By Anushree Ashish Mukherjee (Reuters) – Gold prices scaled a one-week peak on Friday as an escalation in the Middle East conflict fuelled safe-haven buying, while softer U.S. producer price inflation boosted bets that the Federal Reserve might cut interest rates sooner. Spot gold was up 1% at $2,048.21 per ounce at 2:24 p.m. ET …
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By Nathan Layne and Tim Reid DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) – Donald Trump appears headed to victory in Iowa, but the size of the win matters if the former U.S. president wants to deliver a knockout blow to key rivals heading into Republican Party nominating contests in other states. With three days to go until …
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By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) -A group of South Korean filmmakers, actors and industry officials, including “Parasite” director Bong Joon-ho, on Friday called for a probe into the handling by police and media of drug abuse allegations involving late actor Lee Sun-kyun. Lee, who shot to global fame with his performance as the wealthy patriarch …
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By Shubham Batra and Sruthi Shankar (Reuters) -The FTSE 100 closed higher on Friday after a jump in commodity-linked stocks offset losses in luxury group Burberry, but uncertainty around the outlook for interest rate cuts meant the main UK stock indexes logged weekly declines. The blue-chip FTSE 100 climbed 0.6% on Friday, but the week’s …
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KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Friday signed a security accord between the two countries in Kyiv. Zelenskiy said it would remain in effect until Ukraine joined NATO, describing it as an “unprecedented security agreement”. “I am glad that we concluded the first agreement with the United …
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By Joey Roulette, Nivedita Bhattacharjee and Ryan Woo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two U.S. setbacks this week in the race to the moon with China illustrate the risks of NASA’s plans to bet on a new strategy of relying heavily on private companies. Fresh delays in the U.S. space agency’s Artemis moon program and a propulsion …
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By Kantaro Komiya and Yuka Obayashi TOKYO (Reuters) -Nippon Steel said on Friday President Eiji Hashimoto will become CEO and chairman effective April 1, remaining at the helm as the top Japanese steelmaker aims to complete a deal to take over U.S. Steel. Executive Vice President Tadashi Imai and head of Nippon Steel’s initiative to …
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SHANGHAI/BRUSSELS (Reuters) -European Commission investigators are to inspect Chinese automakers in the coming weeks as part of a probe into whether to impose punitive tariffs to protect European electric vehicle (EV) makers, three people involved in the process said. The inspectors will visit BYD, Geely and SAIC, two sources said, with one of them saying …
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By Sai Ishwarbharath B and Nandan Mandayam BENGALURU (Reuters) -Wipro, India’s No.4 software-services exporter, reported better-than-expected revenue in the seasonally weak third quarter and highlighted early signs of a return to growth in client demand for its consulting services. The results led Wipro’s ADRs up 3.5% in pre-market trading, following signals from larger rivals Tata …
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(Reuters) -The United States and Britain launched a series of strikes on Yemen on Thursday aimed at the Iran-backed Houthi militia that started targeting international shipping in the Red Sea late last year. Reactions included anger from Russia and Iran, support from U.S. allies and criticism from progressive Democrats in the U.S. Congress: RUSSIAN FOREIGN …
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