(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday it is reviewing concerns raised by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer against a popular influencer-created energy drink. Schumer said earlier this month that PRIME, a beverage brand started last year by YouTube stars Logan Paul and KSI, should be investigated due to the high…
DUBAI (Reuters) – The U.N. human rights office said on Thursday at least 87 people including women and children had been buried in a mass grave in Sudan’s West Darfur, saying it had credible information they were killed by the country’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF). RSF officials denied any involvement, saying the paramilitary group was…
By Corina Pons MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s postal service said it had enough staff to handle the country’s largest ever postal vote for snap elections due on July 23, as a union leader said it needed to hire more to ensure no one was at risk of being disenfranchised. Two and a half million out…
By Federica Urso ROME (Reuters) – A new Italian government scheme to help people with rising food bills is under attack from charities, sociologists and opposition politicians because it limits the type of households that can benefit and the types of food that can be bought. From July 18, Giorgia Meloni’s rightist government will distribute…
DAKAR (Reuters) -The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) has raised concerns about reports in Ghana that hundreds of citizens seeking refuge from an insurgency in neighbouring Burkina Faso were being deported, an allegation that Ghana denies. Burkina Faso is one of several West African countries fighting armed groups that took root in north Mali and…
DAKAR (Reuters) – Senegal’s navy has intercepted a boat with around 70 migrants risking the perilous Atlantic route to Spain, the army said on Thursday, the third reported crossing this week as attempts from West Africa pick up in the warmer summer months. The vessel was caught late on Wednesday night at the mouth of…
By Sarah Marsh and Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany on Thursday published its first and long-awaited China strategy which was unflinching in its appraisal of Beijing’s “increasing assertiveness” but vague on policy measures to reduce critical dependencies. The 64-page document comes amid a broader push in the West to reduce strategic dependencies on a China…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. producer prices barely rose in June and the annual increase in producer inflation was the smallest in nearly three years, more evidence that the economy had entered a disinflation phase. The producer price index for final demand nudged up 0.1% last month, the Labor Department said on Thursday. Data for May…
DUBAI (Reuters) -Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Thursday agreed on initiating urgent negotiations to finalize an agreement between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan on the filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and the rules of its operations, a joint statement said. The statement mentioned the two leaders…
(Reuters) – Germany on Thursday passed its long-awaited China strategy after months of wrangling within Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-way coalition over how much to toughen Berlin’s stance. Following are highlights of the paper and statements by German leaders. GERMANY’S ASSESSMENT OF CHINA * China is trying to create economic and technological dependencies in order to…
