Tokyo stocks rebound after Brexit sell-off

Tokyo stocks rebounded today from a route that wiped more than US$2 trillion off global financial markets in response to Britain’s shock vote to quit the European Union.

Spain’s Rajoy claims right to form govt after poll win

Spain’s acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said he would make a push for power after his conservatives won more seats in parliament in a repeat general election on Sunday, even though it still fell short of a majority.

Britain, Europe scramble to contain Brexit crisis

British Prime Minister David Cameron will gather his cabinet today at the start of a crunch week for Europe’s leaders after the country’s shock vote to leave the EU, seeking to head off further turmoil.

BRITAIN VOTES TO LEAVE EU, CAMERON QUITS

Britain has voted to leave the European Union, forcing the resignation of Prime David Cameron and dealing the biggest blow to the European project of greater unity since World War Two.

Britain votes to break with EU: national media

Britain has voted to break out of the European Union, national media declared today, striking a thunderous blow against the bloc and spreading alarm through markets as sterling plummeted to a 31-year low against the dollar.

Britons cast historic vote on EU future

Millions of people across Britain vote today in a bitterly fought, knife-edge referendum that could tear up the island nation's EU membership and spark the greatest emergency of the bloc's 60-year history.

US House Democrats stage sit-in to demand action on guns

In one of the most extraordinary scenes in years on the US House floor, Democrats staged a dramatic sit-in yesterday, demanding that the Republican-led Congress address gun violence following the Orlando nightclub massacre.

N. Korea test fires two powerful, mid-range missiles

North Korea conducted two back-to-back tests of a powerful new medium-range missile on Wednesday, with both achieving a significant increase in flight distance over previous failed launches, South Korea's Defence Ministry has said.

Rivals clash in heated Brexit showdown

Rival sides in Britain's referendum on European Union membership have clashed in a passionate debate to the roars of an audience of six thousand in a London concert arena.

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