LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) -Americans shopping for secondhand, vintage or handmade items on platforms like eBay ( EBAY ) and Etsy ( ETSY ) face steep customs duties on international purchases next month, potentially hurting trade on those peer-to-peer sites. In a surprise move late on Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the removal of de minimis duty-free treatment on parcels...

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,...

11:58 AM EDT, 07/31/2025 (MT Newswires) -- BHP Group ( BHP ) and Vale (VALE) are facing a lawsuit in London filed by law firm Pogust Goodhead, which accused the companies of cheating their way out of legal fees by arranging settlements with plaintiffs in an ongoing case over the collapse of a dam in Brazil, Reuters reported Thursday. Pogust...

11:57 AM EDT, 07/31/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Reconnaissance Energy Africa ( RECAF ) on Thursday said it began drilling the Kavango West 1X exploration well in Nambia. The company said the well is planned to reach total depth of near 3,800 meters by the end of November and is expected to penetrate over 1,500 meters of Otavi carbonate reservoir section,...