By Anushka Trivedi MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Indian rupee strengthened against the U.S. currency to a seven-week high on Wednesday, tracking Asian peers as the dollar index gave up gains and local equities remained resilient. The rupee finished at 81.7650 per dollar compared with 81.9125 in the previous session. The currency rose up to 81.6950 …
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By Bharath Rajeswaran BENGALURU (Reuters) -Indian shares reversed intraday losses on Wednesday, aided by broad-based gains across sectors amid a slew of earnings and as markets shrugged off rising recession fears in the United States. The Nifty 50 closed 0.25% higher to 17,813.60, while the S&P BSE Sensex gained 0.28%. Both benchmarks had fallen more …
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(Reuters) – The death toll among followers of a Kenyan cult called the Good News International Church, who believed they would go to heaven if they starved themselves, has risen to 89 and could rise further, Kenyan authorities said on Tuesday. The following are some of the deadliest cult-related incidents in recent history. UGANDA, MARCH …
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By Joseph Campbell and Sunil Kataria VARANASI, India (Reuters) – Murali Mohan Sastry is waiting peacefully for death on the banks of the Ganges River in India’s northern city of Varanasi, revered by millions of Hindus. More than a decade ago, the 82-year-old former college teacher and his wife left behind comfortable lives in the …
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By Luc Cohen, Jack Queen and Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – E. Jean Carroll’s accusation that Donald Trump raped her was not a “he said, she said” dispute, a lawyer representing the writer told jurors on Tuesday as a civil trial over the former U.S. president’s conduct nearly three decades ago got under way. …
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By Napat Wesshasartar NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand (Reuters) – Four times a day, Thai conservationist Watchiradol Phangpanya puts on a black, long-sleeved shirt, red gloves, and a red balaclava, hoping to imitate an endangered red-headed vulture feeding its baby. The pinkish chick, covered in white fuzz that will turn into black feathers as it grows, is …
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By Vitalii Hnidyi KUPIANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) -A Russian missile struck a museum in the centre of the eastern Ukrainian city of Kupiansk on Tuesday, killing two women and wounding 10 other people, the state emergency service said. Rescue workers dug through mounds of rubble to retrieve the bodies after the local history museum was hit …
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By Khalid Abdelaziz KHARTOUM (Reuters) -Fighting flared anew in Sudan late on Tuesday despite a ceasefire declaration by the warring factions, as a U.N. envoy said the truce was partially holding even though there was no sign that the two sides were ready for serious talks. The Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and paramilitary Rapid Support …
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By Sinéad Carew, Sruthi Shankar and Ankika Biswas (Reuters) – Wall Street’s major averages suffered their deepest declines so far this month as a downbeat UPS forecast exacerbated investor concerns about a slowing U.S. economy on Tuesday while plunging deposits at regional First Republic Bank added to jitters about the bank sector’s health. Shares in …
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By Gabriella Borter CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina (Reuters) – In a bustling sunken courtyard at the center of the University of North Carolina’s Chapel Hill campus, a group of students handed out slips of papers with a warning for their peers. “Is diversity at UNC important to you? It’s under threat,” the handouts read. The …
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