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SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO, Argentina (Reuters) – Lionel Messi surpassed the 100-goals mark for World Cup champions Argentina on Tuesday by scoring a hat-trick in their 7-0 friendly win over Curacao. Argentina’s leading scorer reached a century of international goals when he opened the scoring after 20 minutes, Giovani Lo Celso setting him up in the centre of the box to slot home a low shot. Nicolas Gonzalez doubled the hosts’ […]

Israeli Protests Against Judicial Reform To Continue Despite Time Out for Negotiations The Media Line  Negotiations between officials representing Israel’s government and some opposition parties hosted by Israeli President Isaac Herzog began on Tuesday night, but Israelis opposed to the judicial reform legislation that is the subject of the talks continue to protest in the streets of Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and throughout the country. The demonstrations led Israeli Prime MInister […]

(Reuters) – Summer McIntosh set a world record in the 400m freestyle on the opening night of the Canadian swimming trials on Tuesday, the 16-year-old shaving 0.32 seconds off the mark set by Australia’s Ariarne Titmus last year. McIntosh finished in a time of 3:56.08 at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre to beat Titmus’s time of 3:56.40. “I’m not a crier but this world record, I didn’t think this […]

(Reuters) -Australia’s corporate regulator has begun investigating possible breaches of disclosure rules at share market operator ASX Ltd, the company said on Wednesday, after it cancelled a years-long rebuild of its trading software system. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) will investigate whether ASX broke laws relating to director responsibilities over public statements issued by the company in relation to the troubled project, which was pulled in 2022 after […]

(Reuters) – Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk urged Russians on Tuesday not to adopt children who she said were “stolen” in Ukraine during the war and deported to Russia. The war that Russia has been waging on its neighbour for 13 months now has seen millions of people displaced, including families and children. The real number of children who have been forcefully deported to Russia is impossible to establish. […]

By Luc Cohen and Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday unveiled a new indictment against Sam Bankman-Fried, accusing the founder of the now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange of paying a $40 million bribe to Chinese officials so they would unfreeze his hedge fund’s accounts. The new bribery conspiracy charge adds to the pressure on the 31-year-old former billionaire, who now faces a 13-count indictment over the November collapse […]

By Jeff Mason and Maayan Lubell WASHINGTON, JERUSALEM (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to abandon a judicial overhaul proposal that led to massive protests in Israel, prompting the Israeli leader to say he does not make decisions based on pressure from abroad. Netanyahu on Monday delayed the overhaul proposal after large numbers of people spilled into the streets. The White House […]

By Martin Coulter LONDON (Reuters) – The number of children using TikTok and Snapchat rose last year in Britain, according to research published by media regulator Ofcom. Around half of those aged between 3 and 17 use TikTok and Snapchat, figures collected as part of the watchdog’s annual survey of children’s and parents’ online attitudes showed. The study found a slight increase in both apps’ popularity in the past year, […]

(Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC) has informed collapsed lender Signature Bank’s crypto clients that they have until April 5 to close their accounts and move their money. The deposits in question were not part of a rescue deal arranged with Flagstar Bank, a unit of New York Community Bancorp, earlier this month. “Flagstar’s bid did not include about $4 billion in deposits related to Signature’s digital-asset […]