Economists warn on minimum wage before German coalition talks
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s leading economic institutes warned ahead of a round of coalition talks on Thursday against the introduction of a new minimum wage of 8.50 euros per hour, saying the move could lead to significant job losses in eastern Germa…
Fingerprints in European passports legal: EU court
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union’s highest court rejected on Thursday a German man’s challenge to the inclusion of his fingerprints in his passport, saying such data helped to prevent identity fraud and to curb illegal immigration.
Canadian U.N. worker released in Syria: state TV
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A Canadian man working for the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Golan Heights has been released, Syrian state television said on Thursday, eight months after he was reported to have been captured by rebel fighters.
Ukraine’s Tymoshenko should be free in a month: daughter
KIEV (Reuters) – The daughter of Ukraine’s jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko sees two years of pain and “psychological torture” ending for her mother with her departure to Germany for medical treatment by November 19 under a deal brokered by Eu…
Britain opens nuclear power projects to Chinese investment
BEIJING (Reuters) – Britain opened the door to investment from China in its nuclear sector on Thursday as finance minister George Osborne invited Chinese companies to take stakes in new nuclear projects.
Greek protesters march on finance ministry with gifts of food
ATHENS (Reuters) – Municipal workers marched on the finance minister’s office in Athens with baskets of olive oil, tomatoes and a whole chicken on Thursday in an ironic protest after he suggested his family was suffering like other Greeks in the econom…
China holds two bloggers as it expands crackdown on rumors
BEIJING (Reuters) – Police in China have arrested an influential blogger and are holding a cartoonist in a widening crackdown on online “rumor-mongering”, friends and a lawyer for one of them said on Thursday.
China holds two bloggers as it expands crackdown on rumors
BEIJING (Reuters) – Police in China have arrested an influential blogger and are holding a cartoonist in a widening crackdown on online “rumor-mongering”, friends and a lawyer for one of them said on Thursday.
More bombs explode in Myanmar; police arrest four suspects
YANGON (Reuters) – Several bombs exploded in northeastern Myanmar on Thursday, police said, the latest in a string of unexplained attacks, including a blast this week that injured an American tourist in a plush hotel in the country’s commercial capital…
Chemical weapons watchdog says confident on Syria deadlines
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – The world’s chemical weapons watchdog is confident it will be able to meet deadlines to destroy Syria’s toxic stockpile even though some sites are in disputed or rebel-held territory, a special adviser to the organization’s direct…
