By Seher Dareen (Reuters) – Gold prices slipped to their lowest in about two months on Thursday, after a drop in U.S. weekly jobless claims numbers favoured the Federal Reserve’s stance that interest rates would have to go higher to control inflation. Spot gold was down 0.1% at $1,823.16 per ounce by 2:16 p.m. ET …
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By Anamasere Igboereteonwu ONITSHA, Nigeria (Reuters) -A Nigerian senatorial candidate from one opposition party and the driver of a campaign minibus belonging to another were killed in a series of coordinated attacks in southeastern Enugu State ahead of an election on Saturday, police said on Thursday. Nigerians are due to elect their next president and …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Workers at Drax Hydro Limited which operates power stations across Scotland have voted to go on strike in a dispute over pay, the Unite union said on Thursday. The strike action days are expected to take place from mid-March with Unite making an official announcement next week. Drax Hydro is a part of …
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By Jonathan Allen (Reuters) – Tennessee lawmakers passed a bill on Thursday restricting drag performances in public or in front of children, putting the state at the forefront of a Republican-led effort to limit drag in at least 15 states in recent months. The more than 20 bills nationwide are a pushback against modern drag, …
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HARARE (Reuters) -Zimbabwe’s president said on Thursday the government was committed to a plan to clear more than $6 billion of external debt arrears which were hindering its access to badly needed international loans. Zimbabwe, which had more than $14 billion in external debt as of September 2022, has not been able to secure financing …
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By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) – Britons may face shortages of salad staples, including tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers, for up to another month, the government said on Thursday. On Wednesday, Britain’s biggest supermarket group Tesco followed rivals Asda, Morrisons and Aldi in imposing customer purchase limits on salad items after supplies were hit by disrupted …
LONDON (Reuters) – A group of activists poured hundreds of litres of yellow and blue paint onto the road outside the Russian Embassy in London on Thursday to create an enormous Ukrainian flag ahead of the one year anniversary of Moscow’s invasion. The campaign group “Led By Donkeys” halted traffic before spreading more than 300 …
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By Sarah N. Lynch and Jacqueline Thomsen WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. Justice Department attorney urged a federal appeals court on Thursday not to block a Republican congressman’s cellphone from investigators working on a probe into efforts by then-President Donald Trump to overturn the result of the 2020 election. U.S. Representative Scott Perry – a Trump …
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PARIS (Reuters) – Indian low-cost airline IndiGo is negotiating the purchase of “several hundred aircrafts” from Airbus, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said in comments published by Les Echos on Thursday. The contract could be signed at the French airshow in Le Bourget in June, the paper said, adding that Le Maire made the …
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ASHANTI KPOETA, GHANA (Reuters) – From dozens of farms nestled among the hills of Ghana’s Volta region to the cafes and restaurants of the capital, Accra, the women farming and marketing Ghanaian coffee are working to gain a firmer foothold in the small but growing sector. Ghana is the world’s second-largest cocoa producer behind neighbour …
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