IBT Staff Reporter

At least one person was shot dead and several wounded during violent anti-government protests in Guinea's capital on Thursday, an opposition coalition said.

Turkey will stick to policies that allow only net exporters to access cheap lira loans and may toughen rules further despite a backlash from companies as it works to support its ailing currency, according to three people familiar with the plan.

European shares rose on Friday and logged their first monthly gain in four as a host of strong earnings from corporate Europe overshadowed fears of a global recession, with some strong economic data also lending support.

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Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc reported a bigger-than-expected increase in first-quarter net profit thanks to improved economic conditions, while higher credit costs weighed on rival Mizuho Financial Group Inc.

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Investors and policymakers should welcome the Federal Reserve's changing tack to provide less definitive signals on forward guidance, even as markets scramble to guess the U.S.

AstraZeneca said it expected prescriptions of its Evusheld injection to protect against COVID-19 to drive sales growth of more than 20% after the company on Friday posted second-quarter profit that topped analyst expectations.

After nine years of sweeping crackdowns on dissent, Egypt is set to launch a carefully choreographed political dialogue, but the main Islamist opposition movement is excluded and critics say a parallel move to release prisoners is proceeding too slowly.

Egypt's outlawed Muslim Brotherhood will not launch a new struggle for power with authorities which toppled it from government nine years ago, even though the movement still claims wide support, its acting leader said.

Russia's Sakhalin Energy Investment Co has asked its liquefied natural gas (LNG) customers to pay for supplies via a Moscow unit of a European bank, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday.

Apple boss Tim Cook blamed the drop in Greater China revenue on strict lockdowns in Chinese cities, which forced millions to stay home and hammered the Chinese economy.

The European Union clinched a deal this week to cope with a gas supply crisis, but to make it work member states need to establish bilateral pacts to share gas and, right now, most have no such agreement in place.

Ray-Ban parent EssilorLuxottica saw sales growth slow in North America in its latest quarter, raising concerns about its exposure to recession in the United States and offsetting an improvement in its operating margin.

Air France-KLM's quarterly earnings beat market expectations on Friday as demand surged for summer travel despite continuing operational issues in the airports sector.

Air France-KLM's quarterly earnings beat market expectations on Friday as demand surged for summer travel despite continuing operational issues in the airports sector.

Air France-KLM on Friday lowered its third-quarter capacity forecast citing operational difficulties at airports that could weigh on its performance.

Air France-KLM downgraded on Friday its capacity forecast for the third quarter, citing operational difficulties at airports that could weigh on the group's performance.

The German academic behind the European Central Bank's biggest court setback is weighing legal action against the ECB's new bond-market shield, which he sees as "blatant" aid to Italy and other debt-laden states.

New Zealand is at growing risk of sliding into a recession in the second half of 2022, some economists said on Friday, as consumers and businesses fret over soaring prices and rising borrowing costs.

Mexican state oil company Pemex expects to post a rare annual profit this year, with two consecutive quarters already in the black and a boost to crude output from new fields, Chief Executive Octavio Romero told Reuters.

The northwestern United States is enduring an extreme heat wave for the second straight summer, with this year perhaps less deadly but more prolonged.

By Selena LiHONG KONG - China's well-heeled financial dealmakers are getting a crash course in austerity with pay cuts and perks reined in, as their state-owned employers respond to Beijing's "common prosperity" drive, eight people with knowledge of the matter said.

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Mexican authorities rescued nearly 100 migrants who escaped from a stifling trailer being driven by a people smuggler in the coastal state of Veracruz, officials said on Thursday.

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U.S. stocks extended their July rebound on Friday, with the dollar and some longer-term Treasury yields dipping, as traders acted on positive corporate news despite increased labor costs and other inflation indicators.