By Brad Brooks (Reuters) – An amended lawsuit filed in federal court on Sunday alleges that rap mogul Jay-Z raped a 13-year-old girl along with Sean “Diddy” Combs during a party in 2000. Jay-Z denied the allegations on social media and blasted the lawsuit, calling it part of a “blackmail attempt” by the plaintiff’s lawyer. …
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NIAMEY (Reuters) – Armed attackers on motorcycles killed at least 21 civilians in the West African nation of Niger, the army said. The attack last Thursday near the town of Tera, about 175 km (108 miles) west of the capital Niamey and close to the border with Burkina Faso, came at a time of heightened …
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By Neil Jerome Morales and Mikhail Flores MANILA (Reuters) -A volcano in the central Philippines erupted for a second time this year, prompting emergency evacuations after it spewed a huge of column of ash into the sky, authorities said on Monday. Mt. Kanlaon, an active volcano straddling the Southeast Asian country’s central provinces of Negros …
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KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine has increased its steel production so far in 2024 by 23.1% to 7 million metric tons, data from the country’s steel producers union showed on Monday, but the possible loss of a key coking coal mine makes the outlook uncertain. Steel production has suffered since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Feb. …
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(Reuters) – Major brokerages including Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Barclays expect the European Central bank to cut interest rates by 25 basis points at its Dec. 12 meeting, rather than a larger 50-bp move, as inflation gradually heads down. Forecasters at financial institutions also see further rate cuts in 2025. Some predict substantial cuts, …
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By Jaspreet Kalra MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Indian rupee closed slightly weaker on Monday, weighed down by a decline in its Asian peers with analysts expecting the local currency to continue facing headwinds amid persistent strength in the U.S. dollar. The rupee ended at 84.73 against the U.S. dollar, down from its close of 84.6875 …
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(Reuters) -Bitcoin smashing the $100,000 barrier raises the prospect of the cryptocurrency going mainstream, U.S. inflation data will show how much pressure there is on the Fed to adjust rates and central banks in Europe, Australia and Brazil meet. Here’s what to look out for in the week ahead from Marcela Ayres in Brasilia, Kevin …
By Kevin Yao and Ellen Zhang BEIJING (Reuters) -China will adopt an “appropriately loose” monetary policy next year, the first easing of its stance in some 14 years, alongside a more proactive fiscal policy to spur economic growth, the Politburo was quoted as saying on Monday. China will step up “unconventional” counter-cyclical adjustments, focusing on …
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By Maxwell Akalaare Adombila and Bate Felix ACCRA (Reuters) – John Dramani Mahama, who is returning as Ghana’s president eight years after losing power, achieved his political comeback on a promise to mend the West African country’s economy. His main rival conceded defeat on Sunday after partial results showed Mahama, 66, was on course to …
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch prosecutors said on Monday they had seized 25 kilograms (55.12 lb) of a crucial ingredient for the production of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that can be lethal even in tiny doses. Police found the shipment of N-boc-4-piperidone, a pale powder that is a core ingredient of fentanyl, last Tuesday, prosecutors said …
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