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British cinema chain mulls US bankruptcy filing
British cinema chain mulls US bankruptcy filing
Business and Economy
by  AFP

British-based cinema chain Cineworld confirmed Monday that a US bankruptcy filing is among options for the debt-laden group, which has been slammed by dwindling audience numbers. Cineworld said in an update on Monday that those options "include a possible voluntary Chapter 11 filing in the United States and associated ancillary proceedings in other jurisdictions".

UN challenges Guinea junta on rights
UN challenges Guinea junta on rights
Africa
by  AFP

The United Nations has warned Guinea's ruling junta about respect for human rights after it cracked down on protesters and dissolved an opposition coalition. Bachelet called on the authorities to investigate the deaths, free those arrested and reauthorise an opposition coalition, the National Front for the Defence of the Constitution (FNDC).