ALMATY, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Kazakh state-owned oil and gas company KazMunayGas plans to receive up to $3 billion from trader Vitol in the form of advance payments for crude from the Tengiz oilfield, it said in a statement on Wednesday.
ALMATY, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Kazakh state-owned oil and gas company KazMunayGas plans to receive up to $3 billion from trader Vitol in the form of advance payments for crude from the Tengiz oilfield, it said in a statement on Wednesday.
Millions of pilgrims have descended on the holy city of Karbala in central Iraq to mark Arbaeen, which commemorates the seventh century martyrdom of a central figure in Shiite Islam.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its allies staged 17 air strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria on Tuesday, the coalition leading the operations said in a statement released on Wednesday.
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - European Union and Turkish leaders may announce a behind-the-scenes agreement later this week to resettle 400,000 to 500,000 Syrian refugees directly from Turkey to the EU, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Wednesday.
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - European Union and Turkish leaders may announce a behind-the-scenes agreement later this week to resettle 400,000 to 500,000 Syrian refugees directly from Turkey to the EU, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Wednesday.
IDOMENI, Greece (Reuters) - Macedonian police fired tear gas at hundreds of mostly Pakistani migrants who tried to storm into the Balkan country from Greece on Wednesday demanding passage to wealthier northern Europe.
TORONTO, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Royal Bank of Canada reported an 11 percent rise in fourth-quarter profit that topped market expectations, driven by gains at its personal, commercial banking and capital markets businesses.
SAO PAULO, Dec 2 (Reuters) - André Esteves was removed from control of Grupo BTG Pactual SA on Wednesday, after agreeing to a share swap with the other seven founding partners of the embattled Brazilian investment bank.
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa., Dec 2 (Reuters) - The drilling rigs are gone from the hills surrounding this Pennsylvania town of 30,000. The hotels and bars are quieter too, no longer packed with the workers who flocked in their thousands to America's newest and biggest gas field.
LAUNCESTON, Australia, Dec 2 (Reuters) - - Has enough been done to boost the liquidity, and more importantly, the confidence of participants in the benchmark Middle East crude pricing system?
What: Trek through many distinct habitats to view and discuss a variety of birds, butterflies and other organisms. A paid chaperone is required for participants ages 15 and under. Registration is not required.
Wednesday was the hottest day on record for the date in Charleston, according to the National Weather Service.
Today in Charleston should be warm and possibly rainy.
(Reuters) - Eddie Jones has missed his first official day on the job as England head coach because he is yet to receive a work visa.
(Reuters) - Drug developer Zafgen Inc said a second patient died in a late-stage trial of its experimental obesity drug, this time from a blockage in an artery in the lung.
(Reuters) - Drug developer Zafgen Inc said a second patient died in a late-stage trial of its experimental obesity drug, this time from a blockage in an artery in the lung.
BERLIN (Reuters) - German support for military involvement in the campaign against Islamic State has risen sharply with 42 percent backing action, a poll showed on Wednesday shortly before ministers make their case to parliament for a new mission.
Dec 2 (Reuters) - Eddie Jones has missed his first official day on the job as England head coach because he is yet to receive a work visa.
Dec 2 (Reuters) - Eddie Jones has missed his first official day on the job as England head coach because he is yet to receive a work visa.
As climate negotiators in Paris started work on a deal to slow the worst effects of global warming, the United Nations put deforestation under the spotlight and Reuters Emily Wither talked to those trying to protect the green lungs of the planet.
As climate negotiators in Paris started work on a deal to slow the worst effects of global warming, the United Nations put deforestation under the spotlight and Reuters Emily Wither talked to those trying to protect the green lungs of the planet.
As climate negotiators in Paris started work on a deal to slow the worst effects of global warming, the United Nations put deforestation under the spotlight and Reuters Emily Wither talked to those trying to protect the green lungs of the planet.
As climate negotiators in Paris started work on a deal to slow the worst effects of global warming, the United Nations put deforestation under the spotlight and Reuters Emily Wither talked to those trying to protect the green lungs of the planet.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Not content with an unassailable lead in the four-match series, home captain Virat Kohli promised India will be "ruthless" against South Africa in the final match beginning at the Ferozeshah Kotla Stadium on Thursday.