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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Sam Bankman-Fried’s parents have been getting physical threats since the collapse of their son’s now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange, his lawyers said on Tuesday. The disclosure was made in a filing in Manhattan federal court, where the lawyers asked that the names of two remaining sureties for Bankman-Fried’s $250 million bond not …

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(Reuters) -The world of motorsport paid tribute to American Ken Block, the professional rally driver whose daring stunts made him an internet sensation, after his death aged 55 in a snowmobile accident. Block’s Hoonigan Racing team confirmed his death in a statement on Instagram on Monday. “Ken was a visionary, a pioneer and an icon. …

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SANTOS, Brazil (Reuters) – More than 150,000 people including President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva paid their respects to the Brazilian soccer great Pele in the coastal city of Santos, filing past Pele’s open casket at the Vila Belmiro stadium to bid a final farewell. A 24-hour memorial service for Pele, who died last week …

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By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The 2022 midterm vote in the United States was a story of great expectations. Given the public’s sour mood over the direction of the country and with inflation rampant, Republicans had high hopes of seizing control of the U.S. Congress from Democrats, perhaps grabbing dozens of seats in a …

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A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Dhara Ranasinghe, Editor, Financial Markets EMEA, Thomson Reuters. The holidays are over and it’s back to work, so markets are no exception. And the yen, for starters, is intent on leaving a dismal 2022 behind. It was the worst-performing major currency versus the …

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By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Saturday focused a year-end report on the judiciary on the need for stepped up security for federal judges, amid a surge in threats and as the United States is embroiled in a bitter debate over abortion. Roberts’ nine-page annual report came …

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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -JPMorgan Chase & Co and Deutsche Bank AG asked a U.S. judge to dismiss lawsuits by women who accused Jeffrey Epstein of sexual abuse, and said the banks enabled and ignored red flags about the late financier’s sex trafficking. The banks in papers filed on Friday night in Manhattan …

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(Reuters) -The number of people registering as jobless in Spain fell slightly in December from a month earlier, ending 2022 at a 15-year low, data from the Labour Ministry showed on Tuesday. The number of jobless fell by 1.52%, or by 43,727 people, leaving 2.84 million people out of work. It is the lowest rate …

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By Bansari Mayur Kamdar (Reuters) -European shares rose on Tuesday as investors awaited consumer prices data from the region’s largest economy, Germany, while a jump in energy stocks lifted UK’s FTSE 100 in its first trading day of the year. The pan-regional STOXX 600 rose 1.6% in early trading, to its highest level in more …

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