Press Digest: Wall Street Journal - Nov 22

Endo International

22/11/2023 05:22

Nov 22 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories in
the Wall Street Journal. Reuters has not verified these stories
and does not vouch for their accuracy.
    
    - Israel said it agreed to a deal with Hamas to free 50
civilian hostages held by militants in Gaza in return for the
release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails and a series
of pauses in fighting.
    
    - North Korea said it had successfully placed its homegrown
spy satellite into orbit, a much-anticipated attempt after a
pair of failed tries this year and a recent assumption that the
Russians would help fix matters.
     
    - Binance chief Changpeng Zhao stepped down and pleaded
guilty to violating criminal U.S. anti-money-laundering
requirements, in a deal that might preserve the company’s
ability to continue operating, according to court documents.
     
    - Citigroup  C.N  has named senior leaders for banking in
Asia, part of the U.S. bank’s ongoing global restructuring.
        
  
        - The U.S. government said Tuesday it would impose visa
restrictions on individuals running charter flights into
Nicaragua, flooding the Central American country with tens of
thousands of U.S.-bound migrants, mostly from Haiti, Cuba and
Africa.
        
  
        - A group of lenders at Endo International  ENDPQ.PK 
made a new proposal that would pay up to $465 million to the
U.S. government agencies that objected to the bankrupt
pharmaceutical company’s restructuring plan to hand control to
the creditors. 
        
  
        
  

 (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)
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