May, 2016

• 29 May

  Sun Pharma’s USA unit gets subpoena in antitrust probe

    Bloomberg Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., India’s largest drugmaker, said its U.S. unit received a grand jury subpoena from the Justice Department’s antitrust division related to generic products and pricing. The summons also sought documents about communications with competitors and others regarding the sale of generic drugs, along with corporate and employee records, Sun Pharma said in a May 27 ...

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• 29 May

  Louis Vuitton show draws fashion world to crisis-hit Brazil

    Niteroi, Brazil / AP The elite of the fashion world flocked to Brazil, defying an outbreak of the Zika virus, an economic meltdown and the deep political crisis afflicting the country to attend a runway show Saturday by revered French label Louis Vuitton. Around 500 guests, including A-listers Jaden Smith and Catherine Deneuve and fashion royalty flown in from New ...

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• 29 May

  Mitsui to supply LNG cargo to Colombia

    Bloomberg Mitsui & Co. has been chosen to deliver Colombia’s first cargo of liquefied natural gas later this year as the country prepares to place a floating import terminal into service, according to the terminal’s developer. Mitsui will send the cargo to the gas storage complex that Sociedad Portuaria El Cayao SA ESP, owned in part by Colombia gas ...

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• 29 May

  Fears for trapped civilians in strife-ravaged Iraq, Syria

  

    Baghdad / AFP Iraq’s elite forces deployed around Fallujah, marking a new phase in efforts to retake the extremist bastion, as concern grew for trapped civilians there and in neighbouring Syria. After almost a week of shaping operations around Fallujah, the arrival of the counter-terrorism service (CTS) signalled that an assault on the IS group inside the city may ...

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• 29 May

  40 kids drown as shipwrecks claim up to 700 in a week

    Rome / AFP A week of shipwrecks and death in the Mediterranean culminated on Sunday with harrowing testimony from migrant survivors who said another 500 people including 40 children had drowned, bringing the number of feared dead to 700. Brought to safety in the Italian ports of Taranto and Pozzallo, survivors told the UN’s refugee agency (UNHCR) and Save ...

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• 29 May

  19 migrants rescued from boat in English Channel

    London / AFP The British coastguard said it rescued 19 migrants on Sunday from the Channel after their inflatable boat began to take on water. “The rhib (rigid-hulled inflatable boat), with 19 people on board was located at 2.00am and the incident handed over to Border Force,” it said in a statement. The mission included the deployment of a ...

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• 29 May

  ‘Taliban faction’ ready for peace talks

  

    SHINDAND / AP A breakaway Taliban faction is willing to hold peace talks with the Afghan government but will demand the imposition of Islamic law and the departure of all foreign forces, a senior leader of the group said Sunday. Mullah Abdul Manan Niazi told a group of around 200 followers in eastern Afghanistan that his faction had no ...

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• 29 May

  10 killed in Bangladesh local election violence

    Dhaka / AFP At least 10 people have been killed and thousands injured in clashes between supporters and candidates of rival parties during the latest Bangladesh local elections, police and poll monitors said on Sunday. Unprecedented levels of violence and allegations of poll rigging have marred local council elections held in phases since March, with at least 90 people ...

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• 29 May

  Unity govt struggles to make impact in Libya

  

    Tripoli / AFP Two months after his dramatic arrival in Libya’s capital, Fayez Al-Sarraj’s unity government has won international support but had little impact inside a divided country plagued by extremists, analysts say. The head of the Government of National Accord sailed into Tripoli under naval escort on March 30 in defiance of a militia alliance that has been in ...

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• 29 May

  Netanyahu’s newly expanded coalition already threatened

    Jerusalem / AFP A key party in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s newly expanded right-wing coalition threatened to bring it down on Sunday over a demand related to the military. The Jewish Home party, whose leader Naftali Bennett is a political rival to Netanyahu, said it would vote against the expanded coalition in parliament if its demand was not met. ...

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