Odds of UK voting to stay in EU drop to 60 percent after poll: Betfair
LONDON (Reuters) – Betting odds on the likelihood of Britain voting to remain in the European Union fell to 60 percent on Thursday after a poll put the “Leave” camp ahead, according to Betfair.
French CGT union extends strike at Fos-Lavera oil port terminal
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s hardline CGT union workers have extended a strike at the Fos-Lavera oil terminal in the southern port of Marseille until Friday June 17, a union official said.
UAE says its war in Yemen ‘practically over’
DUBAI (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates’ involvement in more than a year of war in Yemen is “practically over”, a top diplomat was quoted as saying on Wednesday.
Russia says two-day ceasefire begins in Syria’s Aleppo
MOSCOW (Reuters) – On Moscow’s initiative, a two-day “regime of calmness” was introduced in Syria’s largest city of Aleppo, beginning from Thursday, the Russian defense ministry said.
German minister tells doctors to be tougher on migrants facing deportation
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere told a newspaper that doctors were handing out too many certificates to migrants who face deportation saying they were too ill to travel.
Despite Brexit noise and migrant woes, Turkey committed to EU ties
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey remains committed to closer ties with the European Union despite strains in the relationship, and wants to deepen a customs union to become the bloc’s third largest trade partner, Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek said in an…
Hundreds arrested in Venezuela after latest unrest over food
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan security forces have arrested at least 400 people after the latest bout of looting and food riots in the crisis-hit OPEC member country, local officials said on Wednesday.
Ally of drug lord ‘El Chapo’ arrested in Mexico after U.S. prison time
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A top drug-trafficking accomplice of Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman was arrested in Mexico on Wednesday for his alleged role in two murders, shortly after he was returned from the United States after completing a prison sentence for …
Thai police prepare to raid scandal-hit temple, arrest abbot
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai police prepared to raid a Buddhist temple north of Bangkok on Thursday and apprehend its influential abbot, a justice ministry unit said, the latest twist in a series of scandals that has shaken Thailand’s dominant faith.
Incoming Philippines government says to resume talks with Maoist rebels
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President-elect Rodrigo Duterte has agreed to resume formal peace negotiations with Maoist-led rebels in Oslo next month, one of Duterte’s senior advisers said on Thursday, after the talks stalled four years ago.
