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By Alun John HONG KONG (Reuters) - Asian shares gave up some of their recent gains in cautious trading on Wednesday while the dollar inched back from three-week lows, as worries about slowing global g...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's factory activity slipped into contraction in August for the first time in nearly 1-1/2 years as COVID-19 containment measures, supply bottlenecks and high raw material pric...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Shares of debt-laden China Evergrande, the country's No. 2 developer, fell as much as 2.5% on Wednesday after it warned of default risks and legal action from creditors as it scr...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's economy was already slowing in the June quarter before wide-spread coronavirus lockdowns slammed everything into reverse, leaving the country in a desperate race to vacc...

By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar traded near its lowest point in nearly three weeks versus major peers on Wednesday, with investors focused on a key U.S. jobs report due on Friday for cl...

By Joori Roh SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's exports accelerated in August, towed by solid demand for memory chips, petrochemicals and other major items, with the trade ministry seeing only a limited ...

By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will ramp up efforts to promote sustainable finance such as by nurturing its green bond market and analysing financial institutions' resiliency to climate risks...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The father of Britney Spears should step down immediately and without conditions from his role as conservator of her estate, the singer's lawyer said in court documents. Mathew...

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's factory activity grew at a slower pace in August, as output contracted for the first time in 12 months and demand eased due to surging coronavirus infections across the...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's factory activity expanded at a slower rate in August as a resurgence of coronavirus cases in Asia disrupted supply chains across the region, sinking overseas orders into cont...