BEIRUT — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has closed an international tribunal that was created to investigate the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, the U.N. chief’s spokesperson said Sunday. Over the years, the Special Tribunal for Lebanon held in absentia proceedings and found three members of the militant Hezbollah group guilty in … Read more
Conservative entrepreneur Vivek RamaswamyScott Olson/Getty Images Roche acquired a bowel-disease treatment from Roivant for over $7 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported. Roivant made $5 billion from the sale, after having only spent $15 million on development. Pfizer originally passed it over to Roivant for free last December. Roche’s acquisition of a bowel-inflammation treatment delivered … Read more
Touch upon this storyComment El Periódico, a crusading newspaper that uncovered corruption within the Guatemalan authorities and different establishments, ceased publication on Monday, the most recent sufferer of an escalating wave of repression towards impartial journalism in Central America. In a closing version Monday, the 27-year-old newspaper stated it had taken the “bitter and unhappy … Read more