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Written by Nivedita Bhattacharjee BENGALURU (Reuters) - Two NASA astronauts aboard Boeing Co’s Starliner will remain on the International Space Station for months due to a propulsion system glitch that has included a helium leak, while on…

Written by Winnie Zhou and Summer Chen SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) - A sell-off in global markets triggered by the unwinding of yen-funded carry trades has put the spotlight on China's yuan, also widely used as a cheap funding currency.…

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is suspected of intervening in the foreign exchange market to support the yen on several occasions this month, highlighting its unease over the pain the currency's slide is inflicting on households as import costs…

By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese authorities are facing renewed pressure to combat a sustained depreciation in the yen, as traders drive down the currency on expectations that any further interest rate hikes by the central bank…

2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Passenger oxygen masks hang from the roof next to a missing window and a portion of a side wall of an Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, which had been bound for Ontario, California and suffered depressurization soon…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A man counts Nigerian naira notes in a market place in Yola, Nigeria, February 22, 2023. REUTERS/Esa Alexander/File Photo By Chijioke Ohuocha ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's naira is on the brink of breaching 1,000…

Written by Valerie Volkovici, Timothy Gardner, and Kate Abnett BEIJING (Reuters) - As China and the United States meet this week in Beijing, the world's two biggest carbon emitters will be looking for ways to cooperate on both…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The Nasdaq logo is displayed at the Nasdaq Market location in Times Square in New York City, US, December 3, 2021. REUTERS/Gena Moon/File Photo Written by Sruthi Shankar and Medha Singh (Reuters) - A "special…

2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A Japanese yen banknote is seen in this illustration photo taken on June 15, 2022. REUTERS/Florence Low/Illustration/File photo 2/2 by Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese authorities are facing renewed…

© Reuters. A farmer operates a tractor as he sows corn seeds during sunset in a field near the village of Shaltyr in Rostov Region, Russia, May 5, 2023. REUTERS/Sergey Pivovarov (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said this…