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SINGAPORE/LONDON: The U.S. dollar was on the back foot on Wednesday and set for its biggest yearly fall since 2017, possibly with more to come, as investors wagered the Federal Reserve would have room...

 Bangladesh's interim government urged people on Friday to resist violence as soldiers and police fanned out ‌across Dhaka and other cities following protests over the killing of a popular...

 A federal judge on Friday said US President Donald Trump's $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas for highly-skilled foreign workers seems to fall under his broad powers to regulate immigration,...

Sydney: A mass shooting at a Jewish festival on Australia's iconic Bondi Beach has revived allegations that the government is dragging its feet in the fight against antisemitism.A father and son...

SYDNEY: Ten people were killed and around a dozen wounded when gunmen opened fire during a Jewish holiday event at Sydney's Bondi Beach on Sunday, Australian officials said.New South Wales police...

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has been included in their squad for Saturday's Premier League match at home to Brighton & Hove Albion, British media have reported. Manager Arne Slot earlier said...

SYDNEY:  Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Thursday took aim at young people parading themselves on social media a day after a world-first ban on under-16s went live, saying the rollout...

WASHINGTON:  The U.S. Federal Reserve is expected to cut interest rates on Wednesday as policymakers grapple with gaps in economic data caused by the recent government shutdown and work through...

NEW DELHI:  India's aviation regulator has ordered IndiGo to cut its planned flights by 5% after the airline scrapped at least 2,000 flights last week due to poor pilot roster planning.In a...

DAMASCUS:  Syrians marked the first anniversary of the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad and his iron-fisted rule on Monday, as the fractured nation struggles to find stability and recover after years of...

SYDNEY,:  Australia's internet regulator said a teen social media ban would be the first domino to fall in a global push to rein in Big Tech, as Meta's Instagram, Facebook and Threads began...

BENGALURU, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Thousands of IndiGo passengers were stranded by flight cancellations on Thursday - a third day of chaos after India's biggest airline did not make sufficient changes...

The sons of Pakistan's jailed former prime minister Imran Khan fear authorities are concealing "something irreversible" about his condition after more than three weeks with no evidence that he is...

Airbus fleets were returning towards normal operations on Monday after the European planemaker pushed through abrupt software changes faster than originally expected, as it wrestled with safety...

KYIV/GENEVA: The United States and Ukraine pressed on with talks in Switzerland on Monday to come up with a mutually acceptable peace plan, after agreeing to modify a U.S. proposal that Kyiv and its...

FRANKFURT:  Roche's experimental oral drug giredestrant has been shown to cut the risk of recurrence of a common form of breast cancer after surgery, boosting the company's shares and...

A Bangladesh court sentenced ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death on Monday, concluding a months-long trial that found her guilty of ordering a deadly crackdown on a student-led uprising last...

 A Bangladesh court convicted ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of crimes against humanity on Monday, concluding a months-long trial that found her guilty of ordering a deadly crackdown on a...

NEW DELHI: Indian agricultural exporters are among the winners from U.S. President Donald Trump’s exemption of dozens of food items from his reciprocal tariffs regime, which some analysts say could...

The global oil market faces an even bigger surplus next year of as much as 4.09 million barrels per day as OPEC+ producers and rivals lift output and demand growth slows, the International Energy...