By Brian Benza GABORONE (Reuters) – Botswana will not drop its demand to sell a bigger share of the diamonds produced by its joint venture with De Beers, President Mokgweetsi Masisi said on Thursday, raising the stakes in talks to renew a sales deal that expires in June. Botswana and De Beers mine diamonds under an equally-owned joint …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Shares on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange fell on Friday as a sell-off in banking stocks globally drove investors away from riskier assets and following mixed U.S. jobs data. A rout on Thursday in shares of U.S.-listed SVB Financial Group, after the company’s attempt to raise capital failed, spread uncertainty through global financial stocks, …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Shares on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange fell on Friday as a sell-off in banking stocks globally drove investors away from riskier assets and following mixed U.S. jobs data. A rout on Thursday in shares of U.S.-listed SVB Financial Group, after the company’s attempt to raise capital failed, spread uncertainty through global financial stocks, …
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By Michel Rose and Alistair Smout PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) -Britain will pay France 480 million pounds ($577 million) over three years to try to stop migrants from travelling in small boats across the Channel, helping to fund enhanced patrols, the use of drones and a detention centre. At a summit designed to rebuild ties after years …
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By Riham Alkousaa HAMBURG (Reuters) – A gunman in Germany shot dead seven people including an unborn child before killing himself at a Jehovah’s Witness worship hall in the city of Hamburg, police and prosecutors said on Friday. The 35-year-old, a German citizen and former Jehovah’s Witness, used a semi-automatic pistol he had legally owned …
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By Leika Kihara and Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan (BOJ) maintained ultra-low interest rates on Friday and held off making changes to its controversial bond yield control policy, leaving options open ahead of a leadership transition in April. Though widely expected by most analysts, the decision sent the yen and local bond …
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By Erikas Mwisi BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) -Islamist militants killed at least 35 people in an overnight attack on a village in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in retaliation for a military crackdown on rebel activity, an army spokesperson said on Thursday. The assailants were members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), …
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By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s financial watchdog said on Friday it expects the number of mortgage borrowers struggling to keep up with payments to rise at a much slower pace in the next 12 months than previously forecast as interest rate hikes will be more modest. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said that …
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By Rozanna Latiff KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -Former Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin was charged on Friday with abuse of power and money laundering over projects launched under his premiership, accusations that he said were politically motivated. The charges come just three months after Muhyiddin lost a closely fought and divisive general election to Anwar Ibrahim, …
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By Bharath Rajeswaran BENGALURU (Reuters) -Indian shares sank about 1% on Friday, as banking and financials stocks mirrored the slump in lenders globally, while IT stocks fell on persistent worries of high interest rates ahead of key U.S. jobs data later in the day. The Nifty 50 index fell 1% to 17,412.90, while the S&P …
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