8+ hour, 38+ min ago   (536+ words) SEOUL, Sept 14 (Reuters) – South Korean President Lee Jae-myung’s approval rating fell to a new low on Monday, extending a steep decline as he entered the second year of his five-year term amid growing public discontent with key policies, including housing....

12+ hour, 15+ min ago   (573+ words) A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole. Brent is back above $107 a barrel as the Houthis close in on the Bab el-Mandeb, the other key channel for oil exports coming out of the…...

12+ hour, 40+ min ago   (343+ words) BEIJING, Sept 14 (Reuters) – An essay by Anthropic’s CEO calling for a slowing down of AI development may look like a rational statement focused on safety risks, but it is ​really a “Cold War playbook” targeting China, the state-backed Global Times…...

12+ hour, 29+ min ago   (298+ words) SINGAPORE, Sept 14 (Reuters) – Commodity vessel transits through the Strait of Hormuz fell to a single digit per day at the weekend, preliminary shiptracking data showed on ​Monday, well below a 10-day average of 14. Over ‌the weekend, four vessels exited the…...

13+ hour, 8+ min ago   (487+ words) MANILA, Sept 14 (Reuters) – Voting began on Monday in the Philippines’ Muslim-majority south under heightened security after three people were killed and 15 wounded in violence on the eve of the historic election. The vote is seen as a crucial test of…...

13+ hour, 43+ min ago   (245+ words) PARIS, Sept 14 (Reuters) – French far-right leader Marine Le Pen maintained her lead ahead of the presidential election and far-left rival Jean-Luc Melenchon ​was second in most tested scenarios, a ‌poll showed on Monday, stressing the electorate’s growing polarisation as Emmanuel…...

13+ hour, 59+ min ago   (138+ words) Sept 13 (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs now expects ​the U.S. ‌Federal Reserve to raise interest rates by 25 ‌basis ​points ⁠at its ⁠September policy meeting, reversing its previous forecast for ​rates to remain ⁠unchanged. The Wall ⁠Street bank ​said in ​a... Sept 13 (Reuters)…...

15+ hour, 57+ min ago   (264+ words) ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, Sept 13 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday brushed aside a report that Iran acquired satellite images of ​a base in Jordan from Chinese entities before ‌an attack that killed three U.S. troops there in…...

16+ hour, 1+ min ago   (514+ words) TORONTO, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Filmmaker Alex Gibney made his marathon documentary “Musk,” about the vast influence of billionaire Elon Musk, to prompt discussions about reclaiming power from “tech oligarchs,” he said in an interview on Sunday. The Oscar-winning documentarian is at…...

16+ hour, 19+ min ago   (641+ words) SINGAPORE, Sept 14 (Reuters) – The dollar was steady on Monday, with the yen holding on to its recent sharp gains and hovering near a seven-month high as investors pondered possible rate hikes from the Federal Reserve and Bank of Japan in…...