BEIJING (Reuters) - Oil extended gains in Asian trade on Thursday after a surprise drop in U.S. crude stockpiles indicated strengthening demand, while possible supply disruptions following Ukrainian attacks on Russian refineries also underpinned prices. Brent futures rose 10 cents, or 0.12%, to $84.13 a barrel at 0115 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude was up 7 cents,...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill on Wednesday that would give TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance about six months to divest the U.S. assets of the short-video app, or face a ban, in the greatest threat to the app since the Trump administration. The bill passed 352-65 in a bipartisan vote, but it faces a more...

March 13 (Reuters) - Albemarle, the world's largest producer of lithium for electric vehicle batteries, said on Wednesday that it will hold several auctions to sell supplies of the metal as part of a push to boost market transparency. Lithium has historically been sold on long-term contracts by Albemarle and other producers, making it difficult for automakers and other customers...

NEW DELHI, March 14 (Reuters) - Behind the doors of a small, non-descript office in the heart of New Delhi lies the headquarters of an electoral trust run by just two men that is the largest-known donor to India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), according to a Reuters review of public records. The Prudent Electoral Trust has raised $272 million...