian Open’s... More »
A picture illustration of U.S. dollar, Swiss Franc, British pound and Euro bank notes, taken in Warsaw January 26, 2011. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel Sterling steadied somewhat in Asian trade on Tuesday after weekend comments from British Prime Minister Theresa May s... More »
File photo: Sep 7, 2016- New York, NY, USA- Serena Williams of the United States celebrates after winning a point against Simona Halep of Romania on day ten of the 2016 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Mandatory Cred... More »
South Korean won, Chinese yuan and Japanese yen notes are seen on U.S. 100 dollar notes in this file photo illustration shot December 15, 2015. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji The U.S. dollar held quietly firm on Tuesday as the prospect of rising U.S. interest rates this ... More »
U.S. dollar notes are seen in this November 7, 2016 picture illustration. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo The dollar inched up against the yen on Wednesday after upbeat U.S. economic data reinforced expectations for economic growth under Donald Trum... More »
The yacht Perpetual Loyal sails up the Derwent River on its way to setting a new record finishing time in the annual Sydney to Hobart Yacht race in Hobart, Australia, early December 28, 2016. AAP/Rob Blakers/via REUTERS Australia’s Perpetual Loyal won the 72nd... More »
By Lisa Rapaport(Reuters Health) – Deaths from heart-related causes tend to spike around the holidays, and the cold weather may not really be to blam More »
A trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in Manhattan, New York City, U.S. December 27, 2016. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly Stocks edged higher on Tuesday as trading in some of the world’s major financial markets resumed after a Christmas break... More »
The yacht Wild Oats XI sails out of Sydney Harbour during the start of the annual Sydney to Hobart Yacht race, before withdrawing from Australia’s premiere bluewater classic in Australia, in this December 26, 2016 handout picture. ROLEX/Kurt Arrigo/Handout via... More »
U.S. dollar notes are seen in this November 7, 2016 picture illustration. Picture taken November 7. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration The dollar edged lower in Asian trading on Monday as some investors took profits after its rise last week to a 14-year peak agai... More »
U.S. dollar notes are seen in this November 7, 2016 picture illustration. Picture taken November 7. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration The dollar rose to its highest since February against the yen on Monday as U.S. bond yields climbed on the back of expectations ... More »
New Zealand Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Bill English speaks to members of the media in Wellington, New Zealand, December 5, 2016. REUTERS/Charlotte Greenfield New Zealand Finance Minister Bill English was confirmed as the country’s new prime min... More »
A Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD) sign is seen outside of a branch in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, May 26, 2016. REUTERS/Chris Wattie Traffic lights don’t just work for drivers, some bank customers obey them on their smartphones too. More »
Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin testifies at a Senate Subcommittee on Space, Science, and Competitiveness, entitled ”U.S. Human Exploration Goals and Commercial Space Competitiveness,” on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 24, 2015. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File ... More »
A screenshot of New Zealand man Richard Lee’s passport photo rejection notice, supplied to Reuters December 7, 2016. Richard Lee/Handout via REUTERS A New Zealand man of Asian descent had his passport photograph rejected when facial recognition software mistak... More »
An employee of a foreign exchange trading company works near monitors showing Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on TV news (top C), and the Japanese yen’s exchange rate against the euro in Tokyo, Japan, December 5, 2016. REUTERS/Toru Hanai The euro fell to a... More »
Piles of two Euro coins are pictured in an illustration taken October 13, 2016. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger The euro tumbled on Monday after Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi conceded defeat in a referendum over his plan to reform the constitution and said he wo... More »
Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin testifies at a Senate Subcommittee on Space, Science, and Competitiveness, entitled ”U.S. Human Exploration Goals and Commercial Space Competitiveness,” on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 24, 2015. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File ... More »
Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin testifies at a Senate Subcommittee on Space, Science, and Competitiveness, entitled ”U.S. Human Exploration Goals and Commercial Space Competitiveness,” on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 24, 2015. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File ... More »
Wearing a Peruvian shawl, U.S President Barack Obama poses for a family photo at the APEC Summit in Lima, Peru November 20, 2016. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque Pacific Rim leaders vowed on Sunday to fight protectionism and Chinese officials said more countries are lo... More »
Four thousand U.S. dollars are counted out by a banker counting currency at a bank in Westminster, Colorado November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Rick Wilking/File Photo The dollar held near 13 1/2-year highs against a currency basket in Asian trading on Monday, as invest... More »
New Zealand’s Prime Minister John Key (L) gestures as he shares a laugh with China’s Premier Li Keqiang during a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, April 18, 2016. REUTERS/Parker Song/Pool China and New Zealand have agreed to s... More »
Nov 18, 2016- Naples, FL, USA- Charley Hull of England tees off during the CME Group Tour Championship at Tiburon Golf Club. Mandatory credit: Luke Franke/Naples Daily News via USA TODAY NETWORK Britain’s Charley Hull won the LPGA season-ending CME Group Tour ... More »
A railway track lies damaged alongside State Highway One near Kaikoura on the upper east coast of New Zealand’s South Island following an earthquake, November 14, 2016. Sgt Sam Shepherd/Courtesy of Royal New Zealand Defence Force/Handout via REUTERS A powerful... More »
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks at election night rally in Manhattan, New York, U.S., November 9, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo President-elect Donald Trump is seeking quick ways to withdraw the United States from a global accord to combat clima... More »
Four thousand U.S. dollars are counted out by a banker counting currency at a bank in Westminster, Colorado November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Rick Wilking/File Photo The dollar steadied in Asia on Tuesday, keeping previous session gains as markets wagered on a victory... More »
Australian Labor Party leader Bill Shorten appears at a news conference in Melbourne, Australia, July 10, 2016. AAP/Julian Smith/via REUTERS Australia’s plan to permanently ban asylum seekers who arrive by boat from ever entering the country was in jeopardy on... More »
An employee of a bank counts US dollar notes at a branch in Hanoi, Vietnam May 16, 2016. REUTERS/Kham Politics dominated currency markets on Thursday as U.S. election worries kept the dollar weak against the yen JPY= while sterling rose more than one percent a... More »
Euro and Dollar banknotes are seen in a picture illustration taken October 19, 2016. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger The dollar edged up to a fresh eight-month high against a basket of currencies in Asian trade on Monday, buoyed by expectations that the U.S. Federal R... More »
Euro, Hong Kong dollar, U.S. dollar, Japanese yen, British pound and Chinese 100-yuan banknotes are seen in a picture illustration shot January 21, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Lee/Illustration/File Photo The dollar inched up to a seven-month high against a basket of c... More »
Wang Jianlin, chairman of Chinese property developer Dalian Wanda Group, answers a question during a Reuters interview in Qingdao, Shandong province, September 22, 2013. REUTERS/Jason Lee Dalian Wanda Group plans to announce a 40 percent production subsidy to ... More »
Euro, Hong Kong dollar, U.S. dollar, Japanese yen, British pound and Chinese 100-yuan banknotes are seen in a picture illustration shot January 21, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Lee/Illustration/File Photo The dollar firmed on Tuesday, while the beleaguered sterling wal... More »
A man stands next to an electronic board showing stock prices in Tokyo, Japan, August 18, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon Major U.S. stock indexes gained on Wednesday, boosted by financial shares amid encouraging economic data and by the energy sector as oil pric... More »
The Australian state of New South Wales has reversed a ban on greyhound racing that was due to come into force on July 1 next year. More »
Euro, Hong Kong dollar, U.S. dollar, Japanese yen, British pound and Chinese 100-yuan banknotes are seen in a picture illustration shot January 21, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Lee/Illustration/File Photo Sterling hit seven-week lows on Monday after Britain set a March... More »
Arrangement of various world currencies including Chinese Yuan, US Dollar, Euro, British Pound, in this picture illustration taken January 25, 2011. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration/File Photo The yen was holding strong on Monday in the face of another volle... More »
