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MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) – Bayern Munich parted ways with coach Julian Nagelsmann on Friday and appointed former Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel as his successor, with the German champions in second place in the Bundesliga. Nagelsmann had taken over in 2021 and led them to their 10th straight German league crown but failed to advance deep in Europe last season. His surprise departure comes as Bayern prepare to face league leaders […]

By Andrea Shalal and Ted Hesson OTTAWA (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau kicked off meetings in Ottawa on Friday after making a deal aimed at stopping asylum seekers from traversing the shared U.S.-Canada land border via unofficial crossings. They are expected to discuss migration, the worsening security and humanitarian situation in Haiti, the war in Ukraine, trade and fighting climate change, officials said. […]

By Danielle Broadway and Rollo Ross LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – When Cassidy Jacobson was 13 years old, she posted a video of herself dancing on the popular app TikTok. Little did she know then that six years later her Casssidy_J account would have 1.5 million followers on the short-form video platform with fans drawn to her love of dance and hair care. Jacobson dreams of using her success on TikTok […]

(Reuters) – Global banks are staring at the biggest crisis since 2008 after two U.S. lenders collapsed, Switzerland’s Credit Suisse sought a government lifeline and America’s top banks agreed to offer a $30 billion rescue deal – all in the space of 10 days. The turmoil has ratcheted up fears of a contagion and prompted action from the U.S. Federal Reserve, U.S. Treasury and the private sector, but it remains […]

By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) -At least 34 African migrants were missing on Friday after their boat sank off Tunisia, the fifth shipwreck in two days, raising the total number of missing to 67 amid a sharp increase in boats heading towards Italy, Tunisian officials said. The Italian coast guard said on Thursday it had rescued about 750 migrants in two separate operations off the southern Italian coastline, hours after […]

VILLANUEVA DE VIVER, Spain (Reuters) -Spain’s first major wildfire of the year raged in the eastern Valencia region on Friday, destroying more than 3,000 hectares (7,413 acres) of forest and forcing 1,500 residents to abandon their homes, authorities said. An unusually dry winter across parts of the south of the European continent has reduced moisture in the soil and raised fears of a repeat of 2022, when 785,000 hectares were […]

By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) -At least 34 African migrants were missing on Friday after their boat sank off Tunisia, the fifth shipwreck in two days, raising the total number of missing to 67 amid a sharp increase in boats heading towards Italy, Tunisian officials said. The Italian coast guard said on Thursday it had rescued about 750 migrants in two separate operations off the southern Italian coastline, hours after […]

(Reuters) – The Federal Reserve’s 12 regional banks have agreed to adopt a common policy for handling public requests for information and will have it in place by the end of this year, the New York Fed said in a statement on Friday. “The Federal Reserve Banks are committed to transparency and accountability and each Reserve Bank has existing procedures for providing information to the public,” the statement said. “In […]

By Fatos Bytyci and Ognen Teofilovski LOJANE, North Macedonia (Reuters) – The heavy odour gives a hint of the tonnes of toxic waste including arsenic oxide left at a landfill site near where 400 children learn and play at a school in North Macedonia. A chromium and antimony mine in the village of Lojane was closed in 1979 and the waste was abandoned, left in the open air, polluting land […]