ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia has appointed its first ambassador to Eritrea in two decades in the latest sign of rapprochement after a border war, the state-affiliated Fana news agency said on Thursday.

BERLIN (Reuters) - A self-styled "Global Business Coalition" of industry groups has urged the Group of 20 leading economies to counter threats to global free trade.

BERLIN (Reuters) - The European Union will consider introducing tariffs on coal, pharmaceuticals and chemical products from the United States if President Donald Trump imposes restrictions on European cars, Germany's Wirtschaftswoche magazine reported on Thursday.

PARIS, July 19 (Reuters) - Volvo Cars is shifting XC60 SUV production for the U.S. market to Europe from China to avoid Washington's new tariffs on Chinese imports, the Swedish carmaker said.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares on Thursday struggled to hold earlier gains made after upbeat Wall Street earnings, as trade war jitters rattled China's stock and currency markets, with the yuan hitting fresh one-year lows.

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's strident rebukes of officials during recent trips to industrial sites were aimed at rallying support at home for his economic drive and convincing outsiders about his willingness to denuclearize.

SEOUL, July 19 (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's strident rebukes of officials during recent trips to industrial sites were aimed at rallying support at home for his economic drive and convincing outsiders about his willingness to denuclearise.

ZURICH (Reuters) - A Swiss private bank has agreed to pay $5 million to settle its dispute with the United States Department of Justice over secret bank accounts used by American customers to dodge taxes, the federal agency said on Thursday.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Thursday that Pope Francis must sack an Australian archbishop convicted of concealing child sex abuse.