JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South African mining stocks rose on Tuesday on the back of a weaker dollar and bigger risk appetite from investors, while local currency rand strengthened. Even though a buyout of the beleaguered Silicon Valley Bank helped calm investors’ nerves, safe haven gold continued to lure investors, while positive demand outlook from China boosted …
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By Michael Holden and Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s Prince Harry has accused Buckingham Palace in court documents of withholding information from him about phone-hacking and said he was exposing the alleged wrongdoing by tabloid “criminals” out of love for his country. In a witness statement to London’s High Court where he and six other …
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By Iain Withers, William Schomberg and Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) -Bank of England officials said on Tuesday the central bank was on alert amid global turmoil in the banking sector but added that Britain was not experiencing stress linked to the demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Credit Suisse. “We are in a period of …
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By Johann M Cherian and Shashwat Chauhan (Reuters) -Britain’s FTSE 100 closed higher on Tuesday, buoyed by commodity-linked stocks, but came off its session high as caution prevailed after the Bank of England (BoE) said it was on alert following recent turmoil in the banking sector. The blue-chip index closed 0.2% higher, after hitting a …
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By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) -The Israeli defence chief whose dismissal by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu brought the country’s constitutional crisis to a boil is staying in office until further notice, aides said on Tuesday, suggesting government indecision on how to proceed. Beset by three months of unprecedented protests against his nationalist-religious coalition’s signature plan …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Prince Harry, Elton John and five other high-profile figures are suing the publisher of the Daily Mail newspaper over allegations of phone-tapping and other privacy breaches. As the case was heard at London’s High Court for the first time on Monday, here are some details about the case and the background of lawsuits …
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By Kevin Wurm NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) -A heavily armed 28-year-old fatally shot three children and three adult staffers on Monday at a private Christian school the suspect once attended in Tennessee’s capital city before police killed the assailant, authorities said. The motive was not immediately known, but the suspect had drawn detailed maps of the …
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By Napat Wesshasartar and Jorge Silva MAYA BAY, Thailand (Reuters) – On any given day in Thailand’s Maya Bay, up to 40 blacktip reef sharks cruise in the cyan shallows while about 4,000 tourists visit its white-sand beach flanked by towering cliffs. Shark numbers have improved since almost every last one was driven from the …
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By Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) -The 200 young children enrolled at the Covenant School, a private Christian elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee, start each day with chapel and study the Bible twice a week. “The beauty of a PreSchool-6th school is in its simplicity and innocence,” the introductory paragraph of the school’s website reads. “Students are …
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By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) -The most extraordinary outcome of the March banking shock would be if the problem dissipated quickly. Many people hope the crisis of confidence infecting global banking this month can be repelled almost as quickly as it appeared. After all, regulators and policymakers are faster and more comprehensive in their …
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