Sunday, June 26, 2016

China: Tour bus blaze kills 30 and other top stories.

  • China: Tour bus blaze kills 30

    China: Tour bus blaze kills 30
    An additional 21 people were injured and rushed to hospitals following the crash Sunday morning. The blaze started after the bus crashed into a guardrail on a highway in the central province of Hunan. Leaking oil may have fueled the fire, police said. The bus was carrying 56 people. The driver is in custody.
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  • How Brexit will affect US-UK relations

    How Brexit will affect US-UK relations
    Image copyright AFP Image caption For President Obama, trade negotiations with the EU will take precedence over post-Brexit UK There is a revolutionary strain in the American DNA - Great Britain knows all about that - so on the other side of the Atlantic there is an understanding of the statement the British people made with the Brexit vote. At the same time, as the most powerful country in the world, the United States values the status quo and the le..
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  • Israeli Authorities Set Up Situation Room Following Brexit

    Israeli Authorities Set Up Situation Room Following Brexit
    Israel’s finance ministry and central bank have set up a situation room to monitor developments following the U.K. vote to leave the European Union.Israel’s TA-25 benchmark index fell to its lowest point since January, and was down 2.7 percent at 12:42 p.m. in Tel Aviv. The 10-year benchmark government bond soared, pushing yields down 12 basis points. The shekel weakened 1.8 percent on Friday to 3.8820 per dollar.“We have a strong and stable economy that’s prepared to deal with any scenario and..
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  • Who's who in Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn's shadow cabinet

    Who's who in Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn's shadow cabinet
    Two members of Jeremy Corbyn's shadow cabinet have quit or been sacked, amid reports that more will follow. Here's a quick guide to who's going and who remains in Labour's top team.MPs who have left shadow cabinet Media captionHilary Benn tells the BBC's Andrew Marr: Jeremy Corbyn "not a leader" Foreign secretary - Hilary Benn Son of veteran Labour left-winger Tony Benn, Hilary Benn has been sacked as shadow foreign secretary .He told the BBC it had been a "very difficult decision" to tell ..
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  • Iraqi commander: Fallujah 'fully liberated' from ISIS

    Iraqi commander: Fallujah 'fully liberated' from ISIS
    A senior Iraqi commander declared that the city of Fallujah was "fully liberated" from Islamic State group militants on Sunday, after a more than monthlong military operation. Iraqi troops have entered the northwestern al-Julan neighborhood, the last area of Fallujah to remain under IS control, the head of the counterterrorism forces in the operation, Lt. Gen. Abdul-Wahab al-Saadi, told The Associated Press. Al-Saadi said the operation, which began in late May, "is done and the city is fully li..
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  • Britain's EU commissioner, finance chief Hill, resigns

    Britain's EU commissioner, finance chief Hill, resigns
    BRUSSELS The British member of the EU executive, Financial Services Commissioner Jonathan Hill, resigned on Saturday after having campaigned against Britain leaving the European Union.Following the referendum vote for Brexit on Thursday, few expected a Briton to retain oversight of the EU banking and finance market that will be a key battleground in negotiations between London and Brussels on dissolving British membership.European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said he was handing th..
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  • Spain Votes in Election Rerun

    Spain Votes in Election Rerun
    MADRID—Spaniards were voting in the nation’s second election in six months on Sunday, with turbulence from the U.K.’s vote to leave the European Union further clouding a battle among four parties seeking to woo an electorate angry about high unemployment and corruption. Polls suggest the result won’t be much different from that in last December’s election, which led to months of rancorous negotiations that fizzled out without a government being seated. Spaniards have expressed little appetite f..
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  • European Leaders Tell a Dazed Britain to Get Going on 'Brexit'

    European Leaders Tell a Dazed Britain to Get Going on 'Brexit'
    The European Union has other considerable challenges, including the migrant crisis, Greece’s turbulent economy and sanctions on Russia over Ukraine. European leaders, looking at Spanish elections on Sunday and German and French elections next year, want the uncertainty around the British question resolved as soon as possible so they can try to show their own voters that Brussels is capable and on track.But the British have to decide what they want in a future relationship with the European Unio..
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  • Gunmen storm hotel in Mogadishu; 15 killed, police say

    Gunmen storm hotel in Mogadishu; 15 killed, police say
    Story highlightsThe attackers exploded a car at the hotel gate before a gun battle eruptedThe hotel is frequented by Somali government officials, lawmakers and security officersFollowing the car explosion, someone blew themselves up inside the Naso Hablod hotel as gunmen stormed the building, Somali police Capt. Aden Dahir said. Police responded and engaged in a gunbattle with the suspects for several hours, Dahir said.The Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack ..
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