Exclusive: Mexico probes Libre Abordo’s oil-for-food pact with Venezuela
The Mexican government’s financial crime department is investigating Libre Abordo, a Mexico-based firm that received millions of barrels of Venezuelan crude under an oil-for-food pact,...
Donors promise Yemen $1.35 billion, falling short of U.N. target to save aid operations
International donors raised $1.35 billion in humanitarian aid for Yemen on Tuesday but the amount fell short of the United Nations’ target of $2.4 billion...
Factbox: U.N. programmes in Yemen at risk of going broke
The United Nations said ahead of a pledging conference for Yemen on Tuesday that 30 of 41 major aid programmes in the war-torn country would...
Spain considering allowing soccer fans to return to matches
Spain’s health ministry is weighing up whether to let fans back into soccer stadiums when the season restarts later in June after a three-month pause...
California court hears appeal of $289 million verdict against Bayer in first Roundup cancer trial
A California appeals court on Tuesday heard arguments in the first case that went to trial over allegations that Bayer AG’s glyphosate-based weed killer Roundup...
Spain says digital tax won’t discriminate against countries as U.S. ups ante
Spain’s plans to tax tech companies’ revenues does not discriminate against any country, a government source told Reuters on Tuesday after the United States opened...
U.S. launches trade probe into digital taxes, plowing ground for new tariffs
The U.S. Trade Representative’s office said on Tuesday it was launching a “Section 301” investigation into digital services taxes adopted or under consideration by a...
Video calls connect anxious parents to hospitalized newborns in Colombia
Deysi Silva cannot see, hug or kiss her infant daughter....
Trump and Bolsonaro discussed research effort on using hydroxychloroquine to fight coronavirus, White House says
U.S. President Donald Trump and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro discussed a joint research effort on using the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine as both a prophylaxis and...
U.S. board urges helicopter manufacturers to add crash-data recorders
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Tuesday urged six major manufacturers to equip turbine-powered helicopters with crash-resistant systems to record data, audio and images,...