By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) -A Tunisian judge on Thursday ordered opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi be detained before his trial on charges of plotting against state security, his lawyer said, the latest move on opponents of President Kais Saied. The 81-year-old head of the Islamist Ennahda party was the speaker of the elected parliament, which …
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KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan’s army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan received separate phone calls on Thursday from the United States, Saudi and Qatari foreign ministers, also from the Turkish president and the Egyptian intelligence chief, an army statement reported. The calls come amid efforts to get both the army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces to …
By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) – A gauge of global stocks was poised for its biggest daily percentage drop in two weeks on Thursday as a sharp decline in Tesla shares weighed while softening U.S. economic data and growing worries about the debt ceiling pushed Treasury yields lower. On Wall Street, U.S. stocks closed …
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By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar fell on Thursday as weak data reinforced expectations the world’s largest economy is likely headed toward recession, further supporting the view that the Federal Reserve could pause in June after another expected rate hike next month. The greenback hit session lows against the yen and …
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DAKAR (Reuters) – Equatorial Guinea has confirmed 16 positive cases of Marburg disease since the beginning of the outbreak, the country’s health ministry said on Thursday. Marburg virus disease is a viral haemorrhagic fever that can have a fatality rate of up to 88%, according to the WHO. Symptoms include fever, fatigue and blood-stained vomit …
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By Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices slid by about $2 a barrel to their lowest level since late March on Thursday, dragged lower by fears a possible recession could dent fuel demand and after a rise in U.S. gasoline inventories. Brent crude futures settled at $81.10 a barrel, shedding $2.02, or 2.4%. West …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -The South African rand gained on Thursday as the dollar slipped after U.S. weekly jobless claims data fuelled hopes the U.S. Federal Reserve could slow interest rate hikes. At 1509 GMT, the rand traded at 18.0100 against the U.S. currency, nearly 1% stronger than Wednesday’s close. The dollar was last tracking 0.19% weaker …
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KINSHASA (Reuters) – The United Nations has painted bright orange its two white helicopters providing humanitarian relief in eastern Congo in an effort to protect them from militia attacks by distinguishing them from other aircraft. Insecurity has worsened in east Congo since a rebel group known as the M23 – one of many armed militias …
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ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan called on both sides in Sudan to end conflict and return to negotiations, the Turkish presidency said on Thursday. Khartoum and its sister cities Omdurman and Bahri, one of Africa’s most populous urban areas, have been rocked by battles this week between the army and the paramilitary Rapid …
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(This April 13 story has been corrected to remove reference to criminalising identifying as LGBTQ, a provision dropped in the draft stage, in paragraph 3) KAMPALA (Reuters) – When Frank Mugisha came out two decades ago, being gay in Uganda could be lonely and uncomfortable, but it was rarely a matter of life and death. …
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