By Deep Kaushik Vakil (Reuters) – Gold consolidated gains on Tuesday, extending its climb for a third session on a weaker dollar and Treasury yields in a slow final week of the year, with traders expecting the Federal Reserve to cut U.S. interest rates in early 2024. Spot gold rose 0.3% to $2,059.79 per ounce …
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By Anushree Fadnavis and Krishn Kaushik NEW DELHI (Reuters) -An explosion near the Israeli Embassy in New Delhi on Tuesday did not kill or wound any staff members, authorities said, adding that investigations into its cause were ongoing. Officials were still inspecting the area but it had been reopened to the general public. There was …
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By Tom Sims and Gus Trompiz FRANKFURT/PARIS (Reuters) -France’s CMA CGM is increasing the number of vessels travelling through the Suez Canal, it said on Tuesday, joining Maersk in returning to the area after U.S.-led efforts to prevent attacks. The world’s top shipping companies, including Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd, stopped using Red Sea routes after Yemen’s …
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By Kanishka Singh and Dan Williams (Reuters) – The rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, issued an apology in Hebrew to the Jewish community on Tuesday for his past antisemitic remarks, saying he sought forgiveness and regretted any pain that his words had caused. Ye’s apology, posted to X and Instagram, follows reports that …
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(Reuters) – Canada’s government is willing to sign off on multimillion-dollar settlement packages for Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig to compensate them for the near three years they were incarcerated in Chinese prisons, the Globe and Mail reported on Tuesday, citing government sources. Federal lawyers are in compensation talks with the two men, who …
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By Jonathan Landay and Charlotte Greenfield WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan’s huge deportation drive has forcibly repatriated scores of Afghans awaiting resettlement in the United States, an advocacy group and Afghan applicants say, adding that Pakistani authorities often ignored U.S. embassy letters of protection. That complicates the efforts of such Afghans, as the U.S. has shuttered its …
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By Andrew Osborn and Max Hunder MOSCOW/LONDON (Reuters) -Ukraine struck a large Russian landing warship in Crimea with cruise missiles in an overnight attack that killed at least one person and could hinder any Russian attempt to seize more Ukrainian territory along the Black Sea coast. The Russian defence ministry, cited by the Interfax news …
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MOSCOW/KYIV (Reuters) -Russia said on Sunday that its forces have gained full control of Maryinka in Ukraine’s east, but Kyiv’s military denied Moscow’s claim, saying Ukrainian troops were still within the borders of the blighted town. “Our assault units (…) have today completely liberated the settlement of Maryinka,” Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu told Russian President …
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By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – Bayer has won a trial in a lawsuit brought by a California man who said he developed cancer from exposure to its Roundup weedkiller, ending what had been a five-trial losing streak for the company in trials over similar claims. The verdict was handed down on Friday by a jury …
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By Manvi Pant BENGALURU (Reuters) -Indian benchmarks settled higher on Tuesday lifted by gains in energy and metal companies, with rising expectations of interest rate cuts in the United States boosting global markets. The benchmark NSE Nifty 50 index gained 0.43% to 21,441.35 points, while the S&P BSE Sensex settled 0.32% higher at 71,336.80 points. …
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