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LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Reflecting the divided nature of the country, Britain’s newspapers were Saturday polarized over the “Brexit earthquake”, some calling it the “birth of a new Britain,” others asking “what the hell happens now?” “Take a bow, Britain!”, high-selling eurosceptic title the Daily Mail splashed across its front page. “It was the day the quiet people of Britain rose up against an arrogant, out-of-touch political class and a contemptuous Brussels elite,” it […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – The United Kingdom (UK) of Great Britain and Northern Ireland surprised the world when 52.7% of its registered voters voted to leave the European Union – the first country to leave the 60-year old political union. In the wake of “Brexit”, UK Prime Minister David Cameron announced that he will resign in October. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing and Uploaded by Vince Alvin Villarin)
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)–Bernie Sanders said Friday he will vote for Hillary Clinton in the US presidential election in November, bowing to his former rival for the White House but stopping short of a full endorsement. Asked on MSNBC whether he would cast his ballot for Clinton, the Vermont senator who waged a surprisingly tough campaign during the primaries said, “Yes.” “I think the issue right here is I’m gonna do everything I can to defeat […]
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Friday he expects the European Union to remain a solid partner for the UN after Britain’s decision to leave the bloc. “The Secretary-General expects…the (EU) to continue to be a solid partner for the (UN) on development and humanitarian issues, as well as peace and security, including migration,” Ban said in a statement. © 1994-2016 Agence France-Presse
London, United Kingdom—Britain has voted to break away from the European Union, toppling Prime Minister David Cameron and dealing a thunderous blow to the 60-year-old bloc which sent world markets plummeting on Friday. Cameron said he would resign to make way for a new leader by early October after voters opted to exit the 28-nation alliance in defiance of his predictions of economic disaster and isolation. Britons, many worried by high levels of […]
Tokyo, Japan—Japan said Friday it would communicate with its G7 counterparts over Britain’s decision to quit the European Union, as a report said the group would hold a conference call later Friday. The club of rich nations — which earlier warned that Brexit could have disastrous economic consequences — has yet to issue a formal response to the shock vote that sent financial markets into a tailspin. Japan’s Finance Minister Taro Aso declined to […]
LONDON , United Kingdom (AFP) — Prime Minister David Cameron announced Friday he will resign after Britons voted to leave the European Union despite his campaign to keep it in the bloc. Cameron promised to try to “steady the ship” over the next months and did not give a precise timetable for his departure but said a new leader should be installed by early October. “I do not think it would be right for me […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago (AFP) — Trinidad and Tobago sent approximately 68 tonnes of food and commodities to crisis-hit Venezuela Thursday, with hundreds more tonnes set to arrive in the coming days, a Venezuelan official said. Venezuela, which is enduring severe shortages of food and other basic commodities, will receive 600 tonnes of goods from Trinidad and Tobago under a trade agreement. The embattled South American country is grappling with an economic crisis […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — French far-right leader Marine Le Pen on Friday hailed Britain’s decision to leave the European Union and called for a similar referendum in France. “Victory for Freedom! As I have been asking for years we must now have the same referendum in France and EU countries,” the National Front (FN) leader tweeted. The eurosceptic, anti-immigration FN has accused the EU of suffering a “democratic deficit” and has long urged all members […]
by Sam Reeves JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — President Joko Widodo visited remote Indonesian islands on a warship Thursday in an apparent show of force after clashes with Chinese vessels and as fears grow Beijing is seeking to stake a claim in nearby waters. Widodo led a high-level delegation including the foreign minister and armed forces chief to the Natuna Islands in the South China Sea, arriving at a navy base before being escorted to the […]
by Alice RITCHIE LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Here are the winners and losers from Britain’s EU membership referendum, after the country voted to leave the 28-member alliance, according to national media forecasts Friday: Losers – DAVID CAMERON There was widespread agreement among experts before the referendum that the prime minister, who put his integrity on the line for a “Remain” vote, could not survive losing. He promised to call the vote in 2013 on […]
FRANCFORT, Germany (AFP) — A masked and armed man barricaded himself in a German multiplex cinema with dozens of people inside Thursday before being killed by police, officials said. No hostages were injured in the complex in the western town of Viernheim, 75 kilometres (50 miles) south of Frankfurt, Hesse state interior minister Peter Beuth said. “The assailant moved through the cinema complex, according to the information we have now, and appeared confused,” he said. […]
