George Soros says expects support for In to rise ahead of Britain’s EU referendum: WSJ
LONDON (Reuters) – George Soros said he was confident that support for Britain to remain in the European Union would rise ahead of the June 23 vote, the Wall Street Journal reported.
German parliament condemns Turkish threats against lawmakers
BERLIN (Reuters) – The president of Germany’s parliament condemned threats against German lawmakers of Turkish origin after the Bundestag last week passed a resolution declaring the 1915 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman forces a genocide.
UK MP withdraws support for ‘Out’ campaign over EU argument
LONDON (Reuters) – A senior MP in Britain’s ruling Conservative Party said on Thursday she was withdrawing her support for a campaign to leave the European Union over its “shameful” argument that an exit would boost funding for health.
Iran arrests visiting Iranian-Canadian scholar: rights group
ANKARA (Reuters) – Iran has arrested a visiting Canadian-Iranian expert in gender and Islam, campaigners said on Thursday, at least the fifth detention of a dual-national reported in recent months.
Turkey blames Kurdish militants for Istanbul car bombing
ANKARA/MIDYAT, Turkey (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s office blamed Kurdish militants for a car bombing that killed 11 people in central Istanbul, while a second bomb on Wednesday killed five people in the largely Kurdish southeast.
French finance minister tells workers: No sense in strikes as growth picks up
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s Finance Minister, Michel Sapin, urged workers to end a wave of nationwide strikes, saying on Thursday the walkouts risked undermining signs of stronger growth and falling unemployment.
Blair and Major to warn Brexit threatens unity of United Kingdom: BBC
BELFAST (Reuters) – Tony Blair and John Major will say on Thursday that a vote to leave the European Union on June 23 would jeopardize the unity of the United Kingdom by undermining the peace in Northern Ireland and stoking calls for Scottish independe…
Berlusconi’s party denies press reports he may need heart surgery
ROME (Reuters) – Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is continuing to undergo tests in hospital but is not expected to have heart surgery, a spokeswoman for his Forza Italia party said on Thursday, denying press reports he would need an operation.
Venezuela’s top court bans media’s publishing videos of lynchings
CARACAS (Reuters) – – Venezuela’s Supreme Court on Wednesday banned media from publishing videos of lynchings, saying they create “anxiety and uncertainty” in a country ravaged by violent crime and an economic crisis.
British paedophile exploited stigma of abuse in vulnerable communities
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – In the shadows of Kuala Lumpur’s gleaming high-rises, a non-governmental organization has started holding workshops on sexual abuse for children of a poor Indian community, once a haunt of convicted British paedophile Richard H…
