UK would lose at least 500,000 jobs after Brexit vote: Osborne
EASTLEIGH, England (Reuters) – Britain would lose at least half a million jobs within two years of a vote to leave the European Union and a fall in the value of the pound would push up inflation sharply, finance minister George Osborne said on Monday.
Turkey shifts to presidential system, even without constitutional change
ANKARA (Reuters) – As Turkey’s incoming prime minister prepares to name his new cabinet, there is little doubt that its primary role will be to rubber-stamp what has already become reality: a shift to a full presidential system with Tayyip Erdogan firm…
Philippines’ Duterte to allow burial of Marcos at heroes’ cemetery
MANILA (Reuters) – President-elect Rodrigo Duterte said on Monday he would allow the burial of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos at the Philippines’ heroes’ cemetery, despite strong opposition.
U.N. refugee agency calls European border closures ‘inhumane’
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The U.N.’s refugee agency said on Monday border closures in Europe to stop migrants were “inhumane”, and government efforts to stem the flow had averted the crisis only temporarily.
World leaders meet in Istanbul to fix ‘broken’ aid system
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Global leaders met in Istanbul on Monday to tackle a “broken” humanitarian system that has left 130 million people in need of aid, a near insurmountable task for a two-day summit that critics say risks achieving little.
Lockerbie lawyer seeks $330 million from Putin, Russia for MH17 disaster
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The U.S. aviation lawyer who won compensation for victims of the 1988 Lockerbie aircraft bombing and is now seeking $330 million from Russia for the downing of Malaysian Airlines MH17 in 2014, says Russian President Vladimir Putin mu…
Aid efficiency bargain could save $1 billion per year: EU commissioner
ISTANBUL (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Major aid donors and large humanitarian agencies are hoping to find at least $1 billion a year in savings by working more efficiently over the next five years, money that could be used to help people hit by war a…
Greece says to begin evacuating migrants camped at border within days
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece will begin in the coming days to evacuate a makeshift camp on its northern border with Macedonia where thousands of migrants and refugees have been stranded in dire conditions for months, the government said on Monday.
Everest safety under scrutiny as third climber dies in as many days
KATHMANDU/SYDNEY (Reuters) – A 43-year-old Indian mountaineer has died while descending from the summit of Mount Everest, in the third fatality on the world’s tallest mountain in as many days since climbing resumed after last year’s avalanche tragedy a…
Turks won’t get EU visa waiver before 2017: Bild newspaper
BERLIN (Reuters) – The German government does not expect Turks to get visa-free entry into the European Union before 2017 because Ankara will not fulfil the conditions for that by the end of this year, newspaper Bild cited sources in Berlin as saying o…
