Investors demand 500 companies disclose more data on employees
LONDON (Reuters) – A group of international investors managing more than $12 trillion has written to 500 of the world’s top companies calling for more information about the treatment of their employees.
Tally of missing from Guatemala ‘Fire’ volcano explosion hits 332
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – One month after Guatemala’s Fuego volcano violently erupted, killing more than 100 people, the country’s disaster agency has raised the number of missing by more than two thirds to 332 people.
Two Britons poisoned with Novichok nerve agent near where Russian spy was struck down
AMESBURY, England (Reuters) – Two British citizens are critically ill after they were exposed to Novichok, the same nerve agent that struck down a former Russian agent and his daughter in March, Britain’s top counter-terrorism officer said on Wednesday…
Mexico’s business chiefs praise Lopez Obrador after prickly campaign
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s business elite had warm words for President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday after he assured them he respected private enterprise, a contrast to jibes in his campaign that some tycoons belonged to a “mafi…
Rohingya still fleeing violence, persecution in Myanmar: U.N. rights boss
GENEVA (Reuters) – Muslim Rohingya continue to flee Myanmar’s Rakhine state, many testifying about violence, persecution, killings and burning of their homes by soldiers and Buddhists, the United Nations human rights chief said on Wednesday.
Iran threatens to cut cooperation with nuclear body after Trump move
LONDON (Reuters) – Iran could reduce its co-operation with the U.N. nuclear watchdog, President Hassan Rouhani told the body’s head on Wednesday, after he warned U.S. President Donald Trump of “consequences” of fresh sanctions against Iranian oil sales…
EU lawmakers back plan for European Investment Bank work in Iran
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU lawmakers gave approval on Wednesday for the European Investment Bank (EIB) to do business in Iran, overcoming a blocking attempt and keeping alive plans to save the 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran that Washington has abandoned.
Mexico’s business bosses praise Lopez Obrador after testy campaign
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s business elite had warm words for president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday after he assured them he respected private enterprise, in contrast to jibes in the campaign that some tycoons belonged to a “maf…
Iran threatens to reduce cooperation with U.N. nuclear watchdog
LONDON (Reuters) – Iran could reduce its co-operation with the U.N. nuclear watchdog, President Hassan Rouhani told the body’s head on Wednesday, as he blamed U.S. President Donald Trump for the “new situation.”
Suspects in France bomb plot to be sent to Belgium
PARIS (Reuters) – France and Germany will send two men, including an Iranian diplomat, to Belgium to face accusations they were involved in a plot to bomb an Iranian opposition rally on the outskirts of Paris, judicial sources said on Wednesday.
