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EU leaves UK out in cold as PM race begins

  Brussels / AFP European leaders met on Wednesday without Britain for the first time in 40 years to prepare for life after the Brexit bombshell, as the race began to succeed Prime Minister David Cameron. Highlighting the seismic shock from last week’s referendum, one person who was in Brussels however was Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, “utterly determined” to ...

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On Ireland’s border, Britain’s EU exit threatens jobs, peace

  Ireland / AP Hugh Maguire can’t believe the British really did it. The Northern Ireland farmer, like many residents along the United Kingdom’s virtually unmarked land border with the Republic of Ireland, faces the risk of financial ruin if Britain proceeds with plans to exit the European Union. EU farm subsidies provide most of his income from highland pastures ...

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Mongolia votes amid economic uncertainty

  Mongolia / AFP Mongolians went to the polls across their sprawling, sparsely-populated country on Wednesday as it struggles to benefit from its vast natural resources amid disputes over foreign investment and slumping demand from neighbouring China. Squeezed between Vladimir Putin’s Russia and Communist China, Mongolia prides itself on its democracy, but voters expressed frustration with the country’s poor governance ...

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