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COLOMBO (Reuters) -- Sri Lanka's central bank set a new single policy rate of 8% on Wednesday, aiming to catalyze the island nation's nascent recovery from a deep financial crisis.

WASHINGTON -- U.S. President-elect Donald Trump announced that he will nominate lawyer Jamieson Greer to be his U.S. trade representative, tasking him with reducing America's trade deficit. During ...

TOKYO -- China has placed its defense minister under investigation, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing unidentified U.S. officials.

TOKYO -- Yen strategists are divided over the currency's direction now that Donald Trump's return to the White House is casting uncertainty over the pace of U.S. rate cuts. Yen bulls foresee the ...

WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM/BEIRUT (Reuters) -- A ceasefire between Israel and Iran-backed group Hezbollah took effect at 0200 GMT on Wednesday after U.S. President Joe Biden said both sides accepted an ...

SEOUL -- Samsung Electronics has replaced the heads of its memory and foundry semiconductor businesses as the chipmaker struggles to keep up in the global race to develop advanced artificial ...

NEW DELHI -- The toxic smog cloaking New Delhi in recent weeks has been smothering its 20 million or so residents with dangerous pollution but breathing life into debate about whether the city can ...

HONG KONG -- China's largest delivery logistics company, S.F. Holding, listed on the Hong Kong Exchange on Wednesday, with its shares opening virtually flat despite being oversubscribed.

TAIPEI -- Microsoft, HP and Dell are rushing to prepare as many electronics components as possible before January in expectation that Donald Trump will hike tariffs on Chinese goods when he returns to ...

WASHINGTON -- Republican lawmakers have sent a letter to cabinet members in U.S. President Joe Biden's administration expressing doubt about the independence of a review into Nippon Steel's pending ...

HANOI (Reuters) -- Vietnamese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer VinFast on Tuesday reported a smaller $550 million net loss ...