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By Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine has barred its national sports teams from competing in Olympic, non-Olympic and Paralympic events that include competitors from Russia and Belarus, the sports ministry said in a decree published on Friday. The decision, criticised by some Ukrainian athletes, comes after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) angered Kyiv by paving the way for Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete as neutrals despite Russia’s invasion […]

By Elida Moreno PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – More than 400,000 migrants could cross the treacherous Darien Gap linking Panama with Colombia this year, the United Nations said on Friday, well up from nearly 250,000 in 2022 as the number of people making the journey surged over recent months. In the first months of 2023, some 100,000 migrants have crossed the dangerous stretch of jungle, six times more than in the […]

By Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine has barred its national sports teams from competing in Olympic, non-Olympic and Paralympic events that include competitors from Russia and Belarus, the sports ministry said in a decree published on Friday. The decision, criticised by some Ukrainian athletes, comes after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) angered Kyiv by paving the way for Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete as neutrals despite Russia’s invasion […]

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazilian Defense Minister Jose Mucio said late Thursday that countries such as Sweden and Colombia had expressed interest in buying Embraer’s KC-390 military cargo aircraft. Mucio said he held nearly 20 bilateral meetings during the LAAD defense and security fair this week and, in some of them, the KC-390 was on the agenda. “Evidently, these sales need to be planned, studied and evaluated, to have […]

By Krisztina Than and Boldizsar Gyori MISKOLC, Hungary (Reuters) – Ukraine’s national ice hockey players have been forced to train with air raid sirens interrupting practice, sending them underground for cover as they worry about their loved ones, but they have managed to keep their focus. The team visited Hungary this month as part of preparations for the third-tier world championships in Estonia. Their training programme in Miskolc included two […]

(Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase & Co’s profit climbed in the first quarter as higher interest rates boosted its consumer business in a period that saw two of the biggest banking failures in U.S. history. The bank’s profit increased 52% to $12.62 billion, or $4.10 per share, in the three months ended Mar. 31. JPMorgan’s solid performance follows the high-profile shutdowns of three U.S. lenders last month in the worst banking […]

(Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase & Co’s profit climbed in the first quarter as higher interest rates boosted its consumer business in a period that saw two of the biggest banking failures in U.S. history. The bank’s profit increased 52% to $12.62 billion, or $4.10 per share, in the three months ended Mar. 31, compared with $8.28 billion, or $2.63 per share, a year ago. (Reporting by Niket Nishant in Bengaluru […]

(Reuters) – Wells Fargo & Co’s profit rose in the first quarter as it earned more from interest rate payments, helped by the U.S. Federal Reserve’s tighter monetary policy, the lender reported Friday. The bank set aside $1.21 billion in the quarter to cover for potential loan losses, compared to a release of $787 million a year earlier.    The provision included a $643 million increase in the allowance for credit losses […]

(Reuters) -UnitedHealth Group Inc beat Wall Street targets for quarterly profit and raised its annual forecast on Friday, as the health insurance provider banks on “market-leading” membership growth in its Medicare Advantage business. Memberships in government-backed plans such as Medicare – which offers healthcare coverage for people aged 65 and older or those with certain disabilities – make up one-third of UnitedHealth’s health insurance plans.  Shares of the Dow component […]