By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) – A gauge of global stocks rose for a second straight day on Tuesday to reach its highest since early February as the pace of U.S. earnings season picked up, while Treasury yields dipped after three straight sessions of gains. On Wall Street, the S&P 500 closed roughly unchanged. …
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By Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON (Reuters) – Oil prices were little changed on Tuesday as upbeat economic data in No. 2 oil consumer China offset concerns that possible increases in U.S. interest rates could dampen growth in the top consuming country. Brent crude settled 1 cent, or 0.01%, higher at $84.77 a barrel, while West Texas …
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By Herbert Lash and Samuel Indyk NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – The dollar fell against most major currencies on Tuesday after better-than-forecast growth data from China, while strong pay figures from Britain supported the pound. China’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew 4.5% year on year in the first three months of the year, data showed, beating …
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MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Eight Nigerian secondary school students kidnapped by gunmen in northern Kaduna state two weeks ago escaped from their captors and were found by villagers who alerted security forces on Tuesday, the state’s internal security commissioner said. Armed gangs operating mostly in remote parts of northwest Nigeria have carried out violent attacks …
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LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigeria’s electoral commission on Tuesday declared the incumbent in northeastern Adamawa state the winner of a governorship election marred by controversy, ending the bid by a ruling party candidate to become the country’s first elected female governor. Ahmadu Fintiri’s victory came two days after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) voided an …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South African stocks and the rand strengthened on Tuesday after the resources index jumped on the back of higher platinum group metals (PGM) prices. On the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, the blue-chip Top-40 index closed up 0.88%, while the broader all-share index ended 0.73% higher. The resources index, which jumped over 4% from its …
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DAKAR (Reuters) -Forty-eight million people in West and Central Africa face acute food insecurity in the coming months, a 10-year high spurred by insecurity, climate shocks, COVID-19 and high prices, United Nations humanitarian agencies warned on Tuesday. West and Central Africa has faced increasing risks caused by higher temperatures and erratic rainfall. War in Ukraine …
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By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber and Raghav Mahobe GENEVA (Reuters) -The World Health Organization’s chief called on Tuesday for the parties in the conflict in Sudan to provide access to medical facilities to all those requiring care, warning that medical supplies and personnel in the capital are running low. “I want to be very clear: All parties …
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By Emma Farge and Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber GENEVA (Reuters) -The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said on Tuesday it was nearly impossible to provide humanitarian services around the Sudanese capital Khartoum and warned the country’s health system was at risk of collapse. “The truth is that at the moment it is almost …
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(This April 17 story has been corrected to reflect that divestiture had not been concluded in paragraph 3) By Sabrina Valle HOUSTON (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil Corp. in Nigeria declared force majeure on oil liftings from different terminals in the country following industrial action by the company’s in-house workers union, the company said on Monday …
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