ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) – The death toll in Madagascar from tropical cyclone Freddy has risen to four, the government said on Wednesday, as the storm moved west across the island nation toward mainland Africa. Freddy made landfall in southeastern Madagascar late on Tuesday with gusts of up to 180 km per hour (110 miles per hour), …
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By Brijesh Patel (Reuters) – Gold prices fell on Wednesday as the dollar rose after minutes from the U.S. Federal Reserve’s latest policy meeting showed policymakers backed more interest rate hikes to tame inflation. Spot gold was down 0.5% at $1,825.60 per ounce, as of 02:32 p.m. EST (1932 GMT). U.S. gold futures settled 0.1% …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s biggest supermarket group Tesco on Wednesday followed rivals Asda, Morrisons and Aldi in imposing customer purchase limits on salad vegetables after supplies were hit by disrupted harvests in southern Europe and north Africa. Tesco has introduced a buying limit of three items per customer on tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers. The British …
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By Tim Cocks LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigerians will vote on Saturday in what could be their most credible and close electoral contest since military rule ended nearly a quarter of a century ago – and the first in which a presidential candidate who is not from one of the two main parties stands a chance. …
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By Alistair Smout and William James LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Wednesday any deal with Brussels over Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit trade would address the issue of the British province being subject to the European Union’s rules. After the leader of Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) Jeffrey Donaldson asked if Britain …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s Queen Consort Camilla was forced to pull out of another engagement on Wednesday as she continues her recovery from COVID-19, Buckingham Palace said. Camilla had been due to visit a community project which provides food for vulnerable people in east London with her husband King Charles, who went ahead with the engagement …
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By Chiara Elisei, Pablo Mayo Cerqueiro and Amy-Jo Crowley LONDON (Reuters) – Buyout financier Ares Management Corp has been offering funds to support a takeover of Manchester United, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. It is the latest U.S. asset manager to seek a financing role in the battle for the English soccer …
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By Shivangi Acharya and Sarita Chaganti Singh BENGALURU (Reuters) -India does not want G20 nations to discuss additional sanctions on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, government sources said on Wednesday, as it hosts a meeting of the bloc’s finance chiefs at which the United States and allies were set to push for tougher action. …
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By Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo, Wendell Roelf and Kopano Gumbi CAPE TOWN (Reuters) -South Africa’s government plans to take on more than half of struggling state power company Eskom’s debt over the next three years to help strengthen its balance sheet and operations and enable it to restructure, National Treasury said on Wednesday. Treasury said the government …
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By Andrew Chung and John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday began hearing for a second straight day a bid to hold internet companies accountable for contentious content posted by users, this time involving a lawsuit against Twitter Inc by the American relatives of a Jordanian man killed in a Istanbul nightclub …
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