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Trains are parked near the central train station in Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, March 27, 2023. Germany faces a nationwide public transport strike on Monday. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to overhaul the judiciary is facing mounting opposition. The country’s ceremonial president on Monday urged an immediate halt to the legal changes, universities countrywide shut their doors in protest and trade unions were expected to call for a general strike. The overhaul has sparked one of Israel’s gravest domestic crises, drawing widespread opposition from business leaders, legal officials and even the country’s military. Tens of thousands of people burst into the streets around the country overnight in a spontaneous show of anger at Netanyahu’s decision to fire his defense minister after he called for a pause to the overhaul.
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Protesting is a rite of passage in France and again the rage. The country that taught the world about people power with its revolution of 1789 is seething. French President Emmanuel Macron has ignited a firestorm of anger with unpopular pension reforms that he rammed through parliament. Young people are joining protests against him. Some of them are first-time demonstrators. Violence is also picking up. Freshly spray-painted slogans in Paris streets reference the 1789 French Revolution. Regular strikes and demonstrations are threatening to make Macron’s second and final term as president even more difficult than his first. Macron's predecessor says anger and resentment are at levels he's rarely seen.
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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. says it has agreed on the sale of troubled Silicon Valley Bank to North Carolina-based First-Citizens Bank & Trust Co. The sale involves the sale of all deposits and loans of SVB to First-Citizens. The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank rattled the banking industry and led the FDIC and other regulators to act to protect depositors to prevent wider financial turmoil. The bank, based in Santa Clara, California, failed on March 10 after depositors rushed to withdraw money amid fears about the bank’s health. It was the second-largest bank collapse in U.S. history.
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Protesters shout slogans as former Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou leaves for China outside of Taoyuan International Airport in Taoyuan City, Northern Taiwan, Monday, March 27, 2023. Ma is scheduled to visit China Monday on a 12-day tour, a day after Taiwan lost another one of its diplomatic allies to China. Banner reads "Ma is a beggar and kneels to meet the Communists." (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
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FILE - Chinese President Xi Jinping talks about how the Chinese symbol for the word "people" resembles two sticks supporting each other as he speaks at a banquet in Seattle, on Sept. 22, 2015. The Chinese president's visit was a top Washington state news item in 2015. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
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Sample scripts provided for Utah lawmakers to read in videos requested by the government of Shanghai early in the coronavirus pandemic are photographed Feb. 13, 2023. As tensions with Washington rise, Beijing has focused its influence efforts on state and local officials. Security experts have warned that state lawmakers could be unwitting participants in Chinese government propaganda efforts.(AP Photo/Jon Elswick)
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Taowen Le, a Weber State University professor of information systems and technologies, speaks during an interview at Weber State University on Oct. 11, 2022, in Ogden, Utah. An investigation by the Associated Press has found that China and its U.S.-based advocates spent years building relationships with the Utah's officials and lawmakers. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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In a letter photographed Feb. 13, 2022, Utah professor Taowen Le sent a letter to Utah Gov. Spencer Cox in 2022 urging him to meet with a Chinese ambassador. Le is among China's most vocal advocates in the state. An investigation found that China’s global influence campaign has been surprisingly robust and successful in Utah. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)
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FILE - Senate President Stuart Adams speaks with reporters on the opening day of the Utah Legislative Session at the Utah State Capitol on Jan. 17, 2023, in Salt Lake City. An investigation by the Associated Press has found that China and its U.S.-based advocates spent years building relationships with the Utah's officials and lawmakers. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)