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(Reuters) - Paul Farmer, an American doctor and anthropologist dedicated to improving public health in some of the world's poorest countries, died unexpectedly in his sleep in Rwanda, the group he fou...

(Reuters) - Brazilian wholesaler Assai posted on Monday fourth-quarter net income of 527 million reais ($103.26 million), beating estimates as store openings accelerated.Net income rose 76% from a yea...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian state bank VTB on Tuesday reported a more than fourfold increase in net profit to a record 327.4 billion roubles ($4.1 billion) in 2021, rebounding from a sharp drop the yea...

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti's government on Monday hiked the minimum wage by as much as 54% following weeks of demonstrations by garment workers who say their wages are not enough to keep up with...

(Reuters) - Australia's second-largest supermarket chain Coles Group on Tuesday reported a 2% drop in first-half profit, as pandemic-induced costs offset earnings from consumers stocking up on essenti...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden has started interviews with top candidates to serve on the Supreme Court "in recent days," a source familiar with the situation said on Monday. The Whit...

By Marcela Ayres BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's central bank chief Roberto Campos Neto said on Monday consumer prices continue to trend higher as core inflation speeds up despite aggressive monetary ti...

PEKIN, Ill. – The history of Abraham Lincoln throughout Tazewell County and what, at Lincoln’s time, was the 8th Judicial Circuit is once again being honored. Monuments to Lincoln in front...

By Simon Jessop and Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission will unveil on Wednesday a proposal to make large companies operating in the European Union check that their suppliers...

By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) - The European Union must impose sanctions on Russia immediately after it recognised two Ukrainian breakaway regions as independent, the governments of the Baltic st...