For some in Britain’s north, Brexit means control
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Putin says Turkey did apologize for shooting down Russian plane
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Turkey apologized for the shooting down of a Russian war plane last year, Russian President Vladimir Putin told a meeting with Russian diplomats on Thursday.
Lebanese army says it foils planned attacks by Islamic State
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s army said on Thursday it had foiled planned terrorist attacks by Islamic State on a tourist site and a crowded area, days after suicide bombers killed five people in a Christian village.
Beijing slams South China Sea case as court ruling nears
BEIJING/AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – An international court said it would deliver a hotly anticipated ruling in the Philippines’ case against China over the South China Sea on July 12, drawing an immediate rebuke from Beijing, which rejects the tribunal’s jur…
Germany’s Kohl tells EU: don’t pressure UK after Brexit vote
BERLIN (Reuters) – Former German chancellor Helmut Kohl, the architect of German reunification and a leading driver of European integration, said the EU must allow Britain time to sort itself out after its referendum vote to leave the bloc.
Britain’s Gove to run for PM, shakes Conservative leadership race
LONDON (Reuters) – Justice Secretary Michael Gove, one of the main campaigners to take Britain out of the EU, said on Thursday he would run to become prime minister, shaking up the contest and hurting the chances of his Brexit ally, ex-London mayor Bor…
China says U.S. ‘Great Wall’ remark shows misunderstanding of history
BEIJING (Reuters) – China on Thursday suggested the U.S. defense secretary brush up on his history after urging Beijing not to build a “Great Wall of self-isolation”, saying the Great Wall was build to keep out invaders not as a hindrance to contact.
Boko Haram suicide bomber kills 11 at mosque in Cameroon
YAOUNDE (Reuters) – A suicide bomber belonging to Nigerian jihadist group Boko Haram killed at least 11 people when he blew himself up close to a mosque in Cameroon near the Nigerian border, military sources and local officials said on Thursday.
Korean tutor gets suspended sentence in U.S. exam leak scandal
SEOUL (Reuters) – A South Korean court has handed down a suspended prison sentence to a cram school tutor for leaking test answers from the U.S. SAT college entrance exam, a ruling obtained on Thursday showed.
Russia will countenance an Assad exit in Syria, but not yet
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia will countenance Syrian President Bashar al-Assad leaving office, but only when it is confident a change of leader will not trigger a collapse of the Syrian government, sources familiar with the Kremlin’s thinking say.
