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By Joe Cash BEIJING (Reuters) -China's manufacturing activity contracted for a third straight month in June, albeit at a slower pace, an official factory survey showed on Friday, as pressure builds fo...

By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian stocks eased on Friday after a set of strong U.S. economic data bolstered the view that the Federal Reserve will likely keep interest rates higher for lon...

By Rae Wee SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The yen weakened past 145 per dollar on Friday, a level which kept speculators wary of potential intervention from Japanese authorities, while a faltering economic rec...

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - An electrical accident at Codelco's El Teniente mine in central Chile, the company's largest copper mine, left one dead, the state-owned mining giant said in a statement on Thursd...

(Reuters) - Newcrest Mining Ltd's Cadia mine in Australia's New South Wales (NSW) has adjusted its operations to significantly reduce production of dust, the state's Environment Protection Authority (...

By Heekyong Yang and Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean chip executive imprisoned over industrial espionage charges rejected allegations he had sought to build a copycat chip factory in Chin...

PEKIN, Ill. – A Pekin man will likely be in prison for the rest of his life after killing a woman and setting her on fire two years ago. Matthew Null, 41, was sentenced in Tazewell County Court ...

By Arathy Somasekhar (Reuters) - Brent crude oil prices were little changed in early trading on Friday, but were set to notch their first monthly gain this year as a steep drawdown in oil stocks and O...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Spirit AeroSystems will resume operations at its plant in Wichita, Kansas, on July 5, after union workers on Thursday voted to accept a new contract and end their strike. Spirit...

By Takahiko Wada and Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -Core consumer prices in Japan's capital rose 3.2% in June from a year earlier, exceeding the central bank's 2% target for the 13th straight month in ...