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| Chicago loses 'Star Wars' museum project - mayor | |  CHICAGO (Reuters) - Filmmaker George Lucas has decided not to put his Star Wars museum in Chicago due to legal challenges over the proposed location on the shore of Lake Michigan, Mayor Rahm Emanuel said on Friday in a statement. Emanuel was a booster for the museum proposal, announced two years ago, which he said would bring jobs, investment and tourism to the city. A group called Friends of the Parks sued to block construction of the museum on lake front property it said should be reserved for open lands. (Reporting by Fiona Ortiz and Karen Pierog in Chicago; Editing by Chris Reese)
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| Boston mobster 'Whitey' Bulger's rat mug, rings draw auction bids | |  By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) - A sterling silver skull ring, a fake Stanley Cup ring and a pen holder shaped like a rat have drawn the most interest from bidders in Saturday's auction of former Boston mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger's possessions, officials said. Bulger, now 86, ruled Boston's underworld for a quarter-century before fleeing in 1994 after a corrupt FBI agent tipped him that arrest was imminent. It is unclear how much the items will sell for, said Jason Martinez, assistant program manager for asset forfeiture at the U.S. Marshals Service, which is overseeing the auction.
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| What next for EU after Brexit bombshell? The usual.. | |  By Gabriela Baczynska LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - As Britain's shock decision to leave the party broke on the European Union on Friday, EU ministers met as planned in Luxembourg, where they reacted to the news but quickly moved on to what the bloc does best -- sticking to the routine. Europe has to continue," Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders, who chaired the sitting of the bloc's generally humdrum General Affairs Council, told reporters.
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| 'Explosive shock' as Britain votes to leave EU, Cameron quits | |  By Guy Faulconbridge and Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has voted to leave the European Union, forcing the resignation of Prime Minister David Cameron and dealing the biggest blow since World War Two to the European project of forging greater unity. Global financial markets plunged on Friday as results from a referendum defied bookmakers' odds to show a 52-48 percent victory for the campaign to leave a bloc Britain joined more than 40 years ago. Britain's FTSE 100 stock index recovered much of its early losses by the end of the day after the world's main central banks offered financial backstops.
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| Investigators detain Russian governor accused of taking bribe | | | Russian investigators detained the governor of the Kirov region on Friday, saying they had caught him accepting a bribe in a Moscow restaurant. The governor, Nikita Belykh, has been critical of the Kremlin and was formerly leader of a party, the Union of Rightist Forces. A spokesman for the Investigative Committee said in a statement Belykh was accused of taking a bribe of 400,000 euros ($444,240) and that a criminal case had been opened. |
| Insight: As Cameron loses biggest gamble, Johnson looks biggest winner | |  By Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) - It was David Cameron's biggest gamble and he was convinced he would win. Now, the British leader's closest rival - in the EU referendum, in the Conservative Party and in the country - is the frontrunner to take his job. Britain's decision to leave the European Union, a victory for the populist cause, may be a defining moment for Britain and the European project.
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| U.S. Navy captain involved in seizure by Iran relieved of command | | | A U.S. Navy captain who was in charge of 10 American sailors briefly held by Iran in January has been relieved of command because of a "loss of confidence in his ability to command," a Navy statement said on Friday. Ten U.S. sailors, who were aboard two patrol craft, were detained by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Jan. 12 when they inadvertently entered Iranian territorial waters. In May, Commander Eric Rasch, who was the executive officer of the coastal riverine squadron that included the 10 sailors, was fired. |
| India's new deal for textile workers could add to risks, campaigners say | |  By Anuradha Nagaraj CHENNAI, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A government initiative to create millions of jobs and increase exports in the textile and garment industries could put vulnerable workers at greater risk, activists said, calling for better enforcement of existing labour laws. A package to generate 10 million jobs and boost exports by $30 billion over three years was unveiled on Wednesday but the measures, including cutting overtime, have raised concerns about workers' rights. India is one of the world's largest textile and garment manufacturers, supplying many leading international brands.
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| Firefighters injured, dozens of homes destroyed in California wildfire | |  By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A fast-moving central California wildfire has scorched 8,000 acres (3,237 hectares) of parched and rugged terrain in less than a day, destroying 100 structures and injuring three firefighters, fire officials said on Friday. Authorities told residents of 1,500 homes to evacuate and the number of threatened homes is likely to grow, Kern County Fire Department Brian Marshall said at a news conference. The so-called Erskine Fire broke out on Thursday at about 4 p.m. PDT (2300 GMT) in the foothills of Kern County, about 42 miles (68 km) northeast of Bakersfield, drawing in hundreds of firefighters to battle the entirely unconfined blaze.
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| Thailand jails seven activists over referendum campaign | | | A Thai court jailed seven activists on Friday for campaigning against a military-backed draft constitution which will be put to a referendum in August. "Six have been released but seven will be jailed," said Kumklao Songsomboon of the Thai Lawyers for Human Rights group. In a rare show of unity, political parties on both sides of Thailand's divide have said the draft constitution is undemocratic and will enshrine military power and hobble civilian politics. |
| Money laundering body keeps Iran blacklisted, freezes some steps | | | By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - An international group that monitors money laundering worldwide decided on Friday to keep Iran on its blacklist of high-risk countries but welcomed Iranian promises to improve and called for a one-year suspension of some restrictions on Tehran. At a meeting of its 37 members in South Korea, the Financial Action Task Force also moved to keep North Korea on its blacklist and urged countries to be on guard against Pyongyang's attempts to bypass sanctions to finance illicit weapons programs. "The FATF welcomes Iran's adoption of, and high-level political commitment to, an Action Plan to address its strategic (anti-money laundering and anti-terror financing) deficiencies," the task force said in a statement. |
| Analysis: Brexit shock triggers race to salvage EU | |  By Paul Taylor BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Britain's shock vote to leave the European Union - the first time a member state has chosen to pull out - sends the post-World War Two unification process that has underpinned peace and prosperity on the continent into reverse. The loss of Europe's second biggest economy and one of its two main military powers triggered a scramble to shore up the remaining 27-nation bloc, amid a rising tide of eurosceptic populism, rather than any radical move towards closer union. Britain's vote plunges the EU into its third major crisis of the decade after the euro zone debt turmoil that began in Greece and last year's influx of a million migrants and refugees.
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