Brexit camp can’t count on family ties to bind for trade
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Brexit cheerleaders are heading for a cold shoulder if they think the mother country can waltz into the warm embrace of her English-speaking siblings and win free trade deals with them.
India says number of child workers declined 60 percent in 10 years
NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The number of child laborers aged 14 or below in India dropped to 4.5 million in 2011 from 12.6 million a decade before, said the country’s labor minister, urging lawmakers to approve planned changes to existing…
Putin says Russians to start withdrawing from Syria, as peace talks resume
MOSCOW/GENEVA (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin announced out of the blue on Monday that “the main part” of Russian armed forces in Syria would start to withdraw, telling his diplomats to step up the push for peace as U.N.-mediated talks resumed on …
Standard Bank economist resigns after controversial Twitter comment
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s Standard Bank said an economist who was suspended for a controversial tweet that prompted mostly black youths to march to the lender’s offices in downtown Johannesburg has resigned.
Legal opinion backs Austria’s migrant cap: paper
VIENNA (Reuters) – A cap on asylum claims announced by Austria in January does not break European Union law, according to a legal opinion commissioned by the Austrian government, daily Oberoesterreichische Nachrichten said on Tuesday, citing government…
Senior U.S. general says Brexit would weaken NATO versus Russia: BBC
LONDON (Reuters) – A British exit from the European Union could trigger the unraveling of the bloc and thus weaken the NATO military alliance in relation to Russia, the head of the U.S. Army in Europe was quoted as saying by the BBC on Tuesday.
Major Thai trafficking trial opens amid fears for witnesses
BANGKOK (Reuters) – The trial of 92 suspected human traffickers, arrested after the discovery of shallow graves of migrants in Thai jungle, began in Bangkok on Tuesday and the attorney-general’s office said it would be over within a year amid fears abo…
Herders suffer as Nigeria army shuts cattle trade to fight Boko Haram
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – A Nigerian government push to strangle the Boko Haram insurgency has shut down the cattle trade that sustained the city of Maiduguri, leaving many residents with no livelihood, including many of the two million people dis…
Turkish air strikes in northern Iraq kill 45 Kurdish militants: army
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Air strikes by 11 Turkish warplanes in northern Iraq on Monday are believed to have killed 45 Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants, the armed forces said in a statement on Tuesday.
Taiwan president-elect touts new cabinet, mum on China ties
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan president-elect Tsai Ing-wen pledged on Tuesday her first cabinet would focus on the economic and financial issues, but avoided discussing China following a barrage of warnings directed at her by Beijing over the past week or …
