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By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition plunged into chaos on Monday, after mass overnight protests over the sacking of his defence chief piled pressure on the government to halt its bitterly contested plans to overhaul the judiciary. Netanyahu had been expected to make a televised statement on Monday morning announcing the plans, which he says are needed to restore balance to the system of government […]

By Andrew Chung and John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday will consider whether a federal law that made it a crime for a person to encourage illegal immigration violates constitutional free speech protections in a case involving a California man who deceived immigrants through a phony “adult adoption” program. The justices are due to hear arguments in an appeal by President Joe Biden’s administration of […]

By John Kruzel and Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday is set to hear a bid by Amgen Inc to revive patents on its cholesterol-lowering drug Repatha in a legal effort that rival Sanofi SA called a “blatant attempt” to squeeze competitors out of the market. Amgen is appealing a lower court’s ruling that invalidated two of its patents on Repatha, a drug that can […]

A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan The final week of a turbulent month and volatile quarter for world markets has kicked off with relative stability in the battered banking sector at the heart of the latest upheaval. Two developments on the U.S. side of the banking disturbance acted as a boon. First Citizens BancShares said on Monday it will acquire all the […]

By Marisa Taylor and Rachael Levy (Reuters) – Elon Musk’s brain implant company Neuralink has approached one of the biggest U.S. neurosurgery centers as a potential clinical trials partner as it prepares to test its devices on humans once regulators allow for it, according to six people familiar with the matter. Neuralink has been developing brain implants since 2016 it hopes will eventually be a cure for intractable conditions such […]

(In March 16 story corrects paragraph 6 to say “to exercise their options position for Friday’s expiry date” and not “to keep the position open beyond Friday’s expiry date” after the report clarified) (Reuters) -Robinhood Inc made an exception to its short position ban for clients who had winning ‘puts’ against failed lender Signature Bank, the Financial Times reported on Thursday. Put options are contracts that give a buyer the […]

KABUL (Reuters) -At least two people were killed and 12 injured in a blast near Afghanistan’s ministry of foreign affairs on Monday, according to a hospital run by an Italian NGO in Kabul. “We received some patients,” said Stefano Sozza of Italian NGO Emergency, which runs the surgical centre specialising in treating victims of war in downtown Kabul. A tweet from the NGO said at least one child was among […]

ACCRA (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will on Monday announce a $139 million aid package for Ghana for next year as she begins a week-long trip to Africa, part of Washington’s drive to counter growing Chinese and Russian influence on the continent. China has invested heavily in Africa in the last two decades, particularly in infrastructure, mining, timber and fishing, while Russian private military contractor Wagner Group is […]

TURIN (Reuters) – A judge in Turin on Monday began examining whether former Juventus Chairman Andrea Agnelli, 11 other people and the club itself should face trial over allegations of false accounting at Italy’s most successful soccer team. On the first day of a hearing held behind closed doors, initial procedural issues were being addressed. The hearing is expected to last several months, after which judge Marco Picco will decide […]