By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices jumped on Tuesday, settling up about 2% on the possibility OPEC+ will extend or deepen supply cuts, a storm-related drop in Kazakh oil output and a weaker U.S. dollar. Brent crude futures settled up $1.70, or 2.1%, at $81.68 a barrel. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude …
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By Sinéad Carew and Amanda Cooper NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – MSCI’s global stock index advanced on Tuesday while the dollar fell as a Federal Reserve official signaled that the U.S. central bank was done raising rates and could even consider rate cuts if inflation keeps easing. The U.S. dollar index hit a 3-1/2 month low …
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By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) -The U.S. dollar sank to its lowest in more than three months on Tuesday as investors continued to take the view that growth in the world’s largest economy is starting to slow down, with the market starting to price in a rate cut by the first half of the …
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – A British-Nigerian national has pleaded guilty in New York to involvement in a more than seven-year scheme to hack into banks’ and brokerages’ computer servers, causing more than $6 million of losses for customers. Idris Dayo Mustapha, 33, pleaded guilty to access device fraud, conspiracy to commit computer intrusion and securities …
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DAKAR (Reuters) – A Senegalese navy patrol boat has seized nearly 3 tonnes of pure cocaine from a vessel it intercepted 150 km (93.21 miles) off the coast on Tuesday, the navy said in statement. It said the boat and its cargo had been escorted to the Admiral Faye Gassama Naval Base in the capital …
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TUNIS (Reuters) – Abir Moussi, a prominent opponent of Tunisian President Kais Saied, went on a hunger strike in prison on Tuesday to protest what her lawyers said was a violation of her rights to freedom and political activity. A judge last month ordered Moussi’s imprisonment after police arrested her at the presidential palace entrance‮ …
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By Nafisa Eltahir CAIRO (Reuters) – A top Sudanese general has said the United Arab Emirates is sending supplies to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), publicly accusing the UAE of involvement in its war with its powerful paramilitary rival for the first time. Army leaders had previously only hinted at interference from unnamed neighbouring countries …
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KINSHASA (Reuters) – A Congolese youth activist was killed on Tuesday by stones pelted during an opposition campaign rally in the east-central city of Kindu, the party of presidential candidate Moise Katumbi said. The Together for the Republic party accused local authorities of seeking to stifle the opposition and allowing unnamed attackers to hurl stones …
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By Umaru Fofana FREETOWN (Reuters) -Sierra Leone’s government said on Tuesday that attacks on several locations in the capital Freetown on Sunday were a failed attempt to overthrow the government led mostly by bodyguards of former President Ernest Bai Koroma. The West African nation’s information minister Chernor Bah, and the chief of defence staff Lt. …
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By Felix Njini JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Impala Platinum on Tuesday temporarily halted operations at its Rustenburg mining complex in South Africa after 11 workers died and 75 were injured in what the CEO said was “the darkest day” in the company’s history. Impala said in a statement that workers were being brought to the surface at …
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