Big Business Raises Brexit Alarm on Eve of EU Referendum
(AFP). More than 1,200 business titans united Wednesday to warn against