MANILA (Reuters) – Immigration records showing former Wirecard chief operating officer Jan Marsalek arrived in the Philippines on June 23 and left for China the next day were forged, the Philippine attorney general said Saturday, Menardo Guevarra. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Wirecard AG, an independent provider of outsourcing and …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Finally, people were allowed to drink in a pub, eat in a restaurant or cut their hair on Saturday for the first time in more than three months, as England took its biggest steps until the resumption of normal life. A worker carries a beer at The …
Read More »Lucky Brand files for bankruptcy as the latest retail victim of coronavirus
(Reuters) – Clothing company Lucky Brand Dungarees files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, it said Friday, becoming the latest retailer to fall victim to the coronavirus pandemic. The firm said it had entered into a “horse stalking asset purchase agreement” with SPARC Group LLC, which owns brands like Aeropostale and Nautica, …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea does not feel the need for talks with the United States, which would be “nothing more than a political tool” for Washington, a senior North Korean diplomat said on Saturday before an envoy visited. American to South Korea. FILE PHOTO: Hyon Song Wol, head of …
Read More »Botswana senior veterinarian defends investigations into unexplained elephant deaths
GABORONE (Reuters) – Botswana’s top wildlife veterinarian on Friday rejected accusations by some conservationists that the government had not moved fast enough to investigate the unexplained deaths of at least 275 elephants. Authorities said Thursday they were still trying to find out what killed the elephants around two months after …
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