By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) – The head of the World Health Organization urged countries on Monday to carry out reforms needed to prepare for the next pandemic, hailing their “historic” decision to accept a major budget hike at the U.N. agency’s annual assembly. Speaking at the assembly weeks after ending the global emergency status …
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By Johann M Cherian and Shashwat Chauhan (Reuters) -UK’s FTSE 100 rose on Monday, lifted by financial stocks, though lingering concerns over the U.S. debt ceiling impasse kept sentiment fragile while Dechra Pharmaceuticals slumped after issuing a profit warning. The blue-chip FTSE 100 rose 0.2%, gaining for the third straight session. British banks added 1.0% …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -The rand strengthened on Monday amid relief that South Africa’s credit rating was not downgraded and bets on a large interest rate hike from the central bank later this week. At 1515 GMT, the rand traded at 19.2575 against the dollar, about 1% stronger than its Friday closing level. The dollar last traded …
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(This May 19 story has been corrected to show ICICI Lombard was the insurer, not ICICI Bank, in paragraph 29) By Gloria Dickie, Simon Jessop and Shivam Patel AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) – A bright sun beat down on the sprawling Indian market where Kamlaben Ashokbhai Patni sat worrying about the brass jewellery on display in …
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By Ali Sawafta NABLUS, West Bank (Reuters) -Israeli security forces killed three Palestinian militants during a large-scale raid in the occupied West Bank on Monday, Palestinian and Israeli sources said. The Israeli military said its forces came under fire from Palestinian gunmen and had “neutralized” at least two of them. It said soldiers confiscated rifles, …
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By Timothy Gardner (Reuters) – A transgender Mississippi girl declined to participate in high school graduation on Saturday after a U.S. District Judge said the school district could bar her unless she dressed in clothes required for boys, a lawyer for the girl said. U.S. District Judge Taylor McNeel, an appointee of former Republican President …
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By David Morgan, Jeff Mason and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and House Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy will meet to discuss the debt ceiling on Monday, after the two leaders held a phone call on Sunday as the president flew back to Washington that both sides described as positive. McCarthy, speaking to …
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By Bharath Rajeswaran BENGALURU (Reuters) – Indian shares rose on Monday and extended gains for the second consecutive session, led by a surge in Adani stocks and the metals index, while markets monitor U.S. debt limit negotiations after they stalled last week. The blue-chip Nifty 50 index closed 0.61% higher at 18,314.40, while the benchmark …
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By Andy Sullivan and Jacqueline Thomsen WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden on Sunday said he believes he has the legal right to invoke the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution to raise the federal government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling but does not have the time to do so. Some fellow Democrats have been urging …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Lawyers for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a Republican mulling a 2024 presidential run, are asking that a federal judge be disqualified from overseeing a dispute between DeSantis and Walt Disney Co, questioning the judge’s impartiality in the case. Lawyers for DeSantis, who is being sued for allegedly targeting Disney for company leadership’s …
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