LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigeria’s ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu was on Wednesday declared winner of a disputed weekend presidential election by the electoral commission after defeating two of his closest rivals. (Reporting by MacDonald Dzirutwe; Editing by Shri Navaratnam)
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) – India imposed by far the highest number of internet shutdowns in the world in 2022, internet advocacy watchdog Access Now said on Tuesday, as the country topped the list for the fifth successive year. Out of 187 internet shutdowns globally recorded by Access Now, 84 took place in India, including …
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BUENOS AIRES, 28 feb (Reuters) -El Gobierno de Argentina suspendió el martes las exportaciones de productos aviares luego de que se detectara el primer caso de gripe aviar en aves de corral, dijo el secretario de Agricultura, Ganadería y Pesca. El Servicio Nacional de Sanidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria (Senasa) confirmó el primer caso de influenza …
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By Casey Hall SHANGHAI (Reuters) – U.S. businesses operating in China are increasingly pessimistic about their prospects in the world’s second-largest economy, according to a survey released Wednesday by the American Chamber of Commerce in China. For the first time in the 25-year history of AmCham China’s business sentiment survey, a majority of responding companies …
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(Reuters) -HSBC Holdings said on Wednesday it raised $2 billion from a convertible security issue, beating its own target on strong demand for the perpetual additional Tier 1 bond. In a filing to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, HSBC said the perpetual bond’s coupon had been set at 8%. Prospective investors had been told at …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s inflation will slow to around 2% this year but the economy will not fall into stagflation even as growth slows, central bank governor Yang Chin-long said on Wednesday ahead of its next scheduled rate-setting meeting later this month. The central bank, at its last quarterly meeting in December, raised its policy …
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By Steve Holland and Trevor Hunnicutt VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia (Reuters) – President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that his March 9 budget proposal to the U.S. Congress will include some higher taxes, including on billionaires, but will not violate his pledge not to raise rates on Americans making less than $400,000 a year. “On March …
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By Charlotte Greenfield KABUL (Reuters) – The board of the Swiss-based trust fund managing some $3.5 billion in frozen Afghan central bank assets met for a second time last month, one of its trustees said, and discussed options for disbursing funds in line with achieving monetary stability. The frozen central bank reserves were transferred from …
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By Kylie Madry SANTA LUCIA, Mexico (Reuters) – Logistics giant DHL will double its planned investment in Mexico through 2024, executives said on Tuesday, as it shifts cargo flights from the capital’s closest airport to a new, distant facility backed by the country’s president. The company will invest $600 million in Mexico through next year, …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s defence ministry said on Wednesday it had spotted 19 Chinese air force planes in its air defence zone in the past 24 hours, part of what Taipei calls regular harassment by Beijing. Taiwan, which China views as its own territory, has complained for the past three years or so of stepped …
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