THABAZIMBI, South Africa (Reuters) – Twelve South African cheetahs began a voyage to India on Friday as part of an intergovernmental agreement to reintroduce the big cats to India. They will join eight cheetahs from neighbouring Namibia that were released into the Kuno National Park in central India last year. “The 12 cheetahs… have begun …
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By Tom Wilson and Angus Berwick LONDON (Reuters) -The U.S. partner of global cryptocurrency exchange Binance has confirmed that a trading firm managed by Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao operated as a market maker on its platform. Reuters reported on Thursday, citing banking records and company messages, that Binance had secret access to a bank account …
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By Aniruddha Ghosh and Siddarth S (Reuters) – Goldman Sachs and Bank of America said they expect the U.S. Federal Reserve to raise interest rates three more times this year, lifting their estimates after data pointed to persistent inflation and a resilient labor market. Producer prices accelerated in January by the biggest margin in seven …
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(Reuters) -New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) will reopen its Terminal 1 for limited operations on Saturday, after it remained closed on Friday due to an electrical power outage. “Contingent on the completion of repairs and testing, we anticipate the start of limited operations at Terminal 1 on Saturday,” the Port Authority …
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MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s High Court on Friday agreed to a U.S. extradition request for a British citizen wanted by the United States over a Twitter hack in 2020 that compromised the accounts of several U.S. politicians including Joe Biden and Barack Obama. Joseph James O’Connor was arrested in July 2021 in the southern city …
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By Joseph Ax (Reuters) -Some witnesses may have lied under oath during a grand jury probe of former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn his 2020 election defeat in Georgia, according to excerpts from the panel’s findings released on Thursday. The special grand jury also concluded there was no widespread fraud in the election, despite Trump’s false …
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By Sinéad Carew NEW YORK (Reuters) – The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq finished in the red on Friday and oil prices settled lower after U.S. economic data prompted bets that the Federal Reserve would get more aggressive with interest rate hikes to battle stubborn inflation. Friday’s data showed a year-over-year 0.8% increase in export …
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By Nathan Layne HILLSDALE, Mich (Reuters) – Jon Smith, a local leader in rural Michigan of America First, a far-right Republican faction that denies the results of the 2020 election, wants to shift the entire party to the right – even if it means short-term losses at the ballot box. “We need to redefine what …
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By Laura Matthews NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar edged lower against the euro and sterling on Friday, as the market readjusts ahead of the long weekend and awaits clues on how the Federal Reserve plans to continue tackling still-high inflation. Several Federal Reserve officials signaled this week that the U.S. central bank likely has …
By Seher Dareen (Reuters) – Gold prices edged higher on Friday but were still on track for their third straight weekly dip, weighed down by an overall stronger dollar and bond yields following fresh hawkish rhetoric from U.S. Federal Reserve officials. Spot gold was up 0.3% at $1,842.27 per ounce by 2:40 p.m. ET (1940 …
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