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By Anthony Boadle and Ricardo Brito BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil’s far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro returned from three months in the United States on Thursday and was welcomed back by hundreds of chanting supporters at the Brasilia airport before heading straight into meetings with his political party. The turnout was considerably smaller than expected by police, and a minister in leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula’s cabinet called the reception a “flop” […]

By Francesco Canepa FRANKFURT (Reuters) -German savers are getting cold feet about deposits held abroad despite juicier interest rates for fear of getting embroiled in a crisis like the one that hit Silicon Valley Bank, data compiled for Reuters shows. German households, who have Europe’s deepest pockets with 2 trillion euros held in cash, had been seeking higher returns on their cash by opening deposits online at small banks in […]

By Jorgelina do Rosario and Uditha Jayasinghe LONDON/COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka will kick off a reworking of part of its domestic debt next month and aims to finalise it by May, central bank and treasury officials told creditors during a virtual presentation on Thursday. The financially strapped South Asian country will also start formal negotiations for the debt it owes to bilateral creditors and overseas bondholders after the domestic debt […]

By Nuzulack Dausen DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) -U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris announced plans to boost trade with and investment in Tanzania during a visit there on Thursday, part of an African tour aimed at strengthening ties with a continent where China and Russia increasingly hold sway. Harris started her trip on Sunday in Ghana before flying late on Wednesday to Tanzania’s commercial capital Dar es Salaam, where she met […]

By Patrick Wingrove (Reuters) -As powerful new obesity drugs enter the U.S. market, medical associations are keen to advise their members on how to best use them for patients. That is where the debate begins. Some specialists advocate for broad use of drugs like Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy, alongside a healthy diet and exercise. Others recommend prioritizing them for high-risk patients, who have other conditions that are exacerbated by excess weight. […]

By Lizbeth Diaz CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) – More than a thousand migrants in northern Mexico surrendered to U.S. border authorities, frustrated by recent asylum policies, and shaken by a fire at a nearby migrant detention center that killed dozens this week. A Customs and Border Protection (CBP) spokesperson said the agency was processing over a thousand migrants who turned themselves in on Wednesday in El Paso, Texas, reachable on […]

By Jorgelina do Rosario and Uditha Jayasinghe LONDON/COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka will kick off a debt rework of part of its domestic debt next month and aims to finalise it by May, officials from the country’s central bank and the Treasury told creditors during a virtual presentation on Thursday. The country will also start formal negotiations for the debt it owes to bilateral creditors and bondholders after the domestic […]

By Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) -Nine soldiers were killed in a crash of two U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters during a routine training mission over Kentucky, an Army spokesperson said on Thursday. Crew members were flying two HH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, operated by the 101st Airborne Division, when the aircraft crashed late on Wednesday over Kentucky’s Trigg County, Fort Campbell’s public affairs office said. A Fort Campbell spokesperson said nine soldiers […]

KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Dengue fever has spread into Sudan’s capital for the first time on record, as the country tackles its widest ever outbreak of the disease, exacerbated by an under-funded health system, officials say. At least 45 people have died out of at least 2,576 cases recorded since July in 12 of the country’s 18 states, according to a health ministry report this week seen by Reuters. Dengue fever […]