By Philip Pullella and Waakhe Simon Wudu JUBA (Reuters) -Pope Francis began a visit to South Sudan on Friday with an impassioned plea to its fractious leaders to turn their backs on the violence, ethnic hatred and corruption that have stopped the world’s youngest country from achieving peace and prosperity. South Sudan broke away from …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -The South African rand fell against the dollar on Friday, after the release of a whole-economy survey that showed business activity shrinking in Africa’s most industrialised economy. By 1548 GMT, the rand was trading at 17.4000 against the dollar, down 1.77% from its previous close of 17.0975. S&P Global’s South Africa Purchasing Managers …
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By Caroline Valetkevitch and Herbert Lash (Reuters) – Big Tech led U.S. markets on a sharp rebound to kick off 2023. The message from their earnings on Thursday: not so fast. Apple Inc, Google parent Alphabet and Amazon.com all posted results for the end-of-year quarter that left a sour taste in investors’ mouths. The reports …
By Tom Balmforth and Dan Peleschuk KYIV (Reuters) -Air raid sirens sounded across Ukraine on Friday as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy hosted European Union leaders to discuss further sanctions on Russia and Ukraine’s prospects of joining the European bloc. The head of the EU’s executive commission and the chairman of the 27 EU national leaders travelled …
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By Anushka Trivedi MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Indian rupee gained on Friday but finished the week down near 82 per U.S. dollar on foreign equity flows likely fuelled by a selloff in Adani Group shares. On Friday, the partially convertible rupee ended up 0.42% at 81.8275 per dollar, having declined up to 82.31, as Indian equities …
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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Denso Corp, a leading supplier to Toyota Motor Corp, on Friday slashed its annual operating profit forecast by 12.5% as it warned a chip shortage could cause auto production cuts, missing analysts’ estimates. The company, a major manufacturer of automotive parts and chips, lowered its full-year operating profit forecast to 420 …
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By Ricardo Brito BRASILIA (Reuters) -A Brazilian senator said on Thursday that a close ally of former President Jair Bolsonaro tried to persuade him to join a conspiracy to overturn the far-right leader’s electoral loss last year. Senator Marcos do Val told a news conference that he had been invited to a meeting on Dec. …
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BENGALURU (Reuters) -Indian shares struggled for direction on Thursday as the week-long rout in Adani Group stocks persisted, erasing $100 billion in market value and hurting sentiment. The Nifty 50 index closed 0.03% lower at 17,610.40, while the S&P BSE Sensex rose 0.38% at 59,932.24. Thirty of the Nifty 50 constituents fell in a volatile …
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MADRID (Reuters) – Pushing her son on a swing at a playground on a sunny winter’s day in Madrid, former Afghan prosecutor Obaida Sharar expresses relief that she found asylum in Spain after fleeing Afghanistan shortly after the Taliban took over. Sharar, who arrived in Madrid with her family, is one of 19 female prosecutors …
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By Aftab Ahmed, Chris Thomas and Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) – Adani’s market losses swelled above $100 billion on Thursday, sparking worries about a potential systemic impact a day after the Indian group’s flagship firm abandoned its $2.5 billion stock offering. Another challenge for Adani on Thursday came when S&P Dow Jones Indices said …
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