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 …
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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By Trevor Hunnicutt (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden plans to commemorate the second anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol with a White House ceremony, according to a schedule released by his office on Monday. Friday’s event will mark a rare moment for Biden to wade into the live issues stoked …
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LA PAZ (Reuters) – Bolivia’s President Luis Arce said on Monday he hopes Brazil’s new president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, will help improve diplomatic relations and explain issues that generated controversy during former President Jair Bolsonaro’s mandate. Speaking on television late Monday, Arce said he expected Lula, who took office for the third time …
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By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) -The U.S. National Park Service closed Dry Tortugas National Park off the Florida Keys for several days starting on Monday after 300 immigrants had arrived on the islands in recent days, overwhelming first responders. “Like elsewhere in the Florida Keys, the park has recently seen an increase in people arriving by …
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By Doina Chiacu and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Representative Kevin McCarthy struggled to beat back hard-line conservative opposition and secure enough votes to give him the speakership when the new House of Representatives convenes with a narrow Republican majority on Tuesday. After a poorer-than-expected showing in the November midterm elections, McCarthy’s fellow Republicans have …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Capitol Police are prepared for any possible future attacks on Congress, its chief said on Monday ahead of the second anniversary of the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, attack and the dissolution of the congressional panel investigating it. “The current threat climate, particularly against elected officials, will require continued and heightened vigilance,” …
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(Reuters) -A problem with a critical air traffic control system that caused flight delays at major airports in Florida on Monday has been fixed, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said. “The computer issue has been resolved. The FAA is working toward safely returning to a normal traffic rate in the Florida airspace,” the U.S. agency …
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By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazilian markets delivered a withering verdict on leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s first full day in office on Monday, after he pledged to prioritize social issues and ordered a budget-busting extension to a fuel tax exemption. Lula’s decision to extend the fuel tax exemption, which will deprive the …
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