BRUSSELS – EU states have urged Britain to hold speedy talks on leaving the bloc after it voted to end its membership in a historic referendum. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said negotiations should begin as “soon as possible”. He made the comments after an urgent meeting of the six EU founder members to discuss…
LONDON – Prime Minister David Cameron is to step down by October after the UK voted to leave the European Union. Mr Cameron made the announcement in a statement outside Downing Street after the final result was announced. He said he would attempt to “steady the ship” over the coming weeks and months. He had…
ENGLAND – Scotland’s first minister has said a second independence referendum is “highly likely” after the UK voted to leave the EU. Nicola Sturgeon said it was “democratically unacceptable” that Scotland faced the prospect of being taken out of the EU against its will. She said the Scottish government would begin preparing legislation to enable…
WASHINGTON – There have been chaotic scenes in the lower house of the US Congress as Democrats staged a sit-in to demand a vote on gun control legislation. The protest comes in the wake of the recent shootings in Orlando, the deadliest in modern US history. Republican Speaker Paul Ryan tried to regain control but…
MUMBAI – India has announced a radical overhaul of its foreign ownership rules to attract more overseas investment. Airlines and some defence industries may now be 100% foreign owned – up from 49% and 74% respectively. And for overseas retailers there’s respite from a rule that required 30% of what they sold to be Indian…
WASHINGTON – Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has a huge advantage in campaign funds over Republican rival Donald Trump, figures show. Mrs Clinton’s campaign began June with $42m (£28m) in the bank; for Mr Trump it was $1.3m. The businessman has claimed to have self-funded his campaign, portraying himself as an outsider not linked to…
MEXICO CITY – Six people have been killed in southern Mexico in clashes between protesting teachers and police. Another 50 people, including many police officers, were injured. The incident took place in the state of Oaxaca, where two high-profile union leaders were arrested last week, accused of corruption. Members of the CNTE union, which has…
WASHINGTON – Donald Trump’s campaign manager Corey Lewandowski leaves his job, US media report.
HANOI – Vietnamese rescuers have found some pieces belonging to a search plane that went missing with nine people aboard while attempting to locate a pilot from a crashed fighter jet, the military said on Friday. The pieces including wreckage bearing the logo of the search plane, a tire, a seat and personal belongings of…
WASHINGTON – The Muslim ban proposed by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is “not the America we want”, President Barack Obama has said. Treating Muslim-Americans differently will only make the country less safe by increasing division between the West and the Muslim world, he said. On Monday Mr Trump extended his ban plan to people…
