By Deep Kaushik Vakil (Reuters) – Gold scaled a three-week peak on Wednesday as traders bought zero-yield bullion in anticipation of U.S. interest-rate cuts next year, while a dip in the dollar and bond yields also supported prices. Spot gold was up 0.5%, at $2,076.45 per ounce – its highest since Dec. 4 – by …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia told South Korea on Wednesday not to be surprised if Moscow retaliates against Seoul for expanding the list of goods which cannot be exported from the East Asian nation to Russia without special permission. Seoul said this week it would add over 600 types of goods which could potentially be used …
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By Shashwat Chauhan and Bansari Mayur Kamdar (Reuters) -European shares edged higher on Wednesday in a holiday-shortened week on growing optimism around U.S. interest rate cuts as early as March, while shipping companies fell on news of resumption of travel via the Suez Canal and the Red Sea. The pan-European STOXX 600 closed 0.3% higher. …
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By Khushi Singh and Shubham Batra (Reuters) -London stocks rose on Wednesday led by a surge in automobiles and parts stocks, while investors latched on to the year-end optimism that major central banks including the Bank of England could begin cutting interest rates early in 2024. The blue-chip FTSE 100 climbed 0.4% after touching seven-month …
By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump scored a victory on Wednesday in his fight against challenges to his eligibility to run for the White House again when Michigan’s top court declined to hear a case seeking to disqualify him from the state’s presidential primary ballot. The Michigan Supreme Court said it would not hear …
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (Reuters) -A large crowd of Indonesian students stormed a convention centre housing hundreds of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar in the city of Banda Aceh on Wednesday, demanding they be deported, Reuters footage showed. A city police spokesperson in Banda Aceh did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Footage showed the …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican Donald Trump is planning to punish his political enemies, deport millions of migrants and reshape global trade with pricey tariffs if he wins a second White House term in the November 2024 presidential election, according to his campaign and media reports. Here is a look at some of the policies Trump has …
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By Hamza Ibrahim and Camillus Eboh KANO/ABUJA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigerian mother-of-three Grace Godwin was preparing food on Christmas Eve when her husband burst into the kitchen and ordered her and the children to run and take cover in the bush after gunmen were spotted in a nearby village. Soon they heard gunfire, starting an …
Nigerian villagers missing two days after suspected nomadic herders kill 140 Read More »
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – There was plenty of sound and fury this year in the U.S. Congress, but scant legislating amid Republican infighting in the House of Representatives, leaving little time for pressing matters such as funding the government and continuing to aid Ukraine in its war against Russia. Congress will return for …
US Congress’ wild 2023: McCarthy and Santos ousted; flirtation with economic disaster Read More »
By Liz Lee BEIJING (Reuters) -Two cities in northwestern China, Xian and Yinchuan, advised residents to stay indoors, limited heavy industrial production and halted coal processing, warning of heavy pollution over the coming days with thick fog expected. China’s Central Meteorological Observatory also predicted dense haze for the country’s north and east from early Thursday …
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