By Erikas Mwisi Kambale BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) -More than 45 civilians were killed in a militia attack on a camp for displaced people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ituri province early on Monday, the United Nation’s peacekeeping mission said. The Cooperative for the Development of the Congo (CODECO) group, one of …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China called on Monday on India to meet it halfway in a dispute over journalists working in each other’s countries after China said its reporters in India had been treated unfairly and an Indian journalist was asked to leave China. The dispute over media staff is the latest episode to highlight tension …
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By Rajendra Jadhav MUMBAI (Reuters) -A storm off India’s west coast has strengthened to become a powerful cyclone and could hit India’s western state of Gujarat and southern parts of Pakistan this week, the Indian weather department said on Monday. The cyclone, named Biparjoy, is expected to make landfall on Thursday afternoon between Mandvi in …
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BENGALURU (Reuters) -Egyptian Supply Minister Ali Moselhy said on Monday that no credit line had been opened with India but discussions were ongoing regarding payments for imports using currencies other than the dollar. Bloomberg News, citing Moselhy, had earlier reported that India was providing Egypt with a credit line worth an unspecified value. The news …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Scotland’s First Minister Humza Yousaf said on Monday he would not suspend his predecessor Nicola Sturgeon after her arrest as part of a police inquiry into the finances of the governing, pro-independence Scottish National Party (SNP). The police are investigating what happened to more than 600,000 pounds ($750,000) in funding raised by …
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By David Milliken and Suban Abdulla LONDON (Reuters) -Central banks like the Bank of England will find it hard to communicate the end of their rate-tightening cycle and should not sweat over this at the expense of taking steps to bring down inflation, BoE policymaker Catherine Mann said on Monday. “Fine-tuning is something that monetary …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s communications regulator Ofcom on Monday said it was one of the organisations affected in a data theft hack centred on the popular file transfer tool MOVEit. “A limited amount of information about certain companies we regulate – some of it confidential – along with personal data of 412 Ofcom employees, was downloaded …
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By Tannur Anders and Rachel Savage JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -The South African rand extended gains on Monday, building from the previous week, as investor sentiment towards Africa’s most industrialised economy improved. At 1517 GMT, the rand traded at 18.5600 to the dollar, about 0.87% stronger than its closing level on Friday. The dollar was last trading …
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By Hamza Ibrahim KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) – In a small factory in Nigeria’s northern Kano city, Muhammad Khamis Umar stares at stacks of plastic products that have not been sold for over a week since new President Bola Tinubu scrapped a fuel subsidy, sharply driving up the cost of petrol. Most of Umar’s customers came …
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BUJUMBURA (Reuters) – Burundi’s government expects overall spending to rise by about 65% in the upcoming fiscal year backed by an increase in donor funds and higher revenues, according to a draft budget presented by its finance minister on Monday. Finance Minister Audace Niyonzima said spending was projected to rise to 3.95 trillion Burundi francs …
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