By Seher Dareen (Reuters) – Gold dropped about 2% on Tuesday as Treasury yields jumped and easing worries over a banking crisis prompted some investors to cautiously return to riskier assets, while markets await the U.S. Federal Reserve’s next interest rate decision. Spot gold dipped 2.1% to $1,938.19 per ounce by 1:31 p.m. EDT (1731 …
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By Giulia Paravicini NAIROBI (Reuters) -Ethiopia and Eritrea on Tuesday rejected a determination by the U.S. State Department that their armies, along with all sides in the recently concluded conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, had committed war crimes. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday that members of the Ethiopian National Defense …
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By Nathan Layne and Gram Slattery (Reuters) -Donald Trump will try to turn any indictment to his advantage by stoking anger among core supporters over what they see as the weaponization of the justice system, though it may also push more Republicans tired of the drama around him to look for another presidential candidate. A …
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Republican chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee threatened to issue a subpoena if the State Department does not produce documents it has requested related to the August 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, the committee said on Tuesday. Representative Michael McCaul sent a letter to Secretary …
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By Sachin Ravikumar and Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) -Former British prime minister Boris Johnson told a parliamentary inquiry there was no evidence that he intentionally misled lawmakers about illegal parties held at his Downing Street office during COVID-19 lockdowns. Parliament’s Committee of Privileges has been investigating statements that Johnson made to the chamber in Dec. …
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By Muvija M and Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) – London’s Metropolitan Police is institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic and unable to police itself, an independent review said on Tuesday, heaping pressure on the Met’s new chief to reform Britain’s biggest police force. The review was commissioned by then-head of the Met, Cressida Dick, in 2021 …
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Just Eat Takeaway.com, Europe’s largest food online ordering and delivery service, said on Tuesday it will reorganise in Britain, ending a service by which it employs its own couriers, a decision that will impact the jobs of around 1,870 workers. Takeaway has been a prominent defender of European plans for rules giving couriers …
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(Reuters) – Britain’s health regulator said on Tuesday it would introduce new measures for faster and easier approval and execution of clinical trials in the country. The move comes months after an industry report showed that the number of annual clinical trials started in Britain dropped by 41% between 2017 and 2021, posing a “clear …
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(Reuters) – Investors stepped cautiously into bank stocks on Tuesday, emboldened by the rescue of Credit Suisse, with share prices inching tentatively higher amid continuing concerns about smaller U.S. lenders and further financial market ructions. DEVELOPMENTS * Attention now on this week’s meeting of the U.S. Federal Reserve, with traders wondering whether the central bank’s …
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(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is moving to optimize the development of gene therapies, including encouraging the use of biomarkers to help get accelerated approval of therapies for serious conditions, an agency official said. Biomarkers, such as pulse and blood pressure, are characteristics of the body that you can measure. The FDA will …
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