By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) -The dollar climbed to six-week peaks against a basket of currencies on Tuesday, as investors resumed buying the greenback after a brief respite, on continued expectations the Federal Reserve would be in no rush to cut interest rates given a still stable U.S. economy. The dollar index rose to …
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ABIDJAN (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday pledged $45 million in additional financing to help fight conflict and bring stability to coastal West Africa, where insecurity linked to jihadist insurgencies has increased in recent years. Blinken is on the second stop of a four-nation tour of Africa taking him to Cape …
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By Anushree Ashish Mukherjee (Reuters) – Gold prices inched higher on Tuesday, as investors awaited a slew of U.S. economic data this week for more cues to the Federal Reserve’s timeline for interest rate cuts. Spot gold was up 0.2% to $2,025.09 per ounce by 2:00 p.m. ET (1900 GMT). Gold futures settled 0.2% higher …
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SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea has demolished a major monument in its capital that symbolized the goal of reconciliation with South Korea on the orders of leader Kim Jong Un, who last week called South Korea a “primary foe” and said unification was no longer possible. Satellite imagery of Pyongyang on Tuesday showed that the monument, …
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By Sruthi Shankar and Shubham Batra (Reuters) -The UK’s FTSE 100 was little changed on Tuesday as gains in metal miners were offset by losses in non-life insurers, while investors assessed earnings updates and awaited economic data for more clarity on the Bank of England’s monetary easing plans. The blue-chip FTSE 100 index was flat, …
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BENGALURU (Reuters) – Bharti Airtel has prepaid 83.25 billion rupees ($1.00 billion) to the Indian government’s telecom department to partly clear deferred liabilities for airwaves it acquired in a 2015 auction, it said late on Tuesday. The payment had an interest rate of 10%, India’s second-biggest telecom services operator by subscribers said in an exchange …
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By Gnaneshwar Rajan and Gursimran Mehar (Reuters) -The U.S. health regulator said on Monday companies will be required to add a serious warning on the prescribing information for cancer therapies known as CAR-T, made by Gilead Sciences, Johnson & Johnson, Novartis and others. The other cancer therapies include Bristol Myers Squibb’s Breyanzi and its partnered …
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By John Revill (Reuters) -Logitech International’s new CEO is targeting a return to revenue growth after the computer peripherals maker on Tuesday raised its full year sales and profit guidance. Hanneke Faber, a former Unilever executive, who took charge at the computer mice, keyboard and webcam maker in December, said she was now aiming for …
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By Arafat Barbakh, Nidal al-Mughrabi and Emily Rose GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Twenty-four Israeli soldiers were killed in Israel’s worst day of losses in Gaza, the military said on Tuesday, as its forces encircled southern Gaza’s main city, trapping Palestinian residents trying to flee. Spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said 21 soldiers were killed when two buildings …
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By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. and British forces carried out a new round of strikes on Monday in Yemen, targeting a Houthi underground storage site as well as missile and surveillance capabilities used by the Iran-aligned group against Red Sea shipping, the Pentagon said. The Houthis, who control the most populous …
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