Reuters

By Ankur Banerjee

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar was broadly steady on Monday as a soft U.S. jobs report boosted wagers that the Federal Reserve may still cut rates twice this year, while the yen was a tad weaker to start the week.

The yen had clocked last week its strongest weekly gain in more than 17 months following two bouts of suspected Japanese government interventions to pull the currency away from 34-year low of 160.245 per... (continue reading...)

By Mahamat Ramadane and Portia Crowe

N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Chadians go to the polls on Monday three years after their military leader seized power, in the first presidential election in Africa's Sahel region since a wave of coups.

Analysts say Mahamat Idriss Deby, who seized power the day rebels killed his long-ruling father Idriss Deby in April 2021, is most likely to win, although his chief opponent has been drawing larger-than-expected... (continue reading...)

(Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Guatemala on Tuesday to lead a delegation to the a ministerial meeting of the Los Angeles Declaration on Migration and Protection, the State Department said on Sunday.

Blinken will meet with Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo and other leaders to discuss enforcement, migration management and refugee integration, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said in a statement.

(Reuters) -Australian airline Qantas Airways said on Monday it had agreed to pay a penalty of A$100 million ($66 million) to settle a lawsuit that accused it of illegally selling thousands of tickets for flights that had already been cancelled.

The penalty is subject to the approval of the Federal Court of Australia, it said in a statement.

As part of the settlement with Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), Qantas will... (continue reading...)

By Jamie McGeever

(Reuters) - A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.

Investor sentiment in Asia is set to open the week on a positive note on Monday, buoyed by last week's upward momentum in global stocks, calmer currency markets, and a general easing of financial conditions.

The main regional calendar events include services PMI figures from China and first-quarter GDP data from Indonesia, while Chinese President Xi... (continue reading...)