News Headlines - 13 March 2017

▽Nicola Sturgeon expected to set out plan for Scottish independence vote | The Guardian

Nicola Sturgeon is expected to reveal more details about her plans for a fresh Scottish independence referendum in the next two years in a speech in Edinburgh on Monday.

▽Syrian war monitor says 465,000 killed in six years of fighting | Reuters

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitor, said on Monday there are so far about 465,000 people killed and missing in Syria's civil war... The Observatory said it had documented the deaths of more than 321,000 people since the start of the war and more than 145,000 others had been reported as missing.

▽Keidanren and Rengo agree to 100-hour overtime cap | The Japan Times

Keidanren and Rengo have agreed to limit monthly overtime work to 100 hours during busy periods as Japan seeks to change its deep-rooted culture of working long hours.

▽Female-only cockroach reproduction boosted in groups of 3 or more: research - The Mainichi

The ability of female American cockroaches (Periplaneta americana) to reproduce without males is boosted in groups of three or more females, experiments conducted by a team at Hokkaido University indicate.

▽Racing 92 & Stade Francais: Top 14 sides plan to merge - BBC Sport

French clubs Racing 92 and Stade Francais have announced plans to merge from next season.
Both clubs, who play in the Top 14 league and are based in Paris, need their amalgamation to be ratified by the Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR).