Category Archives:

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Wednesday said he met with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy a few weeks ago and agreed to a resolution that could extend current federal...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. single-family homebuilding surged in July amid an acute shortage of previously owned houses, but mortgage rates climbing back to near two-decade highs could stifle demand f...

(Reuters) - Canadian housing starts slipped by 10% in July compared with the previous month, which had produced the strongest figures in ten years, data from the national housing agency showed on Wedn...

By Dawit Endeshaw ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Safaricom's M-Pesa mobile money service went live in Ethiopia on Wednesday, in a boost to the Kenyan telecoms operator as it seeks to kickstart growth in one ...

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea on Wednesday confirmed it is holding U.S. Army Private Travis King after he crossed the border from South Korea last month while on a tour, but did not elaborate on what ...

By Akash Sriram and Paul Lienert DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors is investing in a Silicon Valley startup to help it speed development of a more affordable battery chemistry for its future electric...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China will strengthen the coordination of various policies to boost growth and meet this year's economic target, according to a cabinet meeting cited by state media on Wednesday. T...

By Max A. Cherney (Reuters) - A scientist at Harvard used Google's cloud platform to clone a supercomputer for a heart disease study, in a novel move that other researchers could follow to get around ...

(Reuters) - Efforts to remove carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from industries and store them underground have gathered pace across Europe over the past few years as countries scramble to meet climate g...

By Alexander Marrow (Reuters) -The Russian rouble strengthened towards 96 to the dollar on Wednesday, one day after the central bank hiked interest rates to 12% at an emergency meeting and amid specul...