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MOSCOW (Reuters) - VTB said on Tuesday it had become the first Russian bank to launch money transfers to China in yuan without using the international messaging system SWIFT that underpins financial t...

By Julia Harte (Reuters) - U.S. states have enacted more than 30 new voting restrictions since 2020, from voter ID requirements to limits on mail-in voting, fueling tensions between Republicans and De...

EAST PEORIA, Ill. — Upgrades to the Bob Michel Bridge, including a new bicycle and pedestrian path, have risen to almost $22.3 million, according to documents from the City of East Peoria. The i...

By Hadeel Al Sayegh and Andrew Mills DUBAI/DOHA (Reuters) - Qatar's central bank has told banks in the Gulf state not to exchange its currency with entities outside the country without prior permissio...

By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress needs to pass a stop-gap bill to keep the federal government funded and could also vote on protecting gay marriage rights during a brief Washi...

(Reuters) - Materials science technology company Footprint took a 38% cut to its valuation as part of an amended merger deal with a blank-check firm backed by billionaire Alec Gores, the companies sai...

By Tim Reid LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Maria Jones used to enjoy watching television - until November's midterm elections invaded her living room. For months, Jones has been bombarded with political ads,...

A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan. While U.S. markets idled for Labor Day and digested the August jobs report, attention was squarely on Europe's energy crunch and how...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African artist Blessing Ngobeni first picked up a paintbrush during a nine-year stint in prison, drawing fellow inmates and birthday cards to "kill time". This month, th...

PRETORIA (Reuters) - South Africa's gross domestic product (GDP) contracted 0.7% in the second quarter in quarter-on-quarter, seasonally adjusted and non-annualised terms, data from the statistics age...