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By Amy Lv and Lewis Jackson BEIJING (Reuters) – Major copper smelters across top consumer China have kicked off equipment maintenance in March, traditionally a peak demand period, in a bid to stem losses from a worsening feedstock shortage that is hammering margins, industry insiders said. Shutting down plants in what is traditionally one of the busiest times of the year highlights how much pain the scarcity of copper concentrate […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves are sitting out with sprained right ankles when the Lakers host the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday night in Los Angeles’ sixth game in eight days. The Lakers announced the decision to rest Doncic and Reaves alongside fellow injured starters LeBron James and Rui Hachimura about six hours before tipoff against the Bucks. The Lakers also declared key rotation players Dorian Finney-Smith […]

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A bill that would create a “turquoise” safety alert system for missing Native American people in New Mexico has been endorsed by the Legislature. A vote of the state Senate without opposition Thursday sent the rapid response initiative to New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, who supports the proposal. The bill responds to a troubling number of disappearances and killings in Indian Country — and […]

By Anjana Anil (Reuters) – Gold was headed for a third straight week of gains on Friday after three consecutive record highs this week, bolstered by the Federal Reserve’s rate cut cues for the year and safe-haven demand amid geopolitical and economic uncertainties. Spot gold eased 0.3% to $3,034.09 an ounce as of 0235 GMT. Bullion reached an all-time high of $3,057.21 per ounce on Thursday and has climbed about […]

(Reuters) – Novak Djokovic said on Thursday he disagreed with some aspects of a class-action lawsuit filed by the Professional Tennis Players’ Association’s (PTPA) against the sport’s governing bodies. The PTPA filed the suit in a New York court on Tuesday accusing the ATP, WTA, the International Tennis Federation and the International Tennis Integrity Agency of anti-competitive practices. The 24-time Grand Slam champion, who co-founded the lobby group with Canada’s […]

JAKARTA (Reuters) – An eruption of Indonesia’s Lewotobi Laki-laki volcano spewed ash clouds more than 8 kilometres (5 miles) high, authorities said as they raised the alert status to the highest level, and an Australian airline cancelled some flights into Bali on Friday. Thursday night’s large eruption of the volcano in East Nusa Tenggara province followed dozens of smaller ones since March 13, the national geological agency said in a […]

(Reuters) – Britain’s Heathrow Airport on Friday said it is experiencing a significant power outage due to a fire at an electrical substation supplying the airport and that it will be closed until midnight on March 21. (Reporting by Angela Christy in Bengaluru; Editing by Christopher Cushing) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Asian stocks inched lower on Friday in a subdued end to the week as deepening geopolitical worries and fears over U.S. tariffs and their impact on the global economy curbed investors appetite for risk, keeping safe-haven gold near record highs. Policymakers across the globe struck a cautious note in a week filled with central bank meetings as uncertainty in global economics and politics grew. […]

SEOUL (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin’s top security adviser Sergei Shoigu has arrived in North Korea and plans to meet its leader Kim Jong Un, the TASS news agency reported on Friday, his latest visit amid dramatic advances in security ties between the countries. The TASS report did not have further details and North Korea’s state media have not reported on Shoigu’s arrival. Shoigu, former defence minister until May […]