Turkish Airlines fires personnel after failed coup: media
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s state-run Turkish Airlines fired more than 100 employees, including management and cabin crew, as part of a purge at state institutions to root out supporters of an abortive coup, Turkish media reported on Monday.
Late Russian oligarch Berezovsky’s estate ‘hopelessly insolvent’
LONDON (Reuters) – The estate of late Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky, who helped broker Vladimir Putin’s rise to the Kremlin’s top job only to become his sworn enemy, is hopelessly insolvent, a British judge has said.
One in six support Hong Kong independence from China: poll
HONG KONG (Reuters) – About one in six people in Hong Kong want the special administrative region of China to become independent of the mainland, a university poll has shown, although few think it will ever happen.
London’s Golders Green station reopens after abandoned car alert
LONDON (Reuters) – London’s Golders Green underground train station reopened on Monday after an abandoned vehicle was cleared of posing a security threat.
Thai students use social media to stoke opposition to draft charter
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai student protesters will use social media tools, from Facebook to Japanese messaging app Line, to persuade voters to reject a military-backed draft constitution, some of the activists said on Monday.
Ties with Turkey will be impacted if U.S. doesn’t extradite Gulen: minister
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s ties with Washington will be impacted if the United States does not extradite the cleric it accuses of masterminding a failed military coup, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Monday, adding he would meet with U.S….
Turkey in no position to become EU member any time soon: Juncker
PARIS (Reuters) – Turkey is in no position to become a European Union member any time soon and all negotiations for it to join will stop immediately if it reintroduces the death penalty, EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said on Monday.
Turkey ruling, opposition parties rally together after coup
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of supporters of Turkey’s ruling and main opposition parties, usually bitter foes, rallied together on Sunday in support of democracy following a failed military coup as President Tayyip Erdogan tightens his grip …
No deadline for start of Brexit talks: EU president Juncker
PARIS (Reuters) – EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said on Monday there was no deadline for Britain to start talks on leaving the European Union.
Philippines’ Duterte ditches the glitz for frugal national address
MANILA (Reuters) – New Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will lay out his goals for his six-year term on Monday and has set a simple tone for his inaugural national address by ordering the event stripped of its trademark swank and opulence.
