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By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) – World stock indexes declined on Tuesday, with all three major U.S. stock indexes ending lower, while the U.S. dollar fell to a two-month low and Treasury yields eased after data suggested a cooling in the U.S. labor market. The U.S. Labor Department report showed U.S. job openings in …

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By Ronald Popeski (Reuters) -The U.S. is trying to wreck Russia’s planned summit with African countries as part of efforts to isolate Moscow, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview published on Tuesday. Lavrov told the news site Argumenty i Fakty that Moscow was different from Western countries in its relations with Africa in …

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By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar sank to a two-month low on Tuesday as another round of weak economic data reinforced investor bets that the Federal Reserve is nearly done with its tightening cycle even as other central banks are seen still raising interest rates to overcome persistently high inflation. Sterling …

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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africa’s stocks jumped on Tuesday while the rand slipped after a decision by major oil producers to reduce supply on Sunday, which triggered concerns about a slowdown in global economic growth. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies, known as OPEC+, announced they would reduce their oil supply …

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