By Chen Aizhu and Ahmed Rasheed SINGAPORE/BAGHDAD (Reuters) -China's independent oil companies are ramping up operations in Iraq, investing billions of dollars in OPEC's number two producer even as some global majors have scaled back from a market dominated by Beijing's big state-run firms. Drawn by more lucrative contract arrangements, smaller Chinese producers are on track to double their output...

(Reuters) -Kia America has recalled about 201,149 Telluride vehicles in the U.S. as the door belt molding trim can delaminate and detach from the vehicle, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Saturday. ...

SYDNEY, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Google agreed on Monday to pay a A$55 million ($35.8 million) fine in Australia after the consumer watchdog found it had hurt competition by paying the country's two largest telcos to pre-install its search application on Android phones, excluding rival search engines. The fine extends a bumpy period for the Alphabet-owned internet giant in Australia,...

(Reuters) -Goldman Sachs on Sunday reiterated its oil price forecast with Brent averaging $64 per barrel in the fourth quarter of 2025 and $56 in 2026, but expects an increasing range of risks to its baseline estimates from recent developments. Increasing pressure on Russia and Iran sanctioned oil supply poses an upside risk to our price forecast, especially given the...