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Mizuho Financial Group plans to beef up its U.S. operations for M&A advisory and equity underwriting, its chief executive said, as Japan's No.

Chinese video game streaming site Huya has started laying off staff, three sources close to the matter said, as more of the country's technology companies scale back after a bruising regulatory crackdown.

A German-funded consortium of carmakers and battery producers, including BMW, Umicore and BASF, is to develop a "battery passport" that traces the content and carbon footprint of batteries in Europe, Germany's economy ministry said on Monday.

Commodity stocks slumped 6% on Monday, leading sharp declines across European stock indexes as worries about an economic slowdown in China and rapid U.S.

Roche's first-quarter sales rose 10% on strong U.S.

Swiss drugmaker Roche's first quarter sales rose a better-than-expected 10% on strong U.S.

Hyundai Motor Co posted a better-than-expected 19% rise in quarterly profit as favourable exchange rates more than made up for a jump in raw material costs and a drop in sales caused by the prolonged global chip shortage.

Hyundai Motor Co on Monday posted a 19% rise in first-quarter profit as favourable exchange rates offset a jump in raw material costs and a drop in sales caused by the prolonged global chip shortage.

Saudi Arabia is targeting a tenfold increase in international airline passengers transiting the kingdom by the end of the decade as it looks to triple annual passenger traffic, an official said.

Countries should pause or slow use of edible oil as biofuel to ensure adequate supply for use in food, a state-backed Malaysian palm oil group said on Monday, warning of a supply crisis following an Indonesian ban on palm oil exports.

US diplomats to return to Ukraine as Washington pledges $700m in military aid

Beijing Covid spike prompts mass testing, panic buying

The Bank of Japan is set to maintain ultra-low interest rates on Thursday and hold off from major tweaks to its dovish policy guidance, as rising raw material costs force it to focus on underpinning a fragile economic recovery.

Gambian on trial in Germany over AFP reporter murder

Ex-businessman vows to restore Slovenia 'freedom' after poll win

Paris officers shoot and kill two in car: police

Oil prices slide on China fears; Twitter rises on Musk deal

European stocks slid to a one-month low and commodity prices dropped on Monday on renewed concerns about rising interest rates and China's sputtering economy, while Wall Street shares rose, reversing losses after Twitter agreed to be bought by billionaire Elon Musk.

Asian stocks fell the most in two weeks on Monday as concern about rapid U.S.

Nicaragua expels OAS, leaves organization early: foreign minister

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Crew of first private flight to ISS head back to Earth

Oil slumped over 5% on Monday to its lowest in two weeks on growing worries about the global energy demand outlook due to prolonged COVID-19 lockdowns in Shanghai and potential increases in U.S.

Oil prices slumped to about two-week lows on Monday, extending losses from last week, as concerns grew that prolonged COVID-19 lockdowns in Shanghai and potential U.S.

The U.S. dollar marched to a two-year high on Monday as a wave of risk aversion swept global markets, while the Chinese yuan was set for its biggest three-day losing streak in nearly four years on growing worries of an economic slowdown in China.

The U.S. dollar climbed to a two-year high versus its rivals on Monday and was on track for its single biggest daily gain in more than six weeks as a wave of risk aversion swept through global markets, boosting the greenback's safe haven appeal.

The dollar climbed on Monday as investors sought safety due to uncertainties over the global growth outlook, gaining ground even on the euro despite French President Emmanuel Macron's comfortable election victory over far-right rival Marine Le Pen.

Asda and Morrisons said on Monday that they would cut the prices of essential items, ratcheting-up competition in Britain's food retail sector against a backdrop of soaring inflation and slumping consumer confidence.

India could benefit more than China from the next phase of globalization.