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The day after the UK votes to Leave EU

  Here’s what the world could look like on June 24 if the “Leave” camp won the previous day’s referendum on whether the U.K. should continue to be part of the European Union: The foreign exchange markets are in turmoil, with the pound falling 7 percent to 10 percent and the euro down about 3 percent to 5 percent. Stocks ...

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More efforts needed to tackle refugee crisis

  World Refugee Day, which is observed on June 20 every year, yet again highlighted the plight of migrants worldwide amid gruesome UN reports the number of refugees and others fleeing their homes worldwide has hit a new record of 65.3 million people by the end of 2015. “This is the first time that the threshold of 60 million has ...

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Did Afghanistan just drop out of CASA-1000?

  Casey Michel SPECIAL TO EMIRATES BUSINESS For the past year, there’s been a distinct distance between the rhetoric surrounding the Central Asia South Asia Electricity Transmission and Trade (CASA-1000) project and the unfurling realities on the ground. Regional officials, most especially within Tajikistan and Pakistan, have heaped continued praise on the project, and have found themselves supported by voices ...

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