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(Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC) has informed collapsed lender Signature Bank’s crypto clients that they have until April 5 to close their accounts and move their money. The deposits in question were not part of a rescue deal arranged with Flagstar Bank, a unit of New York Community Bancorp, earlier this month. “Flagstar’s bid did not include about $4 billion in deposits related to Signature’s digital-asset […]

(Reuters) – The Russian embassy in the U.S. said on Wednesday Washington is seeking to play down damaging information about the alleged involvement of its intelligence services in last year’s blasts that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines. Moscow failed on Monday to get the U.N. Security Council to ask for an independent inquiry into explosions in September that ruptured the Nord Stream pipelines connecting Russia and Germany and spewed […]

By Martin Coulter LONDON (Reuters) – The number of children using TikTok and Snapchat rose last year in Britain, according to research published by media regulator Ofcom. Around half of those aged between 3 and 17 use TikTok and Snapchat, figures collected as part of the watchdog’s annual survey of children’s and parents’ online attitudes showed. The study found a slight increase in both apps’ popularity in the past year, […]

ALAUSI, Ecuador (Reuters) -The official death toll from a landslide in Ecuador rose to 11 on Tuesday evening as families and rescue groups worked to find dozens of people still missing after large amounts of earth smothered buildings and a stadium in the small city of Alausi. Using spades, relatives dug through the dirt in places they believe their loved ones were when the landslide hit in the Andean province […]

ALAUSI, Ecuador (Reuters) -The official death toll from a landslide in Ecuador rose to 11 on Tuesday evening as families and rescue groups worked to find dozens of people still missing after large amounts of earth smothered buildings and a stadium in the small city of Alausi. Using spades, relatives dug through the dirt in places they believe their loved ones were when the landslide hit in the Andean province […]

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – At least 40 migrants died in the Mexican northern border city of Ciudad Juarez after a fire broke at a migrant detention center on Monday. The blaze was one of the deadliest in the country in years, and is the latest in a string of fatal accidents for migrants as the U.S. and Mexico grapple with record levels of border crossings. What follows are other cases, […]

By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) -When police officer Rex Engelbert arrived at the Nashville grade school shooting on Monday, he immediately retrieved a rifle from the trunk of his patrol car. Three minutes later, the shooter was dead, dropped by rounds Engelbert fired. Nashville police on Tuesday released officer body camera video of the latest mass shooting to rock the United States, generating praise for Engelbert and fellow officer Michael Collazo […]

By Andrea Shalal and Nandita Bose DURHAM, North Carolina (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday his administration had done what was possible to address the banking crisis with available authorities, but added the White House response on the matter was “not over yet.” “We’ve done what we need to do executively. I feel confident things are settling out. The markets seem to be responding,” Biden told reporters before […]

By Andrea Shalal and Nandita Bose DURHAM, North Carolina (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday his administration had done what was possible to address the banking crisis with available authorities, but added the White House response on the matter was “not over yet.” “We’ve done what we need to do executively. I feel confident things are settling out. The markets seem to be responding,” Biden told reporters before […]