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Enrollment in the Affordable Care Act continues to erode as some customers struggle to make premium payments, with the declining numbers churning market uncertainty for insurers. In response, insurers are likely to raise rates again next year, following this year’s larger-than-typical hikes. Sign-ups were already down in January by about 1.2 million from last year’s …
LONDON, May 19 (Reuters) – A panel of experts led by the World Health Organization will meet on Tuesday to discuss if there are any vaccine options to help tackle a major Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. There have been 131 suspected deaths and 500 cases linked to the outbreak of the …
BRUSSELS, May 19 (Reuters) – European Union negotiators were expected to agree on Tuesday to scrap import duties on U.S. goods to comply with the trade deal struck with the United States last year and ward off U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat of much higher tariffs. Under the terms of the deal struck at Trump’s …
KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 (Reuters) – Malaysia’s defence minister on Tuesday said a notice has been sent to Norway seeking compensation of more than 1 billion ringgit ($251.76 million), after Oslo abruptly cancelled export approvals for a naval strike missile system intended for Malaysian combat ships. Norway has said certain export licenses of specific defence …
May 19 (Reuters) – Armenia holds a parliamentary election on June 7 that pits the governing Civil Contract party, which is pursuing closer ties with the West, against an array of opposition parties, many of which are pro-Russian. Opinion polls and analysts predict that Civil Contract, led by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, will emerge as …
MADRID, May 19 (Reuters) – Former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero is being investigated for alleged influence peddling and related crimes, the country’s High Court said on Tuesday. In a statement, the court said Zapatero’s office in Madrid was being searched alongside three other premises, adding the former premier had been summoned to …
SEOUL, May 19 (Reuters) – The head of Starbucks Korea has been fired after a marketing campaign sparked public outrage and boycott calls for evoking painful memories of a brutal military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in 1980. Shinsegae Group, the retail conglomerate that licenses and manages the U.S. coffee chain in South Korea, said it …
SEOUL, May 19 (Reuters) – South Korea and Japan agreed to expand cooperation on LNG and crude oil supply, including on stockpiling and energy security, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said after bilateral talks in Andong on Tuesday. Lee and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi also reaffirmed stronger security coordination, including trilateral cooperation with …
By Dan Peleschuk and Tom Balmforth KYIV/LONDON, May 19 (Reuters) – From burning oil refineries to a stalling ground offensive, Russia is suffering problems in its war against Ukraine that partly stem from a growing Ukrainian military strength: the use of medium-range drone attacks. By targeting Russian air defences and logistics dozens of kilometres behind …
JAKARTA, May 19 (Reuters) – Indonesian authorities, including the military, used online disinformation campaigns to brand activists and journalists as “foreign agents” and silence dissent, sometimes leading to physical threats, Amnesty International said in a report released on Tuesday. Amnesty’s findings reflect growing concerns that Indonesia, the world’s third largest democracy, is backsliding towards army …