By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) – Global stock indexes advanced on Monday, with U.S. stocks rallying more than 1% after recent sharp declines, while the yen rose to a two-week high against the dollar after a report that the Bank of Japan is considering tweaking its yield curve control policy. Oil prices settled more …
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DAKAR/MADRID (Reuters) – Spain has delivered six new multicopter drones to Senegal and plans to reinforce its deployed security personnel to help the West African nation tackle a migration crisis, Spain’s acting Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said on Monday. Grande-Marlaska is in Senegal where he met his Senegalese counterpart, Sidiki Kaba, as the number of …
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DUBAI (Reuters) -Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said on Monday they had seized an airport from the army west of the capital and workers at an oilfield said they were evacuated due to the attack as the warring factions reconvened for talks in Saudi Arabia. The RSF said Belila airport in the state of West …
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By Hugo Boogaerdt PRETORIA (Reuters) -Double Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya’s major aim is no longer to win medals but to continue her legal battle against World Athletics to overturn requirements that female athletes with differences in sexual development (DSDs) medically reduce their testosterone levels. Semenya, 32, wants to hold World Athletics to account for …
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By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Japanese yen climbed to a two-week peak against the dollar on Monday after a report said the Bank of Japan is considering tweaking its yield curve control policy to allow the 10-year Japanese government bond yield to rise above 1% when it concludes its meeting on Tuesday. …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday said he was declaring Dec. 15 a public holiday to celebrate the country’s Rugby World Cup win. The Springboks claimed a record fourth Rugby World Cup on Saturday with a 12-11 win over old foes New Zealand. Ecstatic South African supporters who had called for a …
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By Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) -Oil slipped more than 3% on Monday as fears eased that the Israel-Hamas war would disrupt supply from the region, and as investors grew cautious ahead of this week’s U.S. Federal Reserve meeting. Brent crude futures settled at $87.45 a barrel, down $3.03, or 3.35%, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Conflict and escalating violence have uprooted a record 6.9 million people in the Democratic Republic of Congo, mostly in the east of the country, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Monday. Years of rebel conflict and recurrent natural disasters have helped fuel one of the largest humanitarian crises in the …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff started a visit to Kenya on Monday, a spokesperson said, after the East African country’s central bank governor said it was discussing getting more money from the fund via its existing loan programme. Kamau Thugge told Reuters earlier this month that the country was talking with the …
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ABUJA (Reuters) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Sunday his country was willing to invest in gas and critical minerals in Nigeria, Africa’s largest oil producer, as he started a two-nation visit to sub-Saharan Africa. This is the third visit to the region by Scholz in two years and comes as conflicts elsewhere highlight …
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