UK   –  Thousands of Brits are so worried about losing their access to the European Union that they’re lining up for passports from other countries in the bloc.

Embassies and consulate offices for Germany, Italy, Sweden, Poland and Hungary all reported a surge in interest in the days immediately after the Brexit referendum. The German embassy in London was getting about 200 calls and emails a day immediately after the vote, a tenfold increase on normal levels, a spokesperson said. The pace has slowed a bit but about 100 people a day are still contacting the embassy. The Italian embassy in the U.K. said it received about 500 calls after the referendum from people inquiring about Italian citizenship applications. “We usually get 10 a year,” a spokesperson told CNNMoney.(CNN.COM/photo:EPA)…[+]

The Government of Guyana has appealed for international help in tracking the ‘intellectual authors’ behind the June 4 grenade attack on Kaieteur News.

The appeal was made even as police seek the whereabouts of Shemar Wilson, who is believed to have fled overseas. Outgoing Deputy Chief of Mission, Bryan Hunt, had commended the Government for trying to ascertain the identities of the perpetrators and having them prosecuted. He had also said that finding the intellectual authors will be an important test of Government’s commitment to protect press freedom.(Kaieteurnews.com/photo: kaieteurnews.com)…[+]

An elderly Turkish imam who has been living in exile in the Poconos and was blamed for Friday’s botched coup says Turkey’s president plotted the overthrow himself as a political ploy.

Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, 75, spoke to reporters Sunday through an interpreter at his home in Saylorsburg, Pa.

He made the allegation against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after Erdogan fingered him as the mastermind behind the attempted military overthrow of Edrogan’s regime.(nypost.com)…[+]

Three cops were killed and three more injured — including one critically — by a masked gunmen targeting officers near police headquarters in Baton Rouge on Sunday morning, authorities said.

The shooting began around 9 a.m. when patrolling officers saw a “suspicious person walking down Airline Highway with an assault rifle,” officials said.

Cpl. L’Jean McNeely, of the Baton Rouge Police Department told reporters that the gunman, who was dressed in black, died in a final shoot-out at the Be Quick gas station.(nypost.com)…[+]

The young man killed by an allegedly drunken off-duty NYPD cop in Brooklyn was a star wrestler and Eagle Scout who was attending MIT on a full scholarship.

The family of victim Andrew Esquivel, 21, was notified of his tragic death Sunday afternoon, police said. His parents didn’t learn of his fate for more than a day because they had been hiking in California, sources said.(nypost.com)…[+]

The Umana Yana has been rebuilt and was officially handed over to the Minister within the Ministry of Education with responsibility for Culture, Youth and Sport Nicolette Henry, Thursday.

Present at the simple ceremony were a number of government officials, including the Minister of Indigenous Affairs Sydney Allicock; Minister within the Ministry of Indigenous Affairs Valerie Garrido-Lowe, Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson and Junior Minister of Public Infrastructure Annette Ferguson.(Kaieteurnews.com/photo: kaieteurnews.com)…[+]

INDIA   –  An Indian man who bought one of the world’s most expensive shirts made entirely of gold has been allegedly battered to death, police said.

Datta Phuge shot to the limelight in 2013 when he bought a shirt made with more than 3kg of gold and worth $250,000 (£186,943). A money lender based in western Pune, Mr Phuge was called “the gold man”. Four persons have been detained for questioning. Police suspect a dispute over money have led to the murder. The police said some 12 people attacked Mr Phuge, 48, in Pune on Thursday night. One of the suspects had invited Mr Phuge and his 22-year-old son to celebrate a birthday at an open ground in Dighi area when the men attacked him with stones and a sharp weapon.(BBC.COM/photo:bbc.com)…[+]

US   –  Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has suggested testing all US Muslims to see if they believe in Sharia law, and deporting those who do.

Sharia is a legal code based on the Koran and other Islamic scriptures. Mr Gingrich’s comments follow an attack in the French city of Nice, which has killed at least 84 people. His comments echo the sentiment held by likely Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, who has said Muslims should be banned from entering the US.(BBC.COM/photo: kennethfrawley.com)…[+]

UK   –  A simple jab of the finger is all it takes for a prince of England to bring attention to the fight against HIV. Yesterday, Prince Harry headed to a London clinic to get tested for HIV live on Facebook to show people how simple it is to take the test.

Kensington Palace posted a link to the video on its Twitter feed along with a photo. The whole process — taking the test and learning the results — took less than four minutes.  “It’s amazing how quick it is,” said Harry, who tested negative for HIV.  After getting the results, the prince encouraged people to get tested, even those who don’t think they have been exposed, in an effort to normalize the process.(CNN.COM/photo:cnn.com)…[+]

VS   –   He’s tried to do it himself, countless super-villains have attempted the feat, as have giant, mutated cockroaches. He’s even been exiled into deep space, but Marvel this week did what Bruce Banner could never manage to do to the Hulk — kill off the long-running character.

In the latest issue of “Civil War II,” in which the superhero alliance the Avengers — popularized by Marvel’s staggeringly successful movies — are divided into two opposing teams, Banner’s comrade Hawkeye shoots the Hulk’s human alter ego in the eye, killing him. It’s a mercy killing, it turns out — Banner had given the marksman a special arrow and instructions to kill him if he looked certain to go on a rampage.(CNN.COM/photo: cnn.com)…[+]