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In EU Referendum, British Expats Represent Unknown Factor

Edit Wall Street Journal 27 Apr 2016
About 1.2 million Britons live in the European Union’s 27 other member states. A vote to leave the bloc in the June referendum could complicate their lives, but not everyone favors staying ... ....

Beyoncé's father Mathew Knowles refuses to go into "speculation" about the inspiration behind Lemonade

Edit Digital Spy 27 Apr 2016
​Beyoncé's father Mathew Knowles is deciding not to speculate about the inspiration behind the singer's new visual album Lemonade ... Speaking on Mark Thompson's SiriusXM show Make It Plain on Monday (April 25), Mathew addressed the album segment 'Accountability' - which features Beyoncé reciting a spoken poem by Somali-British poet Warsan Shire ... ....

U.K. Employers Fret Brexit Would Curb Worker Inflow, Niesr Says

Edit Bloomberg 27 Apr 2016
U.K ... Employers in hospitality, food and drink and construction struggle to attract Britons to low-skilled work and are worried that large numbers of EU migrants currently doing the jobs will lose their right to live and work in the U.K. in the event of a Brexit, Niesr said Wednesday ... ....

Asia stocks inch up with central banks in focus, oil stands tall

Edit Yahoo Daily News 27 Apr 2016
By Shinichi Saoshiro. TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian stocks inched up on Wednesday, reflecting hopes that upcoming U.S ... MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan (.MIAPJ0000PUS) rose 0.1 percent ... In commodities, U.S ... Sterling was near a 12-week high of $1.4640 (GBP=D4) probed overnight as investors bet more heavily that Britons would vote in a June referendum to stay in the European Union, following an intervention from U.S....

Asia stocks subdued with central banks in focus, oil holds gains

Edit Yahoo Daily News 27 Apr 2016
By Shinichi Saoshiro. "The main event tonight is the FOMC decision and the question of how much they acknowledge the clearly better global environment," wrote Sam Tuck, senior FX strategist at ANZ ... In commodities, U.S ... [O/R]. U.S ... Sterling was near a 12-week high of $1.4640 (GBP=D4) probed overnight as investors bet more heavily that Britons would vote in a June referendum to stay in the European Union, following an intervention from U.S....

100 days to Rio: Team GB hero urges Olympic fans to stay safe (FCO - UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office)

Edit Public Technologies 27 Apr 2016
(Source. FCO - UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office). Olympic champion Dr Tim Brabants has called on British fans travelling to Brazil to stay safe and follow the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's (FCO) top tips, with just 100 days left until the Rio 2016 Olympics ... We are expecting thousands of Britons to make the journey to Rio for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, and we want all of them to have a great time ... 100% ... 00.00.00 00.00.00....

Net EU migration much higher than official estimate, group says

Edit Belfast Telegraph 27 Apr 2016
Net migration from the European Union may have been undercounted by tens of thousands, a new report claims. Pressure group Migration Watch UK said its analysis suggested the index - the difference between the number of people arriving and leaving - could be running at around 220,000 a year ... Estimated net EU migration to the UK was 172,000 and 191,000 for non-EU migration, while 40,000 more Britons left the country than arrived....

Scottish marathon runner Tsegai Tewelde escapes tragic past

Edit Scotsman 27 Apr 2016
Seventeen years on from that incident, the Shettleston Harriers athlete has been selected to represent Great Britain at the Rio Olympics this summer, after he followed fellow Scot and top-finishing Briton Callum Hawkins over the line in Sunday's London Marathon. It is a welcome high in a life that has been dealt a long list of lows. “Sometimes, I used to ask them why they did it,” says John Mackay, secretary of Shettleston Harriers ... ....

Beyonce’s ‘Lemonade’ Is a Lightning Rod — And the Most Crucial Music of 2016

Edit The Wrap 27 Apr 2016
Which makes it easy to forget what else it is ... Also Read. 5 WTF Lyrics From Beyonce's 'Lemonade' ... Also Read ... The film rolls out in chapters with titles like “Intuition,” “Denial,” “Apathy” and “Resurrection.” As a narrative device, Beyonce reads from the poetry of Somali-British poet Warsan Shire to guide viewers through her rolling inner-monologue, before firing off another song. Also Read....

Best and worst of times: Rio Olympic countdown hits 100 days

Edit Business Insider 27 Apr 2016
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Two years ago, the Australian IOC member John Coates called the preparations for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics "the worst" in recent memory. A lot has happened since then as the countdown clock reaches 100 days on Wednesday ... The Olympic Park in the upscale suburb of Barra da Tijuca looks spectacular ... Here are some of the replies ... Briton Michael Payne, former marketing director of the International Olympic Committee ... ....

At least 20 Al-Shabaab militants killed in heavy fighting in Somalia

Edit Topix 26 Apr 2016
At least 20 Al-Shabaab militants were killed Tuesday in a heavy fighting between Somali National Army and the militant group at a military base near Baidoa town in Bay region, 250 km southwest of Mogadishu. Somali National Army Commander in Division 60 based in Bay region, Ismail Khalif Shire told the state media that 20 Al-Shabaab militants attempted to attack their base there were killed during the battle ... ....

[Heart of Empire ] | A Policy of Hypocrisy, by Andrew Cockburn (Harper's Magazine Foundation)

Edit Public Technologies 26 Apr 2016
Trump could point to Somalis in the United States who are restricted from sending money to relatives and friends in desperate need ... 'Current restrictions have capped the amount of money Somali-Americans can send and have made remitting money more expensive ... Meanwhile, there is no shortage of crocodile tears around Washington over the ongoing restrictions on remittances, but without practical effect for hungry Somalis....

HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed receives Somali counterpart (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates)

Edit Public Technologies 26 Apr 2016
Sheikh Abdullah welcomed the Somali FM and his accompanying delegation, and discussed with him bilateral relations between the UAE and Somalia and ways to promote them. The Somali foreign minister commended the humanitarian and charitable efforts by the UAE to help ......
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