Unilever proposed combining its Dutch and British legal entities in a single holding company based in Britain on Thursday after shareholders sank an earlier plan to move the global consumer goods group’s headquarters to the Netherlands. The proposed unification, which would unwind a structure that has been in place since 1930, would give Dove soap […]

The Rio de Janeiro state legislature voted Wednesday to open impeachment proceedings against Governor Wilson Witzel over accusations he embezzled funds for fighting the coronavirus pandemic. With 69 votes in favor and one abstention, legislators in the state — Brazil’s second-hardest-hit in the pandemic, after Sao Paulo — passed a motion to open an impeachment […]

Turkish Airlines’ international flights remained grounded on Wednesday, a company official said, as the national flag carrier is still waiting to get the go-ahead for take-off. The airline had been scheduled to resume limited international travel from Wednesday and had announced plans to add new routes from six European countries to Turkey from next week. […]

Landmine blasts killed at least seven people including civilians on the edges of Libya’s capital Wednesday, wounding 10 others, the unity government’s health ministry said. “Seven people were killed in landmine explosions in several locations in the south of Tripoli, and 10 others were wounded,” the Libya’s ministry spokesman Amin al-Hashemi told AFP. Those killed […]

“Harry Potter” author JK Rowling revealed on Wednesday she has been a victim of domestic abuse and sexual  assault. The celebrated British writer said in a blog post that she was disclosing the information to give context to her controversial past comments about transgender women. “This isn’t an easy piece to write,” Rowling said in […]