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The United States on Wednesday said U.S. Special Envoy for Iran Robert Malley will be heading the U.S. delegation in Iran nuclear talks which will resume on November 29 and said Washington hoped that Tehran returns to talks ready to negotiate and in good faith.

Yukio Edano, the head of Japan's main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party, said on Tuesday he would step down to take responsibility for the loss of parliamentary seats in Sunday's lower house elections, public broadcaster NHK said.

Record building activity underway in New Zealand will help ease house prices that have reached unsustainable levels in the past year, Reserve Bank of New Zealand Governor Adrian Orr said on Tuesday.

Britain and India introduced a plan on Tuesday to improve connections between the world's electricity power grids to accelerate the transition to greener energy.

Swiss investment bank Credit Suisse Group AG (CSAG.UL) plans to accelerate its expansion in China, growing its team on the mainland by three times in the next five years, China chief executive Janice Hu said on Tuesday.

Germany will give 700 million euros ($811.65 million) towards helping South Africa phase out the use of coal, the German delegation at the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow said on Tuesday.

Kazakhstan supports plans to continue gradual oil output increases by the members of the global OPEC and non-OPEC pact, the Central Asian nation's Energy Ministry said on Tuesday.

The Dutch government on Tuesday decided to re-impose measures aimed at slowing the latest spike in COVID-19 infections, including the wearing of face masks, Prime Minister Mark Rutte said.

U.S. President Joe Biden blamed a surge in oil and gas prices on a refusal by OPEC nations to pump more crude.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday India had made a big commitment by saying it would increase its use of clean energy.