U.S. President Barack Obama talks to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Chairman David Archambault II (L) as they attend the Cannon Ball Flag Day Celebration at the Cannon Ball Powwow Grounds on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota, June 13, 2014. RE... More »
United States one dollar bills are seen on a light table at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington November 14, 2014. REUTERS/Gary Cameron/File Photo The dollar edged lower on Monday, paring some of the gains made in the wake of strong U.S. inflati... More »
A New Zealand library that went beyond stern looks from librarians to ensure peace and quiet has turned off a “mosquito” device after drawing criticism for targeting young people with an annoying, high-pitched buzz. More »
Euro, Hong Kong dollar, U.S. dollar, Japanese yen, British pound and Chinese 100-yuan banknotes are seen in a picture illustration shot January 21, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Lee/Illustration/File Photo The U.S. dollar held firm in early Asian trade on Monday after d... More »
The unlikely figure of Caroline Masson emerged from a crowded leaderboard to clinch a one-stroke victory at the Manulife LPGA Classic in Canada on Sunday. More »
A man uses a mobile phone in front of an advertisement board bearing the image of Pokemon Go at an electronic shop in Tokyo, Japan, July 27, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo Some New Zealand fans of the smartphone game Pokemon Go caught more than they b... More »
German tech entrepreneur Kim Dotcom appears in an Auckland court, December 23, 2015. REUTERS/Chris Cameron An appeal by flamboyant German tech entrepreneur Kim Dotcom over a decision to extradite him to the United States began in New Zealand on Monday, with th... More »
A delivery drone performs a test flight with a Domino’s pizza box in Auckland, New Zealand, August 25, 2016. Domino’s/Handout via REUTERS A New Zealand pizza chain aims to become the world’s first company to offer a commercial drone delivery service, a milesto... More »
By Anirban Nag | LONDON LONDON The dollar was softer on Monday, pegged back by sluggish U.S. data that tempered expectations of a Federal Reserve interest rate hike this year. The U.S. currency was 0.2 percent lower at 101.12 yen JPY= after losing 0.6 percent ... More »
By Harry Pearl and Charlotte Greenfield | SYDNEY SYDNEY German tech entrepreneur and alleged internet pirate Kim Dotcom will seek a review of a Federal Court decision which rejected his bid to keep hold of millions of dollars in assets held in Hong Kong and Ne... More »
LONDON The New Zealand dollar surged to its highest level in more than a year on Thursday after the Reserve Bank of New Zealand made smaller interest rate cuts than some had expected, forcing them to unwind their bets on more aggressive easing. The RBNZ said a... More »
SINGAPORE The Turkish lira rose against the dollar and the safe-haven yen fell broadly on Monday in the wake of a failed Turkish coup over the weekend, easing investor concerns about political uncertainty and geopolitical risks. The Turkish lira recovered some... More »
WELLINGTON World number one Lydia Ko will be New Zealand’s sole entrant in the women’s golf tournament at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, with Danny Lee and Ryan Fox taking the two men’s spots. Ko is one of New Zealand’s top medal prospects in Rio, having taken t... More »
An Egyptian kebab shop owner in New Zealand has become an internet hit after a video of him ignoring a would-be robber and continuing to serve a customer went viral, drawing more than a quarter of a million views. Said Ahmed, owner of the Egyptian Kebab House ... More »
NEW YORK The yen surged to its highest in more than three years against the euro on Tuesday as chances of Britain voting next week to leave the European Union grew, prompting a flight to safe havens such as the Japanese currency. The yen also hit a six-week hi... More »
NEW YORK/WELLINGTON Erik Duhaime is a passive stock market investor, but he isn’t afraid to short Donald Trump or go long on Hillary Clinton. The 28-year-old from Cambridge, Massachusetts, trades on PredictIt, an online political stock market that allows users... More »
WELLINGTON Fiji’s Olympic committee see no impediment to Jarryd Hayne joining their rugby sevens team for the Rio Games, even though he has not been subject to World Anti-Doping Agency accredited testing procedures while playing in the NFL. Hayne, who played o... More »
STOCKHOLM Politics could take center stage at the usually kitsch Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday, with bookmakers making Russia favorite to win and the Ukrainian entry featuring lyrics about deportations by the Soviet Union. In “1944”, Ukraine’s 32-year-ol... More »
