By Felix Onuah and MacDonald Dzirutwe ABUJA (Reuters) -Nigeria’s ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu was ahead in the vote count after Saturday’s presidential poll, a Reuters tally of provisional results in 20 of 36 states showed on Monday, but opposition parties walked out of the counting process citing concerns of fraud. The tally of provisional …
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By Lawrence Delevingne and Amanda Cooper (Reuters) – Wall Street and global shares rebounded modestly on Monday on favorable economic data and bargain hunting, but remained within sight of recent six-week lows, as investors prepared for higher interest rates in the United States and Europe. U.S. core capital goods orders accelerated in January, beating forecasts, …
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By Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam and Jibran Ahmad BARA, Pakistan (Reuters) -Atop a police outpost in northwest Pakistan, Faizanullah Khan stands behind a stack of sandbags and peers through the sight of an anti-aircraft gun, scanning the terrain along the unofficial boundary with the country’s restive former tribal areas. On this cold and rainy February morning, …
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By Leonardo Benassatto DONETSK PROVINCE, Ukraine (Reuters) -Russian forces were trying to close their circle around the small mining city of Bakhmut on Monday, while rain and an early spring thaw turned eastern Ukraine’s battlefields to mud which could hamper both sides as they try to take the initiative. The spring thaw, known as the …
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GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) -The United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) suspended flights in Congo’s North Kivu and Ituri provinces following an attack on one of the service’s helicopters last week, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Monday. Flights between the provincial capital Goma and eastern cities of Beni and Bunia have …
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By Remo Casilli and Alvise Armellini CROTONE, Italy (Reuters) -Rescuers recovered four more bodies on Monday, a day after a wooden sailboat carrying migrants to Europe smashed onto rocks in stormy weather off southern Italy, bringing the death toll to 63, including at least 14 children. Rescuers said most of the migrants came from Afghanistan, …
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By Scott DiSavino NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices slid about 1% on Monday as strong U.S. economic data had investors bracing for more interest rate hikes from the U.S. Federal Reserve to fight inflation, which could slow economic growth and oil demand. Losses were limited by oil supply concerns after Russia halted exports to Poland …
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By Herbert Lash and Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar fell from a seven-week high on Monday, tracking a slide in U.S. Treasury yields, as investors consolidated gains after the greenback’s recent rise and looked ahead for the release of jobs data and consumer prices for February. The dollar’s decline was exacerbated by …
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By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) – As Britain entered a third week of shortages of salad items, the government told big supermarket groups to re-examine their relationships with farmers. On Monday, Lidl GB followed market leader Tesco, Asda, Morrisons and Aldi in imposing customer purchase limits on tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers after supplies across the …
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By Jason Lange and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House Republicans are eyeing $150 billion in spending cuts that reflect a hardline drive to target education, healthcare and housing – particularly efforts to address racial inequities that conservatives deride as “woke” – as they push forward in talks on the federal debt ceiling. House …
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