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(Reuters) – South Korea’s Krafton Inc, a company backed by China’s Tencent, on Friday said it received approval from Indian authorities to resume its popular battle-royale format game in the country. The government had in July blocked the game, citing concerns about its data-sharing and mining in China. (Reporting by Mrinmay Dey in Bengaluru; Editing by Dhanya Ann Thoppil) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

SEVILLA, Spain (Reuters) -Europa League thoroughbreds Sevilla recovered to reach another final as substitute Erik Lamela’s fabulous header five minutes into extra time earned a gritty 2-1 win in a pulsating affair against Juventus on Thursday, securing a 3-2 aggregate victory. The Spaniards will bid for a record-extending seventh Europa League title when they face AS Roma in the final in Budapest on May 31, after Jose Mourinho’s side drew […]

By Joice Alves LONDON (Reuters) – Big European companies have delivered significantly stronger than expected first-quarter results, defying a challenging economic backdrop that includes surging inflation and rising interest rates. But European stocks are down from a 14-month high in April, as investors worry about the health of the global economy, falling customer demand and pressures building on profit margins. About half of the STOXX 600 companies have reported first-quarter […]

By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Asian shares rose on Friday and the dollar hung near a two-month peak as increased hopes of a deal over the U.S. debt ceiling and strong economic data lifted sentiment, while Japan’s Nikkei jumped to highest in nearly 33 years. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up 0.20% in choppy trading and was set to clock a gain of 0.6% for […]

(Corrects grammar in headline.) By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Asian shares rose on Friday and the dollar hung near a two-month peak as increased hopes of a deal over the U.S. debt ceiling and strong economic data lifted sentiment, while Japan’s Nikkei jumped to highest in nearly 33 years. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up 0.20% in choppy trading and was set to clock a […]

(Reuters) – Leaders of the world’s advanced democracies were set to unleash new sanctions against Russia as they gathered for a Group of Seven (G7) summit in Japan’s Hiroshima, a deeply symbolic backdrop for their effort to make Moscow end the Ukraine war. SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE * Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will travel to Japan to join the G7 summit in Hiroshima in person, Bloomberg reported on Friday. * The […]

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s Finance Minister Fernando Haddad on Thursday suggested that the country’s new government is looking at adjusting the timeline for achieving its inflation target. He said in an interview with CNN that he thinks it makes no sense to commit to achieving an inflation target by the end of each year, adding: “I think there is this improvement to be made, there is. And maybe the opportunity […]

By Takahiko Wada and Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s core consumer inflation stayed well above the central bank’s 2% target in April and a key index stripping away the effects of fuel hit a fresh four-decade high, keeping alive expectations of a tweak to its massive stimulus this year. The reading comes a few days after data showed the world’s third-largest economy grew faster than expected in the first quarter […]

By Andrew Hayley XIAN, China (Reuters) -China’s President Xi Jinping on Friday unveiled an ambitious plan to help elevate Central Asia to the next level of its development – from building infrastructure networks to boosting trade – while shunning “external interference” at the same time. China stands ready to synergise development strategies with the five Central Asian nations of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, and make joint efforts to […]