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BENGALURU,  (Reuters) – Palladium is more valuable than gold for the first time since 2002, with prices soaring by around 50 percent in less than four months to record levels — just as gold failed to capitalise on some seemingly bullish scenarios.

RIO DE JANEIRO/SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Leading global oil traders Vitol, Trafigura and Glencore paid more than $30 million in bribes to employees at state-owned Brazilian company Petrobras in a scheme that may still be going on, prosecutors said yesterday.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday urged the Trump administration not to waive or remove sanctions on Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska or two companies he controls.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Canada has arrested Huawei’s global chief financial officer in Vancouver, where she is facing extradition to the United States, Canada’s Department of Justice said yesterday.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush was hailed at his state funeral yesterday as a warrior-statesman of uncommon personal kindness who went from being a hero of American conflicts to representing a bygone era of civility in politics.

NEW DELHI,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A wave of #MeToo revelations in India has created fear among sex pests and more respect for women in one of the world’s largest film industries, Bollywood star Farhan Akhtar said yesterday.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuba’s government said yesterday it was easing new regulations on the Communist-run island’s fledgling private sector originally published in July after hearing concerns of entrepreneurs and experts.

(Reuters) – Hackers behind a massive breach at hotel group Marriott International Inc left clues suggesting they were working for a Chinese government intelligence gathering operation, according to sources familiar with the matter.

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, (Reuters) – U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office said yesterday President Donald Trump’s ex-national security adviser Michael Flynn provided “substantial” cooperation with its probe into possible collusion between Trump’s campaign team and Moscow.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – France’s prime minister yesterday suspended planned increases to fuel taxes for at least six months in response to weeks of sometimes violent protests, the first major U-turn by President Emmanuel Macron’s administration in 18 months in office.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May suffered embarrassing defeats yesterday at the start of five days of debate over her plans to leave the European Union that could determine the future of Brexit and the fate of her government.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Priyanka Chopra, star of Indian film and U.S.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s right-wing President-elect Jair Bolsonaro, who was voted in on an anti-corruption platform, said on Tuesday he would take action if a campaign funding investigation into his future chief of staff shows wrongdoing.

PARIS, (Reuters) – France’s prime minister today suspended planned increases to fuel taxes for six months in response to weeks of sometimes violent protests, the first major U-turn by President Emmanuel Macron’s administration after 18 months in office.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – The United Nations said today it was seeking $738 million in 2019 to help neighbouring countries cope with the inflow of millions of Venezuelan refugees and migrants, who have “no prospect for return in the short to medium term”.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States expects immediate action by China on trade issues after a deal reached by the countries’ leaders, including lower tariffs on automobiles and measures against intellectual property theft and forced technology transfers, a White House official said yesterday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell caved in to growing investor pressure over climate change yesterday, setting out plans to introduce industry-leading carbon emissions targets linked to executive pay.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Three weeks of “yellow vest” protests have hit the French economy hard, with trade in shops, hotels and restaurants falling significantly, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said yesterday.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – A Sri Lankan court yesterday issued an order preventing Mahinda Rajapaksa from as acting as prime minister and holding cabinet meetings, the latest twist to a political drama gripping the South Asian country.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan yesterday criticized sanctions on Venezuela during a visit to Caracas, while President Nicolas Maduro defended the country’s right to export gold after U.S.