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Sat, 20 Jun 2026 20:56:00 GMT
Tenth anniversary of Brexit, UK GDP per head cost of 8% in 2025, LSE professor estimates
Ten years ago, June 2016, the UK voted to leave the EU and since then, an extensive body of research has studied the impact of Brexit on the UK economy.

Sat, 20 Jun 2026 20:35:00 GMT
Australia reports bird flu has killed 13.000 elephant seal pups in Heard and McDonald islands
The pathogenic strain of bird flu, H5N1 has killed more than 13,000 elephant seal pups after infecting a breeding colony on a sub-Antarctic volcanic island, Australian scientists from the Antarctic Program discovered.

Sat, 20 Jun 2026 06:57:00 GMT
Cuba approves its deepest market reforms in over a decade amid public skepticism
Cuba's National Assembly approved on Friday a package of 176 measures that introduces market dynamics into the island's economy, in the deepest shift since the reforms promoted by Raúl Castro in 2011. The government presented ...

Sat, 20 Jun 2026 06:30:00 GMT
Hot political summer ahead for Britain, Burnham MP intends to challenge PM Starmer
Andy Burnham, Labor’s former Greater Manchester mayor has won with a clear majority in a special election to the British parliament, and is ready to challenge Prime Minister Keir Starmer for the party leadership saying he wan...

Sat, 20 Jun 2026 06:28:00 GMT
Bank of England keeps rate at 3.75%; inflation 2.8% but energy prices remain volatile
The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted by a majority of 7–2 to maintain Bank Rate at 3.75%. Two members voted to increase Bank Rate by 0.25 percentage points, to 4% during the MPC meeting on June 18.

Fri, 19 Jun 2026 17:44:00 GMT
Peru's Sánchez calls a protest against the result that makes Fujimori the virtual winner
Left-wing candidate Roberto Sánchez called a protest in Lima for Friday against the result of Peru's presidential runoff, which makes right-wing Keiko Fujimori the virtual winner, as the electoral justice was due to decide on ...

Fri, 19 Jun 2026 17:34:00 GMT
Trump opens a new rift with Meloni by claiming she 'begged' him for a G7 photo
US President Donald Trump opened a new rift with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni by claiming that she "begged" him for a photo during the G7 summit and that he obliged out of "pity." Meloni called the account fabricated, ...

Fri, 19 Jun 2026 10:47:00 GMT
De la Espriella leads Colombia's runoff with contained triumphalism as Cepeda hopes for a late surge
Right-wing lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella heads into Colombia's presidential runoff, set for this Sunday, June 21, as the favorite, though with contained triumphalism, while left-wing senator Iván Cepeda trusts that a late pu...

Fri, 19 Jun 2026 07:11:00 GMT
Ukraine launches its largest drone attack on Moscow, striking an oil refinery
Ukraine on Thursday launched one of its largest drone attacks on Moscow since the start of the Russian invasion in 2022, hitting the capital's oil refinery in the Kapotnya district, covering the city in black smoke and forcing ...

Fri, 19 Jun 2026 06:49:00 GMT
US-backed opposition figure Figuera returns to Venezuela to negotiate a 'credible' electoral body
Opposition figure Dinorah Figuera, president of the National Assembly elected in 2015 and exiled in Spain for nearly eight years, returned to Venezuela on Thursday at the invitation of the US State Department to negotiate a "cr...

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