[ad_1] MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia’s prime minister is eyeing plans for a cashless debit card for welfare recipients and defended a proposal to drug test some job seekers, setting the government on a collision course

[ad_1] BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s exports unexpectedly fell in August while imports shrank for a fourth month, pointing to further weakness in the world’s second-largest economy and underlining a pressing need for more stimulus as

[ad_1] A truck transports a container at a port in Qingdao, Shandong province, China July 11, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer/Files (Corrects trade surplus figure in para 4 to $34.84 billion, not $350 million) BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s

[ad_1] Customers leave an Albertsons grocery store with their purchases in Burbank, California July 17, 2012. REUTERS/Fred Prouser/Files (Reuters) – Supermarket operator Albertsons Companies said on Saturday it would ask customers not to openly carry

[ad_1] MOSCOW/CHISINAU (Reuters) – Russia and Moldova are close to reaching agreement on gas supplies, the RIA news agency quoted the Kremlin spokesman as saying after Russian President Vladimir Putin met Moldovan President Igor Dodon

[ad_1] Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis speaks during the opening of the annual International Trade Fair of Thessaloniki, Greece September 7, 2019. REUTERS/Alexandros Avramidis THESSALONIKI (Reuters) – Greece’s conservative prime minister outlined tax cuts that

[ad_1] ZURICH (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Reserve will continue to act “as appropriate” to sustain the economic expansion in the world’s biggest economy, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said Friday in Zurich, sticking to a

[ad_1] NEW YORK (Reuters) – The S&P 500 and Dow industrials closed slightly higher on Friday as investors digested a mixed U.S. jobs report and bet on a Federal Reserve interest rate cut this month,

[ad_1] Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a meeting of his ruling AK Party in Ankara, Turkey, September 5, 2019. Murat Kula/Presidential Press Office/Handout via REUTERS ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on

[ad_1] The Turkish flag flies at the Embassy of Turkey in Washington, U.S., August 6, 2018. REUTERS/Brian Snyder ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey asked the United States to lift trade barriers between the two countries during