IMF maintains Nigeria growth forecast at 3.3% for 2024
ABUJA (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund on Thursday maintained its growth forecast of 3.3% for Nigeria's economy for 2024, up from 2.9% last year, citing a pick up in services and trade sectors. It added that outlook for growth was still ...
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US auto safety agency raises concerns on Ford SUV recall
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. auto safety agency said on Thursday it has "significant safety concerns" over Ford Motor's recall of more than 42,000 SUVs over concerns fuel leaks could lead to an engine fire. The National Highway Traffic Safety Admi...
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Israeli defence minister tells 'friends and enemies' Israel will achieve war aims
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Defence Minister Yoav Gallant told Israel's "enemies and friends" on Wednesday that it would do whatever necessary achieve its war aims in Gaza and the north, in an apparent response to U.S. pressure to halt its operation in R...
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Abortion rights activists heckle Italy's family minister at conference
By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) - Protesters on Thursday heckled Italy's family minister over her critical position on abortion rights, forcing her to abandon a speech at a conference on reversing the country's declining birth rate. When Eugenia Ro...
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Putin says there is 'nothing unusual' about tactical nuclear weapons drill
By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that there was nothing unusual in a planned exercise involving the practice deployment of tactical nuclear weapons in southern Russia along with ally Belarus....
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SMIC misses Q1 profit estimates
By Liam Mo and Brenda Goh BEIJING (Reuters) - Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp reported first-quarter net income of $71.79 million on Thursday, missing analysts' expectations. Unaudited profit attributable to owners of China's largest...
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Stormy Daniels to face tough questions from Trump lawyers at trial
By Jack Queen, Luc Cohen and Andy Sullivan NEW YORK (Reuters) - Porn star Stormy Daniels will face tough questioning from Donald Trump's lawyers on Thursday as they try to dismantle the credibility of a woman whose story of a 2006 sexual encounter ...
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As Rafah offensive looms, Palestinians fear dispossession again
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Mohammad Salem CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) - As Israeli forces mass on the outskirts of the southern Gaza city of Rafah, Palestinians fear another "Nakba", when 700,000 of them were permanently driven from their homes at the creat...
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Drugmaker Abbott India posts Q4 profit rise on higher sales
BENGALURU (Reuters) - Indian drugmaker Abbott India reported a 24% rise in fourth-quarter profit on Thursday, as strong sales outpaced the impact of government pricing caps on certain medicines. The company, which makes the popular antacid medicine...
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Trump vows to target electric vehicles in meeting with oil CEOS -report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump vowed to reverse dozens of the Biden administration's environmental rules and policies at a meeting with top U.S. oil executives, where he also asked them to raise $1 billion for...
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