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LuxLeaks whistleblowers get suspended jail sentences ARABIA

LuxLeaks whistleblowers get suspended jail sentences

Two whistleblowers in the ‘LuxLeaks’ tax scandal were given suspended jail sentences on Wednesday for leaking thousands of documents that exposed Luxembourg's huge tax breaks ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Britons already feeling pinch from Brexit INTERNATIONAL

Britons already feeling pinch from Brexit

Holidays abroad are already more expensive and supermarket food prices will rise -- Britons are feeling the pinch from Brexit, analysts say.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Thousands march in latest French labour reform protest INTERNATIONAL

Thousands march in latest French labour reform protest

Thousands of people took to the streets of Paris on Tuesday in the latest protest march in a marathon campaign against the French Socialist government's job market reforms.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Zuma should pay back $500,000 of public funds: treasury INTERNATIONAL

Zuma should pay back $500,000 of public funds: treasury

South African President Jacob Zuma should pay back $500,000 of public funds used to upgrade his private residence with facilities including a chicken coop ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Erdogan apologises to Putin over downed jet: Kremlin ASIA

Erdogan apologises to Putin over downed jet: Kremlin

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has apologised to Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin over Ankara's downing of a Russian military jet last year that shattered ties, the Kremlin said ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
French politicians want English scrapped as EU language INTERNATIONAL

French politicians want English scrapped as EU language

French purists have never taken kindly to having English thrust upon them, and some have seized upon Brexit as a chance to rid themselves of Shakespeare's language -- at least at EU headquarters.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
UK Labour leader faces revolt over Brexit campaign INTERNATIONAL

UK Labour leader faces revolt over Brexit campaign

Opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn faced a revolt on Sunday over his handling of Britain's EU referendum as seven members of his top team resigned and others seemed set to follow.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Politics outweighs central banks as dollar swings on Brexit vote ECONOMY

Politics outweighs central banks as dollar swings on Brexit vote

Currency traders looking for the direction of the dollar should prepare for a bumpy ride and may need to pay more ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Over one million sign UK petition for second EU vote INTERNATIONAL

Over one million sign UK petition for second EU vote

More than a million people have signed a petition calling for a second referendum, after ‘Leave’ voters won a shock victory to pull Britain out of the European Union, an official website showed Saturday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
European leaders to discuss EU future after Brexit shock INTERNATIONAL

European leaders to discuss EU future after Brexit shock

Founding EU members are to hold a crisis meeting Saturday on the future of the bloc after Britain's seismic vote to leave the union and the resignation of Prime Minister David Cameron.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
British PM issues Brexit warning in knife-edge race INTERNATIONAL

British PM issues Brexit warning in knife-edge race

Prime Minister David Cameron pleaded with Britons Tuesday to think of their children and their economic well-being before voting to quit the EU ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Iran Air cleared to fly in EU: official ASIA

Iran Air cleared to fly in EU: official

Iranian flag carrier Iran Air has been taken off a safety blacklist and cleared to fly in the European Union, the European Commission said Thursday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016