(Reuters) – Gene therapy company UniQure NV is exploring options including a sale amid interest from other pharmaceutical companies looking to expand in gene therapy, Bloomberg reported on Sunday citing people with knowledge of the matter. No final decisions have been made, and there is no certainty the deliberations will lead to a transaction, Bloomberg… Read More
An official from Russia‘s security council described as absurd accusations that Moscow used disinformation to sway voters towards right-wing parties in last month’s European Union elections, Rossiyskaya Gazeta newspaper reported on Sunday. An EU review into elections to its parliament, published on Friday, said there was evidence both Russian and European online sources had sought to promote… Read More
CAPE TOWN, June 16 (Reuters) – Youth unemployment in South Africa has become a “national crisis”, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Sunday at an event commemorating youth activism during the apartheid era. Unemployment in Africa’s most advanced economy has remained stubbornly high since white minority rule ended 25 years ago, and creating jobs is a… Read More
Boris Johnson, leadership candidate for Britain’s Conservative Prime Minister, leaves home in London, Britain, June 15, 2019. REUTERS/Toby Melville LONDON (Reuters) – Boris Johnson, the frontrunner to replace Prime Minister Theresa May, should be tested in the leadership contest and the person to challenge him is international aid minister Rory Stewart, junior defense minister Tobias… Read More
MELBOURNE, June 16 (Reuters) – A Super Rugby season that once promised change has reverted to type at the business end with the Canterbury Crusaders in the box seat for the title, and South Africa and Australia left to fight for the scraps from New Zealand’s playoffs table. The first of four New Zealand teams… Read More
(Reuters) – Target Corp on Saturday said its payment registers were back online after a systems outage stopped customers in the United States from paying for in-store purchases. The outage was caused by an “internal technology issue” that lasted for about two hours and was not a data breach or security-related issue, Target said in… Read More
(Updates with leaders teeing off) By Steve Keating PEBBLE BEACH, CA., June 15 (Reuters) – Gary Woodland’s quest for a first major continued, while Tiger Woods’s bid for a 16th faded, at the U.S. Open on Saturday. Woodland, who began the third round with a two-shot advantage over Justin Rose, will hope to get his… Read More
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian retail veteran Michael Klein and his family on Friday gained control of appliance retailer Via Varejo SA from retailer GPA SA in an auction. Klein bought a smaller than anticipated additional stake in the company, but other investors pitched in and GPA ended by selling its entire stake at a… Read More
LONDON, June 15 (Reuters) – Aaron Finch’s brilliant 153 lifted Australia to an imposing total of 334 for seven in their Cricket World Cup match against Sri Lanka at The Oval on Saturday. Captain Finch flayed the Sri Lanka attack all around the ground as the defending champions accelerated smoothly in the second half of… Read More
LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigeria’s central bank said on Friday it will close the bank accounts of firms caught smuggling into the country any goods for which access to foreign exchange has been restricted. Central Bank of Nigeria’s logo is seen on the headquarters building in Abuja, Nigeria January 22, 2018. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde The central bank… Read More
Chinese President Xi Jinping celebrated his 66th birthday on Saturday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who Xi considers a close friend and who gave Xi ice cream as a present, Chinese state media reported. The discussion of senior leaders’ private lives is extremely rare in China, and the exact birth dates of most of them are… Read More
FILE PHOTO: American Airlines Boeing 737 MAX jets sit parked at a facility in Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S., May 10, 2019. Photo taken May 10, 2019. American Airlines/Handout via REUTERS (Reuters) – A U.S. federal court on Friday granted American Airlines Group Inc’s request to halt an alleged illegal slowdown by its mechanics’ unions that the… Read More
* Woods stumbles with back-to-back bogeys * Koepka stays in chase with two-under 69 * Up to afternoon wave to get Rose (Adds quotes) By Steve Keating PEBBLE BEACH, CA., June 14 (Reuters) – Gary Woodland shot out of the U.S. Open woodwork with an error-free six-under 65 to steal the halfway lead from Justin… Read More
FILE PHOTO: The Papa John’s store in Westminster, Colorado, U.S. August 1, 2017. REUTERS/Rick Wilking (Reuters) – Papa John’s International Inc has appointed Ernst & Young LLP as its auditor for fiscal year ending December 2019 after dropping KPMG LLP, the company said in a regulatory filing on Friday. The pizza chain said it dismissed… Read More
(Adds details and background) JOHANNESBURG, June 14 (Reuters) – Caster Semenya was invited on Friday to run in an 800m race in Morocco on Sunday — after previously saying she had been denied the right to participate in the event — but the invitation came too late for her to get there, her agent said.… Read More