BUKAVU, Democratic Republic Of Congo (Reuters) – At least 40 more people have died in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local authorities said, after heavy downpours overnight on Tuesday unleashed floods and landslides that left residents digging through the mud to find bodies. In the city of Bukavu, onlookers gathered to watch on Wednesday as …
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By Benoit Nyemba and Ange Kasongo KINSHASA (Reuters) -Congolese police violently broke up a banned protest in the capital Kinshasa on Wednesday, leaving several people wounded, and one opposition leader said more marches were planned against last week’s vote. Disputes over the Dec. 20 presidential and legislative elections threaten to further destabilise Democratic Republic of …
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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -The New York Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft on Wednesday, accusing them of using millions of the newspaper’s articles without permission to help train chatbots to provide information to readers. The Times said it is the first major U.S. media organization to sue OpenAI, creator of the popular artificial-intelligence …
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By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. stocks closed slightly higher in languid trading on Wednesday, with little market-moving news to fuel conviction as the S&P 500 hovered just below bull market confirmation. The three major U.S. stock indexes oscillated between modest gains and losses throughout the session but finished up for the day. All …
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By Blake Brittain (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday temporarily paused a ruling that had restricted imports of Apple’s popular Apple Watches into the United States. Here is a look at what the case means for consumers and what is next for Apple. Why was the ban imposed? The U.S. International Trade Commission in …
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By MacDonald Dzirutwe LAGOS (Reuters) -Nigeria’s competition commission has ordered British American Tobacco (BAT) to pay a $110 million fine following allegations of market dominance abuse and infringement of public health regulations, the watchdog said on Wednesday. The Federal Competition & Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) said the maker of Lucky Strike and Dunhill cigarettes had …
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By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices dropped nearly 2% on Wednesday, eating into the previous day’s gains as investors monitored developments in the Red Sea, where shippers are returning despite further attacks on Tuesday. Brent crude futures settled down $1.42, or 1.8%, at $79.65 a barrel. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude fell $1.46, …
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By Koh Gui Qing and Dhara Ranasinghe NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -World stocks rallied to their highest level in more than a year on Wednesday, while the U.S. dollar hit a five-month low, as expectations mounted that key central banks such as the Federal Reserve will start to cut interest rates early next year. In line …
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By Karen Brettell NEW YORK (Reuters) -The dollar slipped to a five-month low against the euro and a basket of currencies on Wednesday on expectations the Federal Reserve could soon cut U.S. interest rates. But with many traders out for holidays volumes are likely to remain muted until the New Year, and price moves are …
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(Reuters) -Former President Donald Trump leads a pack of six candidates jostling to be the Republican presidential nominee in the 2024 election, while President Joe Biden faces little opposition in the Democratic Party in his campaign for a second term. Here is a timeline of events related to the Nov. 5, 2024, election between now …
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