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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Billionaire Elon Musk was sued by Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) investors claiming he manipulated the company's stock price downward, as the chief executive of...

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed by voice vote President Joe Biden's nominee to serve as the top auto safety regulator, the first to...

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Bacteria in Antarctica have been discovered with genes that give them natural antibiotic and antimicrobial resistance and have the potential to spread out of...

By Sabine Siebold and Sarah Marsh BERLIN (Reuters) - Four weeks ago, Germany agreed to send dozens of anti-aircraft tanks to help defend Ukraine from Russia's invasion, part of...

By Ryan Woo and Roxanne Liu BEIJING (Reuters) -China's COVID-hit capital Beijing further tightened its dragnet on the virus with zero community transmission the target, punishing...

LONDON (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin quipped on Monday that he would have a serious talk to the West about its assertions that he was to blame for all the economic...

(Bloomberg) -- Joe Biden embarked on his first presidential trip to South Korea and Japan, where he’s set Friday to visit a Samsung Electronics (OTC:SSNLF) Co.’s semiconductor...

By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Rising COVID-19 cases are driving up the use of therapeutics, with Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE)'s oral antiviral treatment Paxlovid seeing a...

By Katie Paul, Krystal Hu and Hyunjoo Jin (Reuters) - Elon Musk said on Tuesday his $44-billion offer would not move forward until Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) shows proof that spam...

By Geoffrey Smith Investing.com -- Sweden's Prime Minister confirmed that the country will formally apply to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, formally ending a policy...

By Uditha Jayasinghe and Alasdair Pal COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka's main opposition party joined anti-government protesters on Friday in rejecting the appointment of a new prime...

By Mark Trevelyan LONDON (Reuters) -Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday that Moscow was the target of "total hybrid war" by the West but would withstand...

By Uditha Jayasinghe and Alasdair Pal COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka's main opposition party joined anti-government protesters on Friday in rejecting the appointment of a new prime...

By Geoffrey Smith  Investing.com -- The leaders of Russia and Germany spoke for over an hour by telephone on Friday to discuss the war in Ukraine but the two sides' respective...

By Engen Tham and Eduardo Baptista SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) -Shanghai authorities were tightening the city-wide COVID lockdown they imposed more than a month ago, prolonging...

By Steve Gorman (Reuters) -The third long-duration astronaut team launched by SpaceX to the International Space Station (ISS) safely returned to Earth early on Friday, splashing...

Investing.com - Joffre Capital, a technology-focused investment firm, and its portfolio company Investing.com today announced a significant effort to support its employees in...

(Reuters) - Ukraine said a new attempt was under way on Friday to evacuate scores of civilians trapped in a heavily bombed steel works in the city of Mariupol, after bloody...

By Natalia Zinets and Francesco Guarascio KYIV/BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Russian forces battled on Wednesday for control of the last stronghold in Ukraine's besieged city of Mariupol,...

By Francesco Guarascio and John Chalmers STRASBOURG (Reuters) -The European Union's executive on Wednesday proposed the toughest package of sanctions yet against Moscow for its...

By Brenda Goh and Hallie Gu SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) -Some of Shanghai's 25 million people managed to get out on Tuesday for short walks and shopping after enduring more than a...

By Tom Balmforth and Oleksandr Kozhukhar KYIV/LVIV (Reuters) -The European Union was preparing sanctions on Russian oil sales over its invasion of Ukraine after a major shift on...

BEIJING (Reuters) -China's factory activity contracted at a steeper pace in April as widespread COVID-19 lockdowns halted industrial production and disrupted supply chains,...

By Tsvetelia Tsolova and Anna Koper SOFIA/WARSAW (Reuters) - Russia's Gazprom (MCX:GAZP) cut Poland and Bulgaria off from its gas on Wednesday for refusing to pay in roubles, and...

KARACHI (Reuters) - A woman suicide bomber who killed three Chinese teachers in Pakistan was a teacher who had enrolled for a master's degree months before her attack, carried out...

By Geoffrey Smith  Investing.com -- The war in Ukraine showed increasing signs of spilling over into neighboring states, as Russian-backed separatists in the Transnistria region of...

By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Alvaro Bedoya will be confirmed to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission this week, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Sunday, giving...

By Geoffrey Smith  Investing.com -- Russia added the conquest of southern Ukraine to the core objectives of its campaign, signaling a more ambitious military campaign in the coming...

By Brenda Goh and Martin Quin Pollard SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Stiffening resolve after three weeks of strict lockdown, authorities warned Shanghai's 25 million frazzled residents on...

By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) -Like Batman forming the Justice League of superheroes, or Iron Man helping assemble the Avengers, comic book editor Scott Dunbier needed to put...

By Lisa Richwine (Reuters) -Actor Johnny Depp, testifying on Wednesday in a $50 million defamation case against his former wife Amber Heard, said she was the one who became...

(Reuters) - Ukrainian officials said they hoped to get thousands of women and children out of the besieged southeastern city of Mariupol as Russia pressed ahead with a new...

By Lisa Richwine (Reuters) -Actor Johnny Depp testified on Tuesday that he never struck his ex-wife Amber Heard and was challenging her accusations in a $50 million defamation...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Shanghai has set a target to stop the spread of COVID-19 outside of quarantined areas by Wednesday, two people familiar with the matter said, which would allow...

By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. stock investors worried geopolitical uncertainty and the Federal Reserve's fight against inflation could dent economic growth are...