Magnitude 5.4 earthquake strikes off Vanuatu: USGS
SYDNEY (Reuters) – A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck on Monday about 83 kms (51.57 miles) southwest of the town of Isangel in the South Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu, the United States Geological Survey said.
EU must prevent integration reversal in case of Brexit: German foreign minister
BERLIN (Reuters) – The European Union must prevent a reversal of integration if Britain votes to leave the 28-member bloc in its referendum this week, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier was quoted as saying on Monday.
Japan PM Abe’s LDP in solid lead ahead of upper house vote: polls
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) will likely gain more than twice as many votes as the biggest opposition Democratic Party in the July 10 upper house election, newspaper surveys showed on Mond…
Disaster-hit children struggle without school buildings, charity says
BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – From earthquakes in Nepal to flooding in Myanmar, disasters damage or destroy thousands of schools leaving hundreds of thousands of children unable to go to class, yet education is often overlooked in humanitarian…
Violent 2015 sees three environmental activists killed each week
BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Three environmental activists were killed per week last year, murdered defending land rights and the environment from mining, dam projects and logging, a campaign group said on Monday.
‘All we ask is for is our land back’: Uganda’s Bugala Island farmers
BUGALA ISLAND, Uganda (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Mariam Nakakeeto listened quietly to the grievances of fellow farmers gathered outside the grounds of a local church on Bugala Island, by the shores of Lake Victoria.
Austrian foreign minister calls for improving relationship with Moscow
VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria’s foreign minister said on Sunday it was time for the European Union to make an effort to identify common ground with Russia.
Istanbul riot police disperse ‘Trans Pride’ march
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Istanbul riot police fired tear gas and rubber pellets on Sunday to disperse a march for transgender people banned after ultra-nationalists said that “degenerates” could not demonstrate.
Investigators examine damaged EgyptAir black boxes
CAIRO (Reuters) – Investigators have begun analyzing the two severely damaged black boxes from EgyptAir flight MS804 as they seek to explain why the plane plunged into the sea, killing all 66 people on board.
Fourteen dead, mostly children, in Russian boating accident
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Fourteen people, mostly children, have died after boats capsized in stormy weather during an outing on a lake in the Republic of Karelia in north-west Russia, the local Emergencies Ministry said in a statement on Sunday.