LONDON The yen recovered from a walloping at the end of last week on Monday, with investors focusing on a meeting of the Bank of Japan that many expect to deliver further easing of monetary policy in a bid to halt the currency’s rise. Bets on the yen to streng... More »
SYDNEY/SINGAPORE Commodity currencies slumped on Monday while the safe-haven yen soared after major oil producers failed to agree on an output freeze, sending oil prices tumbling anew. The Canadian dollar and its Australian counterpart were both marked more th... More »
SYDNEY/TOKYO Demand for the yen showed little signs of abating on Monday, with the currency reaching a fresh 17-month high, prompting the Japanese government to warn that it could take steps to weaken the exchange rate. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga t... More »
SYDNEY/PANAMA CITY Tax authorities in Australia and New Zealand are probing local clients of a Panama-based law firm at the center of a massive data leak for possible tax evasion. The leak involves more than 11.5 million documents from the files of law firm Mo... More »
New Zealand’s Lydia Ko became the youngest player to win two LPGA major championships when she birdied the par-five 18th to clinch the ANA Inspiration by one stroke in Rancho Mirage, California, on Sunday. For the 18-year-old world number one, who closed with ... More »
TOKYO/SINGAPORE The dollar nudged up against the yen on Monday, after rebounding last week following a series of comments from U.S. Federal Reserve officials who supported the case for more interest rate hikes than markets had anticipated. Such views helped th... More »
Not even a rare double-hit could derail world number one Lydia Ko from winning the Kia Classic by four strokes over Park In-bee in southern California on Sunday. Ko shot 67 for a 19-under-par 269 total on the Aviara course in Carlsbad, for her 11th LPGA victor... More »
WELLINGTON New Zealand voted on Thursday to retain its national flag, which includes the Union Jack of its former colonial ruler, after a 16-month exercise that cost taxpayers NZ$26 million ($17.44 million). Preliminary results of a referendum showed 56.6 perc... More »
Jason Day was among the winners in Wednesday’s opening day of the WGC-Dell Match Play, but the Australian world number two left the Austin Country Club course clutching his back heading for treatment. PGA Championship winner Day defeated former U.S. Open champ... More »
LONDON For the last six years, Prince William and his wife Kate have been the darlings of the world’s media, gracing the front pages of newspapers and magazines across the globe with their good looks, easy charm and two photogenic children to boot. In the last... More »
WELLINGTON Life as an equities trader had its attractions for New Zealand Olympic rower George Bridgewater. Financial security for his young family, the ‘excitement’ of trading and living in exotic climes like Hong Kong and Singapore, both far removed from the... More »
SYDNEY The Fijian government and international aid agencies began delivering much needed aid on Wednesday to the Pacific nation’s remote islands and coastal villages devastated by a powerful cyclone that killed 42 people. The death toll has crept up in the day... More »
TOKYO The yen gained against key peers like the dollar and euro on Wednesday as sagging stocks and crude oil drove bids for the safe-haven currency. Undercutting upward momentum for equities, oil prices retraced earlier gains made at the week’s start and tumbl... More »
LONDON The dollar turned lower against the euro in Europe on Monday as stock markets resumed their decline, wiping out gains based on Friday’s U.S. jobs report. A rise in oil prices during Asian trading helped commodity-linked currencies like the Australian an... More »
TOKYO/SYDNEY The yen nursed broad losses on Monday and the euro struggled for traction after the Bank of Japan adopted negative interest rates, heightening expectations that the European Central bank will ease policy too, making European bond yields slide. The... More »
MELBOURNE Former Wimbledon champion Goran Ivanisevic has demanded proof of the match-fixing allegations that have rocked the Australian Open, saying tennis players were being hounded as if “serial killers”. Tennis officials have been forced onto the back foot ... More »
MELBOURNE Angelique Kerber picked the perfect time to earn her first win over Victoria Azarenka, outgunning the big-hitting Belarusian 6-3 7-5 on Wednesday to advance to her first Australian Open semi-final. Kerber faced three set points trailing 5-2 in the se... More »
MELBOURNE Victoria Azarenka’s hopes of a remarkable comeback Australian Open victory crumbled under Angelique Kerber’s winners on Wednesday but the Belarusian was pleased with solid three weeks Down Under that made her feel she had turned a corner. The twice c... More »
