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Customers Bancorp Inc is exploring a deal for all or part of the failed Silicon Valley Bank, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. The Pennsylvania-based lender has been seeking potential co-investors for a deal for Silicon Valley Bank, the report said. FDIC, which controls[Read More…]

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen reiterated on Thursday that she was prepared to take further action to ensure that Americans’ bank deposits stay safe amid turmoil in the banking system. “As I have said, we have used important tools to act quickly to prevent contagion,” Yellen said in remarks[Read More…]

Police fired tear gas and fought with violent black-clad anarchists in Paris and across France on Thursday as hundreds of thousands of protesters marched against President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to raise the pension age. The ninth day of nationwide protests, mostly peaceful, disrupted train and air travel. Teachers were[Read More…]

Utah Governor Spencer Cox on Thursday signed two laws intended to restrict social media use by minors, becoming the first U.S. state to require parental permission for anyone under 18 to use such platforms as Instagram, TikTok and Facebook. The two bills, passed earlier this month by Utah’s Republican-controlled[Read More…]

Harry Kane became England’s record international goalscorer as his side began their Euro 2024 qualifying campaign by defeating reigning champions Italy 2-1 in Group C on Thursday. England’s skipper struck a penalty past Italy keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma shortly before halftime to make it 2-0 and take his tally to[Read More…]

Bayern Munich have fired their coach Julian Nagelsmann, Bild newspaper reported on Thursday. The 35-year-old was in charge when Bayern lost 2-1 at Bayer 04 Leverkusen on Sunday and Borussia Dortmund moved top of the Bundesliga. Nagelsmann took charge in 2021 and led Bayern to their 10th German title[Read More…]

The Canadian and U.S. governments have agreed to update an asylum seekers pact that would allow for the closure of an unofficial U.S.-Canada border crossing at Roxham Road, between New York state and the province of Quebec, according to media reports on Thursday. A sharp increase in asylum seekers[Read More…]

Chad has nationalized all the assets and rights including hydrocarbon permits and exploration and production authorisations that belonged to a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil, the Central African nation’s energy and hydrocarbons ministry said in a statement on Thursday. Exxon Mobil said in December that it had closed the[Read More…]

Harry Kane became England’s record international goalscorer as his side began their Euro 2024 qualifying campaign by beating reigning champions Italy 2-1 in Group C on Thursday. England’s skipper struck a penalty past Italy keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma shortly before halftime to make it 2-0 after Declan Rice opened the[Read More…]

Zimbabwe’s state-owned electricity distributor has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with French independent power producer HDF Energy to develop the southern African country’s first green hydrogen power plant, the companies said in a joint statement on Thursday. President Emmerson Mnangagwa witnessed the signing of the MoU worth $300[Read More…]

Carlo Ancelotti is the man of the moment in the Brazil team changing room with Vinicius Jr the latest player to speak highly of the Italian who is favourite to become their next manager. As Brazil prepare to face Morocco in a friendly in Tangier on Saturday, Vinicius[Read More…]

The Canadian government has reached a deal with the United States to close an unofficial U.S.-Canada border crossing at Roxham Road, between New York state and the province of Quebec, Radio-Canada reported on Thursday, citing unnamed sources. Roxham Road is a dirt path that has become a route of[Read More…]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday urged Europe to increase and speed up its supply of weapons to his country as well as impose additional sanctions on Russia, saying otherwise the war could drag on for years. In a long and sharply worded video address to EU leaders, delivered[Read More…]

Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid on Thursday urged “responsible members” of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party to rebel against a contested judicial overhaul plan, hours after media reports that the defence minister wanted the plans halted. Earlier, Netanyahu summoned Defence Minister Yoav Gallant for an unscheduled meeting during[Read More…]

Insurers continue to cover grain shipments from Ukraine through a U.N.-backed corridor although more clarity will be required soon, a senior Lloyd’s of London official said on Thursday, after the export accord was renewed for at least 60 days. The deal allowing the safe wartime export of Ukrainian grain[Read More…]

Ukrainian troops, on the defensive for four months, will launch a long-awaited counterassault “very soon” now that Russia’s huge winter offensive is losing steam without taking Bakhmut, Ukraine’s top ground forces commander said on Thursday. FIGHTING * Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited the southern region of Kherson, where he[Read More…]

The Chicago Blackhawks will not wear pride warm-up jerseys during the National Hockey League team’s Pride Night due to safety concerns related to the club’s Russian players, The Athletic reported on Thursday. Citing two Blackhawk sources, The Athletic reported that the decision not to wear rainbow-themed jerseys as part[Read More…]

World Athletics has banned transgender women from competing in elite female competitions if they have gone through male puberty, the sport’s governing body said on Thursday. The council also voted to tighten restrictions on athletes with Differences in Sex Development (DSD), cutting the maximum amount of plasma testosterone for[Read More…]