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DOUALA (Reuters) – The global fight against malaria took a stride forward on Monday as Cameroon started the world’s first routine vaccine programme against the mosquito-borne disease, although Reuters journalists witnessed few people in clinics receiving the shot. Around 40 years in the making, the World Health Organization (WHO)-approved RTS,S vaccine developed by British drugmaker …

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By Sinéad Carew NEW YORK (Reuters) – MSCI’s global equities index rose on Monday as Wall Street fed on momentum that took it to a new record high last week, while the U.S. dollar index edged up slightly. U.S. Treasury yields fell as investors took advantage of a recent decline in bond prices to enter …

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By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) -The U.S. dollar was little changed to modestly higher against a basket of currencies on Monday ahead of central bank policy decisions in Japan and the euro zone that may determine the currency’s direction this year. Japan’s yen moved away from Friday’s 148.80 per U.S. dollar, its weakest in …

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By Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) -Oil prices rose about 2% on Monday on concerns over global energy supplies following a Ukrainian drone strike on Russia’s Novatek fuel terminal and as extreme cold weather continued to hamper U.S. crude production. Brent March crude futures settled at $80.06 a barrel, up $1.50, or 1.9%. Front-month U.S. West …

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MONROVIA (Reuters) -Liberia’s new president, Joseph Boakai, has recovered from an episode of heat exhaustion that caused him to cut short his inauguration speech on Monday and has resumed his normal activities, the presidency said. The 79-year-old, who defeated George Weah in a runoff election in November, was sworn in during an outdoor ceremony in …

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