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Will the UK reverse itself on Brexit?

  Clive Crook The Financial Times’s Gideon Rachman says he thinks Brexit won’t happen. The referendum result doesn’t mean that much, he argues. Any long-term observer of the EU should be familiar with the shock referendum result. In 1992 the Danes voted to reject the Maastricht treaty. The Irish voted to reject both the Nice treaty in 2001 and the ...

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Brexit shadow hangs over key Australian elections

  Sydney, Australia / AFP Australia heads to the polls on Saturday with a suave multi-millionaire former banker vowing only he can ensure stability in the wake of the Brexit vote for a nation used to a revolving door of prime ministers. Malcolm Turnbull, 61, became Australia’s fourth leader in just over two years when he ousted fellow Liberal Tony Abbott ...

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10 dead on sinking migrant boat, says Italian coastguard

  Rome, Italy / AFP At least 10 people died after an inflatable dinghy loaded with migrants began sinking in the Mediterranean on Thursday, the Italian coastguard said. The coastguard said on Twitter that 107 people had been rescued from the stricken vessel and 10 bodies had been recovered. It was possible the final death toll could be higher as ...

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