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Aug 12 (Reuters) - Wisconsin Democrats on Wednesday chose Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley as their nominee for state governor, U.S. media outlets have reported. He will face off against Repub...

Aug 12 (Reuters) - European shares were largely subdued on Wednesday as investors assessed corporate earnings and fresh geopolitical tensions ahead of crucial U.S. inflation data. The pan-European STO...

By Johann M Cherian Aug 12 (Reuters) - Wildfires and heatwaves pose a growing medium- and long-term fiscal risk for Greece and the wider region, a senior adviser to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis ...

Aug 12 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Andy Burnham will chair a meeting of the government's emergency response committee on Wednesday to discuss measures to tackle extreme heat, wildfires and drou...

TAIPEI, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Taiwan's Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics maker, reported on Wednesday a 35% rise in second-quarter profit, beating analyst forecasts, on continued strong d...

LAGOS, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Nigeria approved tax waivers for nearly 4,000 electric vehicles in the first half of this year, government data showed, as authorities push to accelerate nascent EV adoption ...

ARENDAL, Norway, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Norway's $2.3 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, posted a record 1.75 trillion Norwegian crowns ($184.3 billion) profit for the first half of the ...

By Junko Fujita TOKYO, Aug 12 (Reuters) - After years of paying investors almost nothing, Japanese government bonds are suddenly worth owning again, and domestic asset managers are hurrying to give or...

MOSCOW, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Russia's Defence Ministry said on Wednesday it had intercepted and destroyed 502 Ukrainian drones over various regions overnight and had hit a fuel depot in the port of Odes...

By Corina Pons, Tom Little and David Latona MADRID/REYKJAVIK, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Spectators across Spain watched in wonder, some whipping off their protective glasses and rising to their feet in uniso...