By Tyrone Siu, Joyce Zhou and Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong firefighters brought under control on Thursday a huge blaze in an apartment complex that killed at least 65 people and left nearly 300 missing, while police said a “grossly negligent” construction firm using unsafe materials may have caused the fire. Rescuers battled…

(Reuters) -Flights to the Philadelphia International Airport were briefly grounded on Friday due to a bomb threat that was resolved without incident, according to the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and police. The FAA issued a ground stop advisory for the airport shortly after 7 p.m. local time (0000 GMT), saying there was a bomb threat….

By Steve Gorman DENVER (Reuters) -Robert Dear, the self-proclaimed “warrior for the babies” who was charged with killing three people and wounding nine others in a 2015 shooting spree at a Colorado abortion clinic, has died in a prison medical center. Dear, 67, who the courts had repeatedly deemed mentally unfit to stand trial, died…

(Reuters) -Wall Street’s main stock indexes opened higher on Wednesday, as investors parsed through a fresh batch of economic data and cemented expectations the Federal Reserve could cut interest rates in December. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 83.7 points, or 0.18%, at the open to 47,196.15. The S&P 500 rose 27.7 points, or 0.41%,…

FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Euro zone lenders with big dollar businesses should bulk up their liquidity and capital cushions to withstand any squeeze in a U.S. currency made more volatile by President Donald Trump’s actions, the European Central Bank said on Wednesday. The ECB has been telling banks to watch their dollar exposure since Trump’s tariffs and…

By Prerna Bedi (Reuters) -Abercrombie & Fitch raised its annual profit forecast on Tuesday, betting on strong demand for its Hollister dresses and jackets as shoppers snap up in-trend apparel during the crucial holiday season. The company’s shares surged nearly 18%, after it also forecast a strong holiday quarter and beat third-quarter estimates. The clothing…

By Jana Winter and Joseph Ax WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The FBI has requested interviews with six Democratic members of the U.S. Congress who in a video message told members of the military they can legally refuse to carry out unlawful orders, a Justice Department official told Reuters on Tuesday. The Pentagon on Monday threatened to recall…

BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil’s central bank remains dissatisfied with progress toward bringing inflation back to its target, its governor said on Monday, stressing that policymakers will maintain a data-dependent approach. Speaking at an event hosted by banking lobby Febraban, Gabriel Galipolo said the bank is “clearly moving in the desired direction to fulfill our mandate” of…

By Johann M Cherian and Pranav Kashyap (Reuters) -Wall Street’s main indexes climbed on Friday, while futures trading came back to life following a CME Group outage that had temporarily frozen currencies, commodities and equity contracts around the globe. At 9:41 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 79.63 points, or 0.17%, to 47,506.75,…

By Muvija M and William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) -British finance minister Rachel Reeves fought back on Thursday against criticism that she was raising the tax burden to a post-World War Two high to fund extra welfare spending and returning the Labour Party to its high-tax, high-spend past. A day after announcing plans to raise taxes…