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By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) - The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has cut the statutory reserve ratio for commercial banks by 200 basis points to 2%, effective Aug. 16, it said on Wednesday. The ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fox Business will hold the second debate of the 2024 Republican presidential contest, Politico news outlet reported on Wednesday, making the conservative-leaning Fox outlets hos...

Updated 6:52 a.m. (Reuters) -One lucky winner was in possession of a Mega Millions ticket worth a cool $1.58 billion, the largest prize in the game’s history, on Wednesday after purchasing it in...

By Josephine Walker WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's public approval rating held steady at 40% in early August, with concerns about the economy souring Americans' opinion of his perfo...

OSLO (Reuters) - Norway evacuated thousands of people as rivers swelled to their highest levels in at least 50 years on Wednesday and homes and businesses were submerged or swept away by landslides. M...

By Dawn Chmielewski and Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Hollywood writers' strike marks 100 days on Wednesday with contract talks stalled and people on the picket lines protesting what t...

By Akash Sriram (Reuters) -Lyft's shares tumbled more than 7% on Wednesday as investors feared the ride-hailing platform's focus on competitive pricing to gain market share would muddy its path to pro...

YAKUTSK, Russia (Reuters) - Smoke from fires raging across Russia's vast forest wilderness has engulfed the far eastern city of Yakutsk, forcing citizens to close doors and windows despite the summer ...

By Sarita Chaganti Singh NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's greenhouse emissions rate dropped by a faster-than-expected 33% in 14 years as renewable energy generation rose and forest cover increased, accor...

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Commerce Department said on Wednesday that more than 460 companies have expressed interested in winning government semiconductor subsidy funding in ...