MELBOURNE Canada’s Milos Raonic has found a novel way to help alleviate the tension that inevitability surrounds a grand slam tennis tournament, he has taken to wearing a mouth guard. Reporters spotted the mouthguard the tall 25-year-old, whose languid movemen... More »
SINGAPORE/TOKYO The safe haven yen sagged on Tuesday as China’s fourth-quarter economic growth matched expectations, but its losses were likely to be limited amid persisting worries about the global economic outlook. The dollar rose 0.4 percent against the yen... More »
LONDON China’s yuan again dominated moves on major foreign exchange markets on Monday, driven 1 percent higher against the dollar in offshore trade after reports of another round of aggressive intervention by Beijing. With Chinese stocks sinking a further 5 pe... More »
SYDNEY/TOKYO The dollar drifted lower in light Asian trading on Monday amid doubts about how far and fast the Federal Reserve would raise U.S. interest rates next year. The dollar eased to 121.20 yen JPY= and further away from Friday’s brief peak of 123.59. Th... More »
LONDON Firebrand hooker Dylan Hartley is set to replace Chris Robshaw as England captain under new coach Eddie Jones, British media reported on Thursday. Loose forward Robshaw led his country 42 times under former coach Stuart Lancaster, culminating in this ye... More »
WASHINGTON Habitat destruction along routes taken by the world’s migratory birds poses an increasing peril to these long-distance fliers, with a vast majority crossing terrain that nations are inadequately protecting, according to scientists. The researchers s... More »
TOKYO/SYDNEY The dollar edged up to a fresh 8-1/2-month high against a basket of global currencies on Monday, while the prospect of further stimulus this week by the European Central Bank kept the euro on the defensive. The dollar index added about 0.1 percent... More »
SINGAPORE The euro languished near a seven-month low against the dollar on Monday, weighed down by expectations that the European Central Bank will ramp up its monetary stimulus next month. Most major banks have stuck firmly to the view that the euro will fall... More »
LONDON Nicole Kidman won the best actress award for her performance as a DNA researcher in the play “Photograph 51” at the London Evening Standard Theatre Awards on Sunday. James McAvoy won best actor for a revival of “The Ruling Class” while Imelda Staunton t... More »
TOKYO The dollar dipped on Monday as the currency took a breather after scaling a 2-1/2-month high versus a basket of peers, although an improvement in risk appetite after China’s monetary easing limited the losses. Stock markets gained worldwide after China o... More »
TOKYO The dollar was steady against the yen and euro on Friday after stronger-than-expected U.S. data kept alive prospects of the Federal Reserve raising interest rates before year-end. The Australian dollar inched up after Chinese data on Monday showed growth... More »
SINGAPORE The dollar hovered near a three-week low versus a basket of major currencies on Monday, anchored by doubts that the U.S. Federal Reserve will raise interest rates by year-end. The dollar index, which measures the greenback’s value against a basket of... More »
The U.S. administration hopes to release the full text of a Pacific trade deal within the next 30 days, U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman said in an interview with CNN. The United States sealed the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) with 11 trading partner... More »
ATLANTA A dozen Pacific nations closed in on a sweeping free-trade pact on Sunday in Atlanta but failed to finalize terms on the fifth day of round-the-clock talks, dashing hopes raised by an earlier breakthrough on protections for new biotech drugs. U.S. offi... More »
ATLANTA Now that the Tour Championship and FedExCup playoffs are finished, many of golf’s top players are looking ahead to the next big event — the President’s Cup. Jordan Spieth capped a stellar season to secure both the season-ending trophies on Sunday, alon... More »
SYDNEY Australia intends to refuse a visa for U.S. singer and hip-hop star Chris Brown, a government spokesman said on Sunday, following through on a threat made last week over the singer’s history of domestic violence. Brown, 26, had been due to perform at a ... More »
UNITED NATIONS (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and a host of celebrities kicked off a campaign on Saturday to make Internet access universal, saying this was critical to fulfilling the United Nations’ newly adopted agenda to com... More »
SYDNEY/SINGAPORE The dollar inched lower on Monday with investors sticking to the sidelines as the countdown begins on whether the Federal Reserve will hike interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade. The euro edged up 0.1 percent to $1.1350 EUR=, ho... More »
