BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s top Christian cleric has urged President Michel Aoun to set up a reconciliation meeting with Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri to form […]

Slideshow ( 2 images )(Reuters) – Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard and European retailer Carrefour SA have decided to work on partnership opportunities after takeover talks failed, […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on companies in Iran, China and the United Arab Emirates for doing business with the […]

FILE PHOTO: The General Motors Co (GM) CAMI assembly plant is seen in Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada October 13, 2017. REUTERS/Chris Helgren(Reuters) – General Motors Co […]

FILE PHOTO: Eric Lander (right) at a news conference in Mexico City, next to Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, on Jan. 19, 2010. REUTERS/Henry Romero/File Photo(Reuters) […]

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s 180,000 civil servants were told on Friday they had four weeks to sign a document pledging their loyalty to […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When a U.S. appeals court declared that Florida could make it harder for convicted felons to vote – a ruling decried by […]

Slideshow ( 2 images )PARIS (Reuters) – A takeover approach for Carrefour by Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard is raising concerns over jobs and the future management […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Congressional Intelligence and Homeland Security oversight committees are opening investigations into why federal and local law enforcement agencies did not pay […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of Americans filing first-time applications for unemployment benefits surged last week, confirming a weakening in labor market conditions as a […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Three top United Nations officials all called on the United States on Thursday to revoke its decision to designate Yemen’s Houthis […]

PARIS (Reuters) – France’s Finance Minister on Thursday said any takeover of French retailer Carrefour by a foreign company would be a “major difficulty”, as […]

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s top court upheld on Thursday a 20-year prison sentence for former President Park Geun-hye on graft charges that led to […]

SINGAPORE/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bonds slipped, Japanese stocks jumped to a three-decade high and other Asian equities loitered near record peaks on Thursday as investors […]

FILE PHOTO: Luca de Meo, Chief Executive Officer of Groupe Renault, poses in front of a Renault Megane eVision car during a news conference about […]

FILE PHOTO: The WeWork logo is seen on a cup at a WeWork office in Beijing, China August 2, 2019. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo(Reuters) – WeWork […]

PARIS (Reuters) – European retail giant Carrefour has received a surprise 16.2 billion euros ($19.72 billion) takeover approach from Canadian convenience-store operator Alimentation Couche-Tard, sending […]