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By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Maayan Lubell GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel hit Islamic Jihad targets in Gaza for a second day on Wednesday and Palestinian militants launched hundreds of rockets across the border, setting off sirens as far away as Tel Aviv, while Egypt began efforts to mediate an end to the fighting. The second round of cross-border fire in a week came after Israel launched strikes on Tuesday against three Islamic […]

By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) – The dollar sank for a second day against the yen on Thursday, feeling the pressure from lower U.S. Treasury yields after slowing inflation gave traders more confidence that the Federal Reserve is through with rate hikes. The 10-year Treasury yield, which the dollar-yen pair tends to track, slipped to 3.4252% in Tokyo trading, extending an 8 basis point decline from overnight, after headline CPI […]

SANTIAGO (Reuters) -Chile’s senate approved on Wednesday a long-awaited new mining royalty bill, passing it back to the lower chamber for a final vote that could come as early as next week. Chile is the world’s top copper producer and the bill aims to raise taxes on large copper producers. Earlier this week, the government said it reached an agreement with senators to cut the top tax rate to 46.5% […]

By Nandita Bose VALHALLA, N.Y. (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden piled pressure on Republican lawmakers on Wednesday to move quickly to raise the country’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling or risk throwing the U.S. economy into a recession that would kill thousands of jobs. “We’ve got to fight. We’re going to win this fight,” Biden said at a flag-bedecked event at Westchester Community College in Valhalla, New York. Biden made his […]

By Joan Faus, Nacho Doce and Charlie Devereux VACARISSES, Spain (Reuters) – Many people were drawn to the town of Vacarisses near Barcelona in the 1970s by the suburban dream of homes with large gardens and swimming pools to provide respite during long, hot summers. But now that lifestyle is under threat as a severe drought forces authorities to reach for increasingly stringent measures to conserve water, including restrictions on […]

By Nandita Bose VALHALLA, N.Y. (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden piled pressure on Republican lawmakers on Wednesday to move quickly to raise the country’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling or risk throwing the U.S. economy into a recession that would kill thousands of jobs. “We’ve got to fight. We’re going to win this fight,” Biden said at a flag-bedecked event at Westchester Community College in Valhalla, New York. Biden made his […]

By Joan Faus, Nacho Doce and Charlie Devereux VACARISSES, Spain (Reuters) – Many people were drawn to the town of Vacarisses near Barcelona in the 1970s by the suburban dream of homes with large gardens and swimming pools to provide respite during long, hot summers. But now that lifestyle is under threat as a severe drought forces authorities to reach for increasingly stringent measures to conserve water, including restrictions on […]

By Archishma Iyer (Reuters) – Australian lithium producer Allkem surged more than 14% on Thursday after announcing a $10.6 billion merger with U.S- based Livent to create the third-largest producer of the key component used in electric-vehicle batteries. Allkem shares soared as much as 14.2% to A$14.740 by 0014 GMT, touching their highest since Nov. 24 and topping gainers on the ASX 200 benchmark index. Livent, which trades in New […]

By Nathan Layne (Reuters) – Former President Donald Trump again refused to acknowledge that he lost the 2020 election and said he would pardon many supporters convicted for their involvement in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol in a contentious CNN town hall on Wednesday. When asked by CNN host Kaitlan Collins whether he would acknowledge that he lost to Democrat Joe Biden in 2020, the Republican Trump […]