By Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic U.S. Representative Elissa Slotkin of Michigan on Monday said she will run for the Senate seat being left open by Debbie Stabenow in 2024. Slotkin, 46, won her seat in Congress in 2018 after working as a CIA Middle East analyst and Department of Defense official during the …
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By Bharat Gautam (Reuters) – Gold prices ticked up on Monday as the dollar retreated, although worries of further interest rate hikes from the U.S. Federal Reserve kept bullion near a two-month low. Spot gold rose 0.4% to $1,817.69 an ounce by 1:45 p.m. ET (1845 GMT). U.S. gold futures were up 0.4% to settle …
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By Michel Rose and Elizabeth Pineau PARIS/LIBREVILLE (Reuters) -President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that France’s military bases in Africa will gradually be co-run with their host nations, after Paris suffered a series of setbacks in its former sphere of influence. In a speech ahead of a trip to four African countries this week, Macron …
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LAGOS (Reuters) -Nigerian presidential candidate Peter Obi, whose campaign attracted young people and urban voters fed up with corrupt politics, won most votes in the commercial hub of Lagos state, where Africa’s biggest city is located. Nigeria’s electoral commission began announcing state-by-state results in the national elections on Sunday, though it is not expected to …
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NAIVASHA, Kenya (Reuters) – Thirteen Masai giraffes in the Moi Ndabi area in Kenya’s Naivasha basin were darted and loaded onto trucks following a rescue effort, after long being threatened by poachers and conflict with local communities. Veterinary doctors and capture officers at the state-run Kenya Wildlife Service have now moved them to conservancies, including …
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By Munsif Vengattil NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Apple supplier Foxlink has halted production at its assembly facility in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh after a massive fire led part of the building to collapse on Monday, two local government officials told Reuters. Foxlink, a unit of Taiwan’s Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co Ltd, makes …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -The South African rand regained some ground on Monday against a weaker U.S. dollar, after a stretch of losses that saw it end last week at its lowest level so far this year. At 1506 GMT, the rand traded at 18.3925 against the dollar, about 0.2% stronger than its previous close. On Friday, …
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LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigeria’s ruling party candidate and former Lagos governor Bola Tinubu was ahead in the vote count from Saturday’s presidential election, a Reuters tally of provisional results in 12 out of 36 states showed. There are 18 candidates on the ballot, but only three are considered top contenders. Peter Obi, a third-party candidate …
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By Patrick Werr and Aidan Lewis CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt, home to ancient pyramids and Red Sea resorts, aims to boost tourism by up to 30% annually over the next five years, bringing in private firms to operate sites and inaugurating a huge museum around the end of 2023, its tourism minister said. Tourism is …
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By Ayenat Mersie DADAAB, Kenya (Reuters) – When her three-month-old baby fell sick from malnutrition, Dool Abdirahman Ismael left her village in Somalia and walked for three days through swirling dust and scorching heat to the Dadaab Refugee Camp just across the border in Kenya. Ismael, 26, said she had hoped Dadaab would be free …
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