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NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. judge rejected requests to sever JPMorgan Chase & Co’s lawsuit accusing former executive Jes Staley of concealing what he knew about Jeffrey Epstein from two related lawsuits over its work for the late sex offender. Monday’s decision by U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff inManhattan is a defeat for Staley and Epstein accusers who aresuing the bank, where Epstein was a longtime client. The U.S. […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. judge rejected requests to sever JPMorgan Chase & Co’s lawsuit accusing former executive Jes Staley of concealing what he knew about Jeffrey Epstein from two related lawsuits over its work for the late sex offender. Monday’s decision by U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff inManhattan is a defeat for Staley and Epstein accusers who aresuing the bank, where Epstein was a longtime client. The U.S. […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. judge rejected requests to sever JPMorgan Chase & Co’s lawsuit accusing former executive Jes Staley of concealing what he knew about Jeffrey Epstein from two related lawsuits over its work for the late sex offender. Monday’s decision by U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff inManhattan is a defeat for Staley and Epstein accusers who aresuing the bank, where Epstein was a longtime client. The U.S. […]

By Mohamad Torokman AQABAT JABR, West Bank (Reuters) -A growing wave of unrest between Israelis and Palestinians claimed two more lives on Monday, after a poll showed plummeting support for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party amid a divisive plan to rein in the Supreme Court’s powers. A Palestinian teen was killed during a military raid in the West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said, while hospital officials said the […]

By Mohamad Torokman AQABAT JABR, West Bank (Reuters) -A growing wave of unrest between Israelis and Palestinians claimed two more lives on Monday, after a poll showed plummeting support for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party amid a divisive plan to rein in the Supreme Court’s powers. A Palestinian teen was killed during a military raid in the West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said, while hospital officials said the […]

By Matt Spetalnick and Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and Cuba will hold another round of migration talks on Wednesday, officials said, as the Biden administration braces for the end of COVID-era border restrictions that have blocked Cubans in recent months from crossing into the U.S. from Mexico. The high-level meeting in Washington will follow one held in Havana in November and comes a year after the […]

By Matt Spetalnick and Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and Cuba will hold another round of migration talks on Wednesday, officials said, as the Biden administration braces for the end of COVID-era border restrictions that have blocked Cubans in recent months from crossing into the U.S. from Mexico. The high-level meeting in Washington will follow one held in Havana in November and comes a year after the […]

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Monday he is confident the new fiscal framework will be approved by congress as his government builds a new political chapter in the country’s history. In a speech marking his 100th day in office, Lula said he still thinks interest rates are “too high” and hinder economic growth, but he is sure congress will approve the long-awaited new […]

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Monday he is confident the new fiscal framework will be approved by congress as his government builds a new political chapter in the country’s history. In a speech marking his 100th day in office, Lula said he still thinks interest rates are “too high” and hinder economic growth, but he is sure congress will approve the long-awaited new […]