By Jaspreet Kalra MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Indian rupee was little changed on Friday, and is on course for its smallest annual percentage change in 20 years, on the back of sustained foreign exchange interventions from the Reserve Bank of India. The rupee was at 83.1550 against the U.S. dollar as of 10:30 a.m. IST, …
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By Nathan Frandino HALF MOON BAY, California (Reuters) – At the famous Mavericks Beach surf spot, big waves thundering into the California coastline on Thursday attracted surfers and spectators alike to the legendary break 25 miles south of San Francisco. Waves were forecast to reach as high as 30 to 40-feet (9 to 12 meters) …
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By Chen Aizhu and Oksana Kobzeva SINGAPORE/MOSCOW (Reuters) -U.S. sanctions pose a major obstacle to Russia’s plans to increase exports of seaborne liquefied natural gas (LNG) to offset the decline in pipeline gas exports to Europe, analysts said, as expectations mount of delays to a flagship project. The world’s fourth largest LNG producer after the …
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By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Toymaker Basic Fun’s team that oversees ocean shipments of Tonka trucks and Care Bears for Walmart and other retailers is racing to reroute cargo away from the Suez Canal following militant attacks on vessels in the Red Sea. Suppliers for the likes of IKEA, Home Depot, Amazon and retailers …
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican and U.S. officials have agreed to work together more closely to tackle record migration at their shared border, the countries’ governments said in a joint statement on Thursday, a day after high-level talks on stemming record numbers. Following a visit to Mexico by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the …
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By Ange Kasongo KINSHASA (Reuters) -The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Thursday refused opposition calls for a re-run of disputed elections, as the main observer mission reported “numerous irregularities” that could undermine some results. Provisional results issued so far from the Dec. 20 general election show President Felix Tshisekedi with a …
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By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) -The S&P 500 closed nominally higher on Thursday, retracing early gains just before the closing bell on the penultimate trading day of 2023. The benchmark index concluded the light volume session just 0.3% shy of its record closing high, reached on Jan. 3, 2022. The blue-chip Dow ended modestly …
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By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Colorado Republican Party on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene after Colorado’s top court disqualified former President Donald Trump from appearing on the state’s Republican primary ballot, an attorney for the Republican group said. The appeal comes after the Colorado Supreme Court on Dec. 19 disqualified Trump …
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By Donna Bryson (Reuters) – Photographs can say a lot without words. After a school shooting in Tennessee, they recorded the frustrations of parents and state legislators whose cries for gun control were silenced. In one photo, it’s almost possible to hear Representative Justin Pearson’s measured tones as he stands in prayer with one hand …
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) -China has set itself the goal of producing more than half of the world’s ships powered by cleaner fuels by 2025, in guidelines published by the industry ministry on Thursday. It did not give any estimates of the number of ships involved. But the guidelines said China would build more vessels powered by …
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