Yellen to call for US, Europe to stand together on Russia, Iran
By David Lawder FRANKFURT (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will call on Tuesday for Europe and the U.S. to stand together against Russian aggression and Iranian "support for terrorism", including finding a way forward to unlock the ...
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Key Senate Democrat calls for new leadership at FDIC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sherrod Brown called for new leadership at the troubled Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Monday, urging President Joe Biden to immediately nominate someone to replace current Chairman Ma...
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Brazil central bank plans year-end proposal for crypto regulation
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's central bank announced on Monday that it has decided to divide the process of regulating crypto-assets and virtual asset service providers into phases, with regulatory proposals expected by the end of this year. The de...
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Self-proclaimed bitcoin inventor lied 'repeatedly' to support claim, says UK judge
LONDON (Reuters) - An Australian computer scientist who claimed he invented bitcoin lied "extensively and repeatedly" and forged documents "on a grand scale" to support his false claim, a judge at London's High Court ruled on Monday. Craig Wright h...
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US FDA approves Biocon unit's biosimilar to blockbuster eye drug Eylea
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved Biocon unit's biosimilar to Regeneron Pharmaceuticals' blockbuster eye drug Eylea, according to information on the agency's website. (Reporting by Leroy Leo in Bengaluru; Editing...
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Fed's Jefferson: too early to tell if slowdown in inflation 'long lasting'
By Michael S. Derby (Reuters) - The recent ebbing in some key price increase indicators is encouraging but it is too soon to know whether inflation is back on a sustainable path back to 2%, Fed Vice Chair Jefferson said on Monday. "It is too early ...
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US Supreme Court rebuffs appeal in Maryland assault weapon dispute
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a challenge to a Democratic-backed ban in Maryland on assault-style rifles such as AR-15s, steering clear of the dispute while the litigation continues in a lower court. ...
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Hamas' Qatar-based leader Haniyeh named in ICC warrant request
By Samia Nakhoul and Stephen Farrell DUBAI/LONDON (Reuters) - Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas leader based in Qatar, has been the tough-talking face of the Palestinian group's international diplomacy as war has raged back in Gaza, where three of his sons...
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ICC prosecutor's move against Netanyahu and Gallant is 'scandalous', Israeli minister says
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's foreign minister said on Monday a request by the International Criminal Court prosecutor for arrest warrants for Israel's prime minister and defence minister was "scandalous" and tantamount to attacking the victims o...
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US Supreme Court spurns former Guantanamo Bay detainee's appeal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court turned away on Monday a Canadian former Guantanamo Bay detainee's bid to vacate his convictions for the 2002 murder of an American soldier in Afghanistan and other crimes he committed at age 15 to which...
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