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BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany plans to extend restrictions to curb the spread of the coronavirus until March 14, a draft agreement for talks between Chancellor Angela Merkel and leaders of the 16 federal...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen acknowledged on Wednesday that the European Union was not where it wanted to be in the fight against the coronavirus. "We were l...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, who himself first seized power in a coup, said on Wednesday he had received a letter from Myanmar's new junta leader asking for help to suppo...

(Reuters) - European shares rose on Wednesday as a set of upbeat quarterly earnings reports from firms including SocGen helped boost optimism around a faster vaccine-led economic recovery this year. F...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A Thai opposition party on Wednesday submitted a proposal to amend the country's strict royal insult law, a potentially groundbreaking move that it said could ease political tensio...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp's President Akio Toyoda said on Wednesday his company was disappointed by recent comments from Tokyo 2020 Olympics President Yoshiro Mori that were contrary to the ...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Nothing says social distancing quite like Dubai's RoboCafe, where robots have replaced their human overlords. Customers can place their orders with German-made robots, who then prepa...

By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Heineken NV plans to cut about 8,000 jobs, the Dutch group said on Wednesday, seeking to restore operating margins to pre-pandemic levels after a sharp declin...

By Joe Bavier, Tanisha Heiberg and Emma Rumney CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - For South African winemaker Vergenoegd Lw, the pandemic could have been a disaster but a bitter trade war between China and Austral...

A key battle between two ranked teams in the Big 12 Conference came down to the wire as No. 14 West Virginia pulled away to defeat No. 7 Texas Tech 82-71 Tuesday night at Lubbock, Texas. Making a star...