Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Bosses warn of Brexit impact, CBI survey shows outlook slipping and other top stories.

  • Bosses warn of Brexit impact, CBI survey shows outlook slipping

    LONDON The heads of some of Britain's biggest manufacturers warned that leaving the European Union would trigger widescale job losses and a business survey showed the weakest economic outlook in over three years due to uncertainty over the referendum.Britons will vote on June 23 on whether to remain in the EU, prompting business leaders to join forces to say that quitting the world's largest trading bloc would hit demand, jobs and pay.On Wednesday the heads of Siemens, Airbus and GKN will say ..
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  • Israeli Officials Seek Ways to Combat Boycott Effort

    Israeli Officials Seek Ways to Combat Boycott Effort
    UNITED NATIONS — Alarmed at the spread of a Palestinian campaign to boycott Israel and particularly its resonance on college campuses, the Israeli Mission to the United Nations and World Jewish Congress held a conference on Tuesday aimed at galvanizing support for an effective countermessage.Precisely what that countermessage will be, and how it can successfully be conveyed, were among the goals discussed at the conference, titled “Build Bridges, Not Boycotts,” held at the United Nations headqu..
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  • Airstrikes in Syria Killed and Hurt Dozens Near Hospital, Rescuers Say

    Airstrikes in Syria Killed and Hurt Dozens Near Hospital, Rescuers Say
    Video Toddler Rescued After Idlib Attack Two hospitals in Idlib, Syria, were hit in aerial bombardments reportedly conducted by Syrian government forces or their Russian allies. By NATALIA V. OSIPOVA on Publish Date May 31, 2016. Photo by Khalil Ashawi/Reuters. Watch in Times Video » BEI..
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  • Almost 46 million people trapped in slavery with North Korea, India key offenders: global index

    Almost 46 million people trapped in slavery with North Korea, India key offenders: global index
    LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Almost 46 million people are living as slaves globally with the greatest number in India but the highest prevalence in North Korea, according to the third Global Slavery Index launched on Tuesday with Australian actor Russell Crowe.The index, by Australia-based human rights group Walk Free Foundation, increased its estimate of people born into servitude, trafficked for sex work, or trapped in debt bondage or forced labor to 45.8 million from 35.8 million i..
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  • Paris to Open Camp for Several Hundred Migrants

    Paris to Open Camp for Several Hundred Migrants
    PARIS—Several hundred migrants will be housed at a new camp in the French capital under a plan announced by officials here on Tuesday. Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said several sites have been identified in the north of the city that would be appropriate for the camp and the location will be announced shortly. “Paris will not stand by and do...
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  • Thai Officials Remove Tigers From Famed 'Tiger Temple' Amid Abuse Allegations

    Thai Officials Remove Tigers From Famed 'Tiger Temple' Amid Abuse Allegations
    SAI YOK, Thailand — Thailand's world-famous "Tiger Temple" was in disarray on Tuesday after hundreds of officials descended on the sanctuary amid allegations monks who ran the outfit were abusing their charges. The Tiger Temple in Kachanburi province was popular with tourists, who could pay to pat and take photographs with passive big cats. However, the sanctuary has been dogged by allegations from wildlife and animal-rights organizations that it was breeding tigers for profit and selling ..
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  • ISIS reportedly uses hundreds of families as human shields to protect Fallujah

    ISIS reportedly uses hundreds of families as human shields to protect Fallujah
    "Several hundred" innocent families were trapped in the center of the bloody battle for the Islamic State's Iraqi hub of Fallujah, used as human shields for the terror group, the United Nations refugee agency warned on Tuesday as a leading aid group called it a "human catastrophe." The fighting left at least seven members of one family dead or wounded on Saturday, UNHCR spokesperson William Spindler told reporters. An estimated 50,000 people remained trapped. "They are locking some families dow..
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  • Road to Rio: As Crime Explodes In Rio, Private Security Forces Step In As Protectors

    Road to Rio: As Crime Explodes In Rio, Private Security Forces Step In As Protectors
    At just past 6 a.m. on Saturday, May 7,  a young woman named Ana Beatriz Pereira Frade was riding with her stepfather along a busy highway in northern Rio de Janeiro, not far from where many of this year's Olympic events will take place in August. They were going to the airport to surprise Ana's mother, who was returning from a trip.  According to police and media reports, a gang of five to eight masked men surrounded their car in the middle of the highway when traffic slowed. The men brandishe..
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  • Deadly explosion, fire at India's biggest ammunition depot

    Deadly explosion, fire at India's biggest ammunition depot
    At least 17 people have been killed and 19 others injured in fire at India's biggest ammunition storage facility in Maharashtra state's Pulgaon area, some 420 miles east of Mumbai.The dead include two army officers and 13 firefighting personnel. Among the injured were at least nine army personnel and six firefighting staff. The injured are being treated at an army hospital in the state's Wardha district. The army said all of them are stable.The fire started with an explosion at one of the sheds..
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