By Maggie Michael CAIRO (Reuters) -Over four terrifying hours last weekend, masked gunmen affiliated to one of Sudan’s warring factions raided one of Khartoum’s oldest churches, opening fire at church officials as they searched for cash, gold and women, two witnesses said. The raid was one of many targeting homes, factories, banks and places of …
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BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) -Assailants killed three rangers and another member of their convoy in an ambush in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday morning, the Congo Institute for Nature Conservation (ICCN) said. The attackers struck as the convoy, escorted by ICCN rangers, left Kivandya village near Virunga national park which is …
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By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks rallied and the dollar reached a seven-week peak on Thursday as discount retail giant Walmart Inc raised its sales outlook and strong economic data calmed recession fears while also dampening hopes the Federal Reserve would cut interest rates before year-end. Investors continued to closely monitor debt …
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By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Our species arose in Africa more than 300,000 years ago, with the oldest-known Homo sapiens fossils discovered at a site in Morocco called Jebel Irhoud, located between Marrakech and the Atlantic coast. But the scarcity of Homo sapiens fossils from early in our evolutionary history and the geographical spread …
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By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar rose to seven-week peaks on Thursday as another round of solid economic data further pared back bets on easing by the Federal Reserve, with the greenback also boosted by expectations of a U.S. debt ceiling deal to a avert potential default. The dollar index, a measure …
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By Scott DiSavino NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices slid about 1% on Thursday after solid U.S. economic data spurred the dollar to reach a two-month high on growing expectations the U.S. Federal Reserve could raise interest rates again in June. Brent futures fell $1.10, or 1.4%, to settle at $75.86 a barrel. U.S. West Texas …
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By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The chief of the U.S. Agency for International Development traveled on Thursday to Chad, where tens of thousands have fled fighting in neighboring Sudan, to meet with Sudanese refugees and officials, a USAID spokesperson said. Some 60,000 Sudanese refugees, mostly women and children, have poured over the border since …
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By Nellie Peyton and Carien du Plessis JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africa’s state power utility Eskom may have to increase power cuts to an unprecedented level this winter, a company executive said on Thursday, as the country grapples with its worst power crisis on record. Many households and businesses in Africa’s most industrialised economy are already …
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(Reuters) – Egypt’s central bank kept its overnight interest rates unchanged on Thursday, saying that growth had slowed in the fourth quarter and international commodity prices were easing. As forecast by analysts, the bank left its lending rate at 19.25% and deposit rate at 18.25%, its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) said in a statement. “Domestically, …
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KHARTOUM (Reuters) -Heavy air strikes pounded southern areas of Sudan’s capital on Thursday as clashes flared near a military camp, witnesses said, in fighting that has displaced nearly 1 million people and left residents of Khartoum struggling to survive. Air strikes by the army targeting the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) were heard across several …
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