Japan welcomed the start of a new Reiwa imperial era and a new emperor on Wednesday in a festive New Year mood, with hopes for peace and prosperity.div class="feedflare" a…
The debate behind Trump’s move to tighten Iran oil sanctions
U.S. President Donald Trump's unexpected decision to ban all Iranian oil purchases after May 1 - ending exemptions for eight nations - came after hawkish economic and security advisors allayed…
Sixth round of U.S., Taliban peace talks begin today: Taliban spokesman
American and Taliban officials are meeting on Wednesday in Qatar to resume talks aimed at ending a 17-year war in Afghanistan, a Taliban official said.div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/Reuters/worldNews?a=QqEqcTlABkE:k7wneX-aB98:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Reuters/worldNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a…
Singapore deputy PM nods to future leadership role in speech to workers
Singapore's newly-appointed deputy prime minister hinted at a future leadership role in a speech on Wednesday in which he echoed a pledge made by previous prime ministers to support the…
Venezuela’s Guaido calls for ‘largest march in history’ in uprising effort
Venezuelans were expected to take to the streets on Wednesday for what opposition leader Juan Guaido pledged would be the "largest march" in the country's history, a day after he…
Buffett’s Occidental deal is no elephant but it helps
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Cameron falls short of target for $1bn China fund
Former UK PM’s office hopes first fundraising round will be concluded soon...
Apollo executive secretly competed with firm on bid
Ming Dang spent up to five hours a day working for rival, arbitrator rules...