By Chris Prentice and Amanda Cooper NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – Global shares turned lower on Monday as traders focused on U.S. inflation data and chip stocks fell, while Beijing’s promise of stimulus and the sudden collapse of the Syrian government boosted oil and gold prices more than 1%. U.S. inflation data this week could cement …
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By Maxwell Akalaare Adombila and Bate Felix ACCRA (Reuters) – Ghana’s electoral commission on Monday declared ex-president and main opposition leader John Dramani Mahama winner of Saturday’s presidential election with 56.55% of the vote, according to provisional results. Mahama’s main rival, vice president and ruling-party presidential candidate Mahamudu Bawumia, already conceded defeat on Sunday in …
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By Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON (Reuters) -Oil prices climbed more than 1% on Monday on higher geopolitical risk after the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, and as top importer China flagged its first move towards a loosened monetary policy stance since 2010. Brent crude futures settled $1.02, or 1.4%, higher at $72.14 per barrel. U.S. …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The Council of European Union on Monday renewed EU sanctions on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for another year, extending them until Dec. 12, 2025, it said in a statement. The measures targeted 23 individuals and one entity linked to human rights violations, electoral interference and ongoing conflict. Those designated …
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By Mark Gleeson CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South Africa’s two-test series success over Sri Lanka on Monday catapulted them to first place in the World Test Championship and put them firmly on course for next year’s final in what would have been unthinkable less than a year ago. Five test wins in a row, made …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africa’s rand jumped on Monday at the start of a week packed with economic data releases, as gold prices climbed after China’s central bank resumed purchases of the bullion. At 1413 GMT, the commodity-driven rand traded at 17.8050 against the dollar, about 1.2% stronger than its previous close. “Developments in the Middle …
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By Ahmed Eljechtimi RABAT (Reuters) – Morocco received a record 15.9 million tourists in the first 11 months of this year, surpassing the total in the entire previous year, the tourism ministry said on Monday. Tourism accounts for about 7% of the North African country’s gross domestic product and is a key source of jobs …
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THE HAGUE – Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court asked judges on Monday to find two men accused of leading Christian-dominated militias in attacks on Muslims in Central African Republic in 2013 and 2014 guilty of all the charges against them. In their closing arguments, prosecutors said they had proved beyond reasonable doubt that Patrice-Edouard …
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GQEBERHA, South Africa (Reuters) -Spinner Keshav Maharaj took five wickets as South Africa secured a 109-run victory over Sri Lanka on the last day of the second test at St George’s Park on Monday and a 2-0 sweep of the series. Maharaj finished with figures of 5-76 as South Africa took 70 minutes to dismiss …
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NIAMEY (Reuters) – Armed attackers on motorcycles killed at least 21 civilians in the West African nation of Niger, the army said. The attack last Thursday near the town of Tera, about 175 km (108 miles) west of the capital Niamey and close to the border with Burkina Faso, came at a time of heightened …
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