Stories for August 18th 2020

Tuesday, August 18th 2020 - 08:20 UTC
Diageo adds Aviation American Gin to its gin portfolio, co-owned with actor Ryan Reynolds

Diageo (DGE.L) is paying up to US$ 610 million for Aviation American Gin, co-owned by Hollywood actor Ryan Reynolds, and a clutch of other spirits brands, adding to a gin portfolio which already includes Tanqueray and Gordon’s.
Tuesday, August 18th 2020 - 08:15 UTC
Belarus dictator facing widespread protests offers to hold new elections and hand over power

Alexander Lukashenko, the leader of Belarus, said on Monday he would be ready to hold new elections and hand over power after a constitutional referendum, an attempt to pacify mass protests and strikes that pose the biggest challenge yet to his rule.
Tuesday, August 18th 2020 - 08:00 UTC
Paraguay had agreed in 1967 to receive 60,000 Palestinians from the West Bank

Israeli intelligence officials planned to transfer tens of thousands of Palestinians to Paraguay as part of a secret plan to tighten Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian West Bank, according to newly discovered documents. A journalist from Israel’s state broadcaster, KAN, made the discovery in minutes of an Israeli cabinet meeting in 1969.

Diageo adds Aviation American Gin to its gin portfolio, co-owned with actor Ryan Reynolds