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By Maximilian Heath BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Argentine truck owners extended a grains transport strike on Tuesday, bringing grains haulage traffic...

DAKAR (Reuters) - The World Bank said on Tuesday it has signed deals to finance four projects in Senegal worth...

By Felix Onuah ABUJA (Reuters) -Nigerian vice president Yemi Osinbajo said on Monday he wanted to run for president next...

By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) -Three political parties that recently withdrew from Sri Lanka's ruling coalition have proposed forming an...

By Layli Foroudi, Tassilo Hummel and Ingrid Melander PARIS (Reuters) -French leader Emmanuel Macron and challenger Marine Le Pen qualified...

By Hyonhee Shin and Cynthia Kim SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's incoming President Yoon Suk-yeol on Sunday named Choo Kyung-ho to...

MELBOURNE/SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia will hold a general election on May 21, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Sunday, triggering...

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's opposition Labour Party called on finance minister Rishi Sunak on Saturday to respond to claims in...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Shanghai on Friday announced a record 21,000 new cases and a third consecutive day of COVID testing as...

By Timour Azhari and Laila Bassam BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon won't be able to deliver many if any reforms sought...

PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Republic's costs for handling the influx of refugees from Ukraine this year are estimated at...

LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's central bank raised the country's benchmark interest rate 50 basis points to 4.5% on Thursday, the...

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's President Gabriel Boric announced on Thursday a $3.7 billion economic recovery plan that includes a hike...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The Shanghai government said on Thursday it was trying its best to improve the distribution of food...

By David Lawder and Dan Burns (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Wednesday that Russia should be expelled...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Shanghai will ask all 26 million residents to take another round of COVID-19 tests, a city official...

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Thursday she has tested positive for COVID-19 but her...

By Martin Quin Pollard BEIJING (Reuters) -China warned on Thursday it would take strong measures if U.S. House of Representatives...

By Ingrid Melander PARIS (Reuters) - The French vote on Sunday in the first round of a presidential election that...

By Clare Jim and Twinnie Siu HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong Chief Secretary John Lee, a security official during the...