News Headlines - 08 June 2016
▽French insurers say floods cost to reach up to 1.4 billion euros | Reuters
French insurance industry association AFA said on Tuesday that the cost of floods that devastated several parts of the country during the past week following torrential rains could range between 900 million euros and 1.4 billion euros ($1.02 billion-1.59 billion).
▽Suspected human trafficking kingpin extradited from Sudan to Italy | Reuters
An Eritrean man suspected of running a huge human trafficking network that sent thousands of migrants to Europe, leaving many to die on the way, was extradited from Sudan to Italy overnight, officials said.
▽Police search construction firms behind Olympic project - The Washington Post
Brazil’s federal police searched the offices of a construction consortium behind one of Rio de Janeiro’s main Olympic sites on Tuesday as part of a probe into potential fraud, the police said in a statement.
▽Japan scientists plan to name atomic element 113 'Nihonium' - The Mainichi
Japanese scientists who discovered the atomic element 113 plan to name it "Nihonium," sources close to the matter said Wednesday.
Studio Ghibli hires male directors because they tend to have a “more idealistic” approach to fantasy than women.
Producer Yoshiaki Nishimura attempted to explain the Japanese animation studio’s lack of women when asked whether it will ever shake up its gender balance during a Guardian interview.
