Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Tuesday the central bank was ready to ramp up stimulus if sharp yen rises hurt the economy and derail the path towards achieving its 2 percent inflation

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Germany's current account surplus shrank but remained by far the world's largest last year due to strong exports, according to data from the Ifo institute on Tuesday that is likely to renew criticism of Chancellor

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Spanish energy giant Repsol announced Tuesday it had made a substantial natural gas discovery in Indonesia along with its partners, Malaysia's Petronas and Japan's Mitsui Oil Exploration (Moeco). The company described the discovery in South

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A convoy of big trucks from Canada's oil producing regions rolled into the capital Ottawa Tuesday as hundreds of people including "yellow vest" activists rallied in protest at government curbs on pipeline construction. Parked outside

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Britain's unemployment rate is at a 44-year low, official data showed Tuesday, despite weakening economic growth blamed on a global slowdown and Brexit clouds. The jobless rate stood at 4.0 percent in the three months

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Banking giant HSBC said on Tuesday that pre-tax profit rose last year but it suffered a bruising final quarter as worries over the global economy and the US-China trade war began to bite. The London-headquartered

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Walmart reported a jump in fourth-quarter profits on Tuesday behind higher sales at US stores, although executives acknowledged they had yet to solve the profitability riddle of its fast-growing e-commerce business. The world's biggest retailer,

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Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP on Tuesday reported a lower-than-expected US$3.73 billion half-yearly profit, as it warned of a softening Chinese market and growing trade rows. The underlying profit for the six months to December 31

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Germany and France on Tuesday vowed to seek reform of European competition rules that prevent blockbuster mergers of homegrown companies, with French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire saying there is "sometimes nothing more stupid than

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Alastair Cook believes England can end decades of World Cup disappointment with a triumph on home soil this year. England have never won the men's World Cup, but with 100 days to go until the

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