BARCELONA/MADRID, May 19 (Reuters) – Police in Spain’s region of Catalonia detained the son of the founder of the Mango fashion group, Isak Andic, on Tuesday in an investigation of the death of his father, who was killed in a fall from a cliff near Barcelona in December 2024, the Mossos police force said. A …
DUBAI, May 19 (Reuters) – Tehran’s latest peace proposal to the United States involves ending hostilities on all fronts including Lebanon, the exit of U.S. forces from areas close to Iran, and reparations for destruction caused by the U.S.-Israeli war, state media reported on Tuesday. In Tehran’s first comments on the proposal, Deputy Foreign Minister …
ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta is bracing to host World Cup fans from around the globe and has something for everyone to enjoy. Visitors should prepare for June and July temperatures averaging nearly 90 degrees, but the city known for its sports culture and Southern hospitality is ready to host one of the world’s largest sporting …
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 …