By James Oliphant EPPING, New Hampshire (Reuters) – At a campaign event in eastern New Hampshire, last week, Melinda Tourangeau was wearing a Nikki Haley button on her lapel and a broad smile on her face. Tourangeau, 57, said she would be thrilled to cast a vote for Haley in Tuesday’s Republican primary. Just as …
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By Nandita Bose and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON/WAUKESHA, Wisconsin (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday took aim at Republican curbs on abortion rights, a galvanizing issue for Democrats that they hope will boost enthusiasm among their base, attract independent voters, and increase turnout in November. Women in America face …
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DOUALA (Reuters) – The global fight against malaria took a stride forward on Monday as Cameroon started the world’s first routine vaccine programme against the mosquito-borne disease, although Reuters journalists witnessed few people in clinics receiving the shot. Around 40 years in the making, the World Health Organization (WHO)-approved RTS,S vaccine developed by British drugmaker …
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By Bassam Masoud, Nidal al-Mughrabi and Dan Williams GAZA/DOHA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli forces, advancing deep into western Khan Younis in Gaza’s bloodiest fighting so far in January, stormed one hospital and put another under siege on Monday, cutting off the wounded from trauma care, Palestinian officials said. Troops advanced for the first time into the …
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By Sinéad Carew NEW YORK (Reuters) – MSCI’s global equities index rose on Monday as Wall Street fed on momentum that took it to a new record high last week, while the U.S. dollar index edged up slightly. U.S. Treasury yields fell as investors took advantage of a recent decline in bond prices to enter …
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By Jonathan Stempel and Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump may be set to testify in the writer E. Jean Carroll’s latest civil defamation trial in Manhattan federal court on Wednesday, following a two-day postponement triggered by COVID-19 concerns. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan canceled testimony on Monday after one juror who felt ill …
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(Reuters) – World’s largest aircraft lessor AerCap Holdings was hit by a cybersecurity incident related to ransomware on Jan. 17, the company said in a filing on Monday. “We have full control of all of our IT systems and, to date, we have suffered no financial loss related to this incident,” the company said. The …
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) -The U.S. dollar was little changed to modestly higher against a basket of currencies on Monday ahead of central bank policy decisions in Japan and the euro zone that may determine the currency’s direction this year. Japan’s yen moved away from Friday’s 148.80 per U.S. dollar, its weakest in …
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By Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) -Oil prices rose about 2% on Monday on concerns over global energy supplies following a Ukrainian drone strike on Russia’s Novatek fuel terminal and as extreme cold weather continued to hamper U.S. crude production. Brent March crude futures settled at $80.06 a barrel, up $1.50, or 1.9%. Front-month U.S. West …
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By Anushree Ashish Mukherjee (Reuters) – Gold prices eased on Monday as investors rolled back expectations of a U.S. interest rate cut at the end of March, with a surge in equity markets further dampening interest in safe-haven bullion. Spot gold was down 0.5% at $2,020.09 per ounce at 1:49 p.m. ET (1849 GMT). U.S. …
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