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By Tim Cocks SASOLBURG, South Africa (Reuters) – From the moment Mpho Putsoenyane’s daughter Hlompho was born in Zamdela, a South African township beside the smokestacks and gas flares of Sasol’s oldest coal-to-liquid refinery, the baby struggled to breathe. Last year, when she was four months old, she turned purple and started gasping. Her parents …

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NAIROBI (Reuters) -The Dec. 10 story headlined “Meta contractor dismissed threats to moderators by Ethiopia rebels: court documents” is withdrawn out of safety considerations for some named individuals. There were no factual errors in the story. A substitute story will follow. STORY_NUMBER: L8N3NA0GY STORY_DATE: 11/12/2024 STORY_TIME: 0250 GMT

TRIPOLI (Reuters) -Fires that broke out in a number of reservoirs in Libya’s Zawiya refinery have been brought under control, Khaled Abulgasem Gulam, spokesperson for the country’s National Oil Corporation (NOC), said in a statement on Sunday. Zawiya, 40 km (25 miles) west of the capital Tripoli, is home to Libya’s biggest functioning refinery, with …

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By Sinéad Carew and Harry Robertson NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -MSCI’s global equity gauge fell on Friday while bond yields climbed as investors waited for clues about the future path for interest rates from next week’s U.S. Federal Reserve meeting. In U.S. Treasuries, benchmark 10-year yields rose to a three-week high and were on track for …

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By Hannah Lang NEW YORK (Reuters) -The dollar headed for its best weekly performance in a month on Friday, as investors priced in the possibility of the Federal Reserve cutting rates more slowly next year, while sterling fell after a surprise contraction in UK economic activity. The U.S. currency also rose against the yen after …

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By Ron Bousso LONDON (Reuters) -U.S. oil and gas company Kosmos Energy is in early talks for an all-share acquisition of Tullow Oil that would create a West Africa-focused producer. The merger of the two heavily indebted firms would be the latest in a recent wave of energy industry consolidation as company boards look to …

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