Strong franc lures EU workers to Switzerland
ZURICH (Reuters) – The strong Swiss franc is a beacon for foreign workers aiming to cash in on the currency’s purchasing power just as Switzerland aims to limit immigration from the European Union, a government panel reported on Tuesday.
Japanese plane circles over China-claimed region in South China Sea
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Philippines (Reuters) – A Japanese military patrol plane circled over disputed parts of the South China Sea on Tuesday at the start of an exercise with the Philippine military that has irked China.
Striking French ferry workers blockade Calais port
LILLE, France (Reuters) – Striking French ferry workers blockaded the port of Calais on Tuesday morning, disrupting maritime traffic and Eurotunnel’s undersea rail link with Britain in protest at restructuring at its MyFerryLink division, port official…
Rwanda calls arrest by UK of spy chief an ‘outrage’
KIGALI (Reuters) – Rwanda said it was an “outrage” for Britain to arrest its intelligence chief at the request of Spain, which wants him on war crimes charges, and suggested Western states were swayed by those behind the 1994 genocide.
Thailand says wraps up trafficking probe, rights groups sceptical
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai police said on Tuesday they had “shown sincerity” and wrapped up the country’s biggest investigation into human trafficking, as rights groups questioned whether they had even scratched the surface.
China slams Western misconceptions of role in World War Two
BEIJING (Reuters) – Western countries have a lack of appreciation about China’s sacrifices and contributions during World War Two, a senior official said on Tuesday, as the government outlined plans for a military parade through central Beijing to mark…
China aims to challenge U.S. air dominance: Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China is mounting a serious effort to challenge U.S. military superiority in air and space, forcing the Pentagon to seek new technologies and systems to stay ahead of its rapidly developing rival, Deputy Defense Secretary Robert …
Children must be at heart of new development goals: UNICEF
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Millions of the world’s poorest children are denied a fair start in life and many more will be left behind unless they’re put at the center of new development goals for 2030, the United Nations children’s agency UN…
Taliban attack Afghanistan’s parliament, seize second district in north
KABUL (Reuters) – A Taliban suicide bomber and six gunmen attacked the Afghan parliament on Monday as lawmakers met to consider a new defense minister, and another district in the volatile north fell to the militants as they intensified a summer offens…
Australian ‘severed head’ militants reportedly killed in Iraq
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia is close to confirming the reported death in Iraq of two home-grown militants who shot to infamy last year after being photographed holding the severed heads of Syrian soldiers, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on Tuesday…
