MANILA (Reuters) -More than six million Catholic devotees in the Philippines turned up for this year’s procession to honour the Black Nazarene, turning the streets of the capital into a sea of maroon and yellow, in a grand display of religious devotion. The centuries-old tradition of paying homage to the black wooden statue of Jesus …
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By Isaac Anyaogu LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigeria on Tuesday destroyed 2.5 tonnes of seized elephant tusks valued at over 9.9 billion naira ($11.2 million) in a push to protect its dwindling elephant population from rampant wildlife traffickers. Over the past three decades, Nigeria’s elephant population has declined drastically from an estimated 1,500 to less than …
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By Sruthi Shankar (Reuters) -The UK’s main stock indexes closed down on Tuesday as miners dragged blue chips lower, while shares of Jupiter Fund Management sank nearly 15%, knocked by outflows and exit of a star manager. The British fund firm’s stock had fallen as much as 19.7% to touch an intraday record low after …
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By Jack Queen (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin may have violated the law by failing to report his recent hospitalization to his boss, but despite some calls for his resignation likely only faces a reprimand from U.S. President Joe Biden, according to two legal experts. WHAT DID AUSTIN DO? Austin, 70, was admitted …
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By Kashish Tandon BENGALURU (Reuters) -India’s Zee Entertainment said on Tuesday it was committed to its merger with Sony’s local arm, after media reports said the Japanese firm was planning to scrap the $10 billion deal. Zee said reports of the deal falling through were “baseless and factually incorrect,” and that it continues to work …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africa’s rand weakened on Tuesday, as dollar gained ahead of a highly anticipated reading on U.S. inflation due later this week. At 1535 GMT, the rand traded at 18.6600 against the dollar, 0.3% lower than its previous close. The dollar was last up around 0.14% at 102.44 against a basket of currencies. …
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By Ben Blanchard and Liz Lee TAIPEI/BEIJING (Reuters) -China on Tuesday threatened new trade measures against Taiwan, which accused Beijing of “economic coercion” ahead of pivotal weekend elections on the island and also voiced anger at a surprise Chinese satellite launch over its air space. Saturday’s presidential and parliamentary polls are taking place against a …
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By Josh Ye HONG KONG (Reuters) – TikTok owner ByteDance said on Tuesday it is in talks with multiple prospective buyers of its gaming assets, including the world’s largest video games company, Tencent, as the Chinese social media firm retreats from the gaming industry. Talks are ongoing but no deal has been reached, a ByteDance …
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By Bharath Rajeswaran BENGALURU (Reuters) -Indian shares closed higher on Tuesday, led by a jump in auto stocks, but surrendered a lot of their gains in the final hour of trade due to a drop in financials on concerns of moderating earnings growth. The blue-chip NSE Nifty 50 ended 0.15% higher to 21,544.85 points, while …
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By Jaspreet Kalra MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Indian rupee ended little changed on Tuesday after dollar demand from state-run banks ate into the local unit’s early gains in light of a proposal to include eligible Indian bonds in the Bloomberg Emerging Market Local Currency Index. The rupee ended at 83.1150 against the U.S. dollar, barely …
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