Iraqi Kurdish referendum ‘historic mistake’: Turkey
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey on Thursday welcomed an Iraqi parliament move to reject a referendum on Kurdish independence.
German court rules public should have free access to beaches
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The public should not be forced to pay to walk on Germany’s beaches or swim in the sea, a federal court ruled, calling into question private beaches along the North and Baltic Sea coasts.
Ryanair loses EU case to keep Irish law for crew abroad
LUXEMBOURG/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Ryanair lost an EU court battle on Thursday in which the airline had sought to continue imposing business-friendly Irish labor laws on cabin crew working elsewhere in Europe, in a case with implications across the low-co…
Vietnam seeks death penalty for embezzlement by ex-chairman of state energy firm
HANOI (Reuters) – Prosecutors in Vietnam on Thursday said they were seeking the death sentence in an embezzlement case against a former chairman of state energy firm PetroVietnam, as the communist country steps up one of its biggest corruption crackdow…
EU court says Ryanair cannot impose Irish law on foreign crew
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – Ryanair cabin crew can choose to be subject to the employment law of the country they are based in, not that of the airline, the European Union top court ruled on Thursday, dealing the low-cost airline a setback.
Boys ‘cried from barred windows’ as Islamic school blaze kills 23 in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – A blaze at an Islamic boarding school in the Malaysian capital killed at least 23 people on Thursday, most of them teenage boys who cried for help from barred windows, officials and witnesses said.
All the president’s women: Duterte’s fiercest critics and a surly political heir
DAVAO, Philippines/MANILA (Reuters) – Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has a problem with women, says the woman who has known him longer than perhaps any other: his sister Jocellyn.
Myanmar says China endorses crackdown on Rohingya, branded ‘ethnic cleansing’ by U.N.
YANGON (Reuters) – China endorses Myanmar’s offensive against Rohingya Muslim insurgents, Myanmar state media said on Thursday, as the U.N. secretary-general described the operation, forcing nearly 400,000 people to flee to Bangladesh, as “ethnic clean…
Turkey warns Iraqi Kurdish referendum move will have a cost
ANKARA (Reuters) – Ankara welcomed an Iraqi parliament move to reject a referendum on Kurdish independence and warned the semi-autonomous Kurdish region that insisting on the plebiscite would have a cost, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.
German wage talks to include new focus: reduced working hours
FRANKFURT/BERLIN (Reuters) – The trade union powerhouse that won the 35-hour work week for Germans more than two decades ago is mobilizing for a new campaign to reduce working hours at annual wage negotiations about to kick off nationwide.
