KAMPALA, June 20 (Reuters) - The Islamic Development Bank's (IsDB) executive board has approved a €650.7 million ($746.2 million) loan to Uganda to help finance its standard gauge railway project, the finance ministry said late on Friday. Uganda is raising funds for the €2.7 billion project, which has already won backing from lenders including the World Bank and the African...

June 20 (Reuters) - Porsche CEO Michael Leiters expects a swift conclusion to negotiations on a second cost-cutting package at the German sports car maker, according to an interview with Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung published on Saturday. We want to reach an agreement with the employees before the factory holidays in July. Porsche employees need clarity, Leiters said. -- Porsche has...

SANTO DOMINGO, June 19 (Reuters) - A woman was killed and nearly 1,700 tourists were evacuated due to a large fire at a hotel in theDominican beach resort of Bayahibe, local authorities said on Friday. Francesca Valentino, a 46-year-old Italian woman, was killed in the fire at the Viva Wyndham Dominicus Beach Hotel, the DAEH emergency service said in a...

Former Connecticut attorney general George Jepsen shares his thoughts on the merger LOS ANGELES, June 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The proposed merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery deserves serious, evidence-based review. But antitrust enforcement should protect competition, not freeze legacy media companies in place while Big Tech platforms continue to dominate streaming. That is the central question state Attorneys...