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Countries at the U.N.'s COP28 climate summit opening on Thursday hope to clinch an early deal on a new fund to pay for climate-caused damage, aiming to muster some political goodwill before talks turn to divisive topics including the future of fossil fuels.

After making hay when a summer bond rout propelled the U.S. dollar to 10-month highs, hedge funds are now pondering what lies ahead for the greenback.

Illegal chemical weapons attacks killed and injured thousands during Syria's civil war, many of them children, but more than a decade later the perpetrators go unpunished.

Oil was little changed on Thursday as investors remained cautious ahead of expected production cuts by the OPEC+ group and as weaker-than-expected Chinese factory data underscored slowing growth in the world's second largest economy.

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Babar Azam has relinquished the captaincy but he remains the cornerstone of Pakistan's batting, test skipper Shan Masood said ahead of their tour of Australia.

Australia is within "striking distance" of its U.N. emissions reduction goals thanks to a raft of new decarbonisation policies, energy minister Chris Bowen said on Thursday as he prepared to travel to Dubai for the COP28 climate summit.

A $10.6 billion takeover saga in Australia has put the spotlight on the country's largest pension fund and its rare shareholder activism which, dealmakers said, could spur peers to play 'king makers' in corporate deals amid growing pressure on returns.

Disappointing Chinese factory activity data kept a cap on the yuan on Thursday, but the currency looked set for its biggest monthly gain in a year against the weakening dollar.

Shares of India's Tata Technologies surged 140% in their trading debut on Thursday, valuing the company at 486.80 billion rupees ($5.84 billion).

Gold prices consolidated in a tight range on Thursday, hovering close to a near seven-month high, as investors awaited a key inflation print to gauge whether interest rate cuts in the U.S. would come sooner than previously expected.

Singapore-based BW LPG will invest $30 million in Confidence Petroleum India through preferential allotment of shares, and form a joint venture to develop LPG import infrastructure, the companies said on Thursday.

Zeekr, Chinese automaker Geely's premium electric vehicle (EV) brand, has put its U.S. initial public offering (IPO) on hold due to a mismatch in valuation expectations, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the matter.

Sri Lanka's in-principle pact with creditor nations to restructure its debt prepares the way for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to consider clearing the first review of a bailout next month, the global lender said on Thursday.

Netball Australia (NA) may miss out on A$18 million ($11.94 million) in public funding amid an ongoing pay dispute with players from the country's professional Super Netball league.

India on Wednesday launched the first part of its critical minerals auction worth an estimated 450 billion rupees ($5.40 billion), the country's mines minister said.

Bhutan began voting on Thursday in the preliminary round of national elections to choose two political parties that will contest the fourth free vote since democracy was established in the Himalayan kingdom 15 years ago.

Dayamitra Telekomunikasi, the telecommunications infrastructure unit of Indonesia's biggest firm in the sector Telkom Indonesia, has acquired 803 towers worth 1.75 trillion rupiah ($113.01 million), the company said in a statement on Thursday.

(RTTNews) - Cigna Group (CI) and Humana Inc. (HUM) are in discussions on a cash-and-stock deal that could be finalized by the end of the year, the Wall Street Journal reported citing people familiar with the matter.