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First Citizens Bank has bought Silicon Valley Bank's deposits and loans
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation announced the takeover just over two weeks after the California-based bank collapsed, sending shockwaves through the banking sector.
Sally Patterson reports from New York.
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About 594 members of the terror group Boko Haram have graduated from a de-radicalisation, rehabilitation and reintegration programme in Nigeria.
Military authorities in the country say 590 of the repentant terrorists are Nigerians, while four are foreigners.
Correspondent Tesem Akende reports from Jos.
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India's opposition parties are uniting against the government after a senior opposition party leader Rahul Gandhi was disqualified from the Indian parliament.
Gandhi's family has led India's Congress Party for decades – and is currently Prime Minister Narendra Modi's biggest opponent at the federal level.
Ishan Garg reports.
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Taiwan is accusing China of using “coercion” to undermine its international standing, after Honduras ended its decades-long diplomatic relationship with the self-governed island, in favor of ties with Beijing instead. Richard Kimber reports from Hong Kong.
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The United States and Canada have reached an agreement to turn away asylum seekers at unofficial border crossings.
There has been a rise in crossings along their shared border over the past year.
US President Joe Biden has been in Canada for talks with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Sally Patterson reports.
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A ruling which struck down US President Joe Biden's policy requiring all federal workers to get a COVID-19 vaccine has been upheld by a court of appeals, which concluded there is no constitutional basis for the executive order.
It means Mr Biden's 2021 vaccine mandate is once more blocked and, for now, won't be enforced.
Benji Hyer reports.
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Hundreds of people gathered outside Downing Street today (Friday), to protest against the visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Crowds amassed near the UK Prime Minister's residence, as anger grows over judicial reforms in Israel.
John Bevir (Beaver) reports.
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