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By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden is running again, he and White House officials insist, he’s just not ready to announce it yet. The expected date for Biden, 80, to make his 2024 presidential plans official has slipped from just after the State of the Union address in February to March, to potentially May or even later, according to aides and advisers. Biden trails recent Democratic […]

(Reuters) -U.S. Ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy said on Monday she had made a first visit in jail to Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter accused by Moscow of spying, and had found him to be holding up well. “This is the first time we’ve had consular access to Evan since his wrongful detention over two weeks ago. He feels well and is holding up. We reiterate our call […]

By Seun Sanni LAGOS (Reuters) -Domestic flights in Nigeria were being disrupted on Monday, local airlines said, as aviation employees in Lagos blocked roads to the country’s busiest local airport to begin a two-day strike in protest over working conditions and wages. The strike is likely to add to problems in a sector that regularly faces jet fuel shortages, which often ground local flights and where international carriers struggle to […]

By Seun Sanni LAGOS (Reuters) -Domestic flights in Nigeria were being disrupted on Monday, local airlines said, as aviation employees in Lagos blocked roads to the country’s busiest local airport to begin a two-day strike in protest over working conditions and wages. The strike is likely to add to problems in a sector that regularly faces jet fuel shortages, which often ground local flights and where international carriers struggle to […]

By Mrinmay Dey (Reuters) -Teck Resources Ltd has been approached by Vale SA, Anglo American Plc and Freeport-McMoRan Inc among others to explore deals for its base metals business if the Canadian copper miner goes ahead with a planned split, sources close to the matter told Reuters on Sunday. The approaches from more than six mining companies interested in transactions if Teck spins off its coal business come as the […]

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s Sega Sammy Holdings Inc said on Monday it planned to acquire Finland’s Rovio Entertainment Oyj for 706 million euros ($776 million) to bolster its mobile gaming business, sending Rovio shares soaring. Sega Sammy will offer 9.25 euros for each share of the company behind the mobile game Angry Birds, a 19% premium over Friday’s closing price, in its tender offer bid set to be launched around May […]

By Herbert Lash and Harry Robertson NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – The dollar edged higher on Monday after the April survey of business activity in New York state rose for the first time in five months and bolstered expectations the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates in May. The dollar index, a measures of the currency against six major peers, rose 0.443% after the Empire State Manufacturing index shot to 10.8 […]

By Seun Sanni LAGOS (Reuters) -Domestic flights in Nigeria were being disrupted on Monday, local airlines said, as aviation employees in Lagos blocked roads to the country’s busiest local airport to begin a two-day strike in protest over working conditions and wages. The strike is likely to add to problems in a sector that regularly faces jet fuel shortages, which often ground local flights and where international carriers struggle to […]

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Monday rejected former President Donald Trump’s request to delay a scheduled April 25 trial over whether he defamed former Elle magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll by denying he raped her. Last week, Trump’s lawyers urged U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan in federal court in Manhattan to grant a four-week “cooling-off” period to at least May 23 to give Trump a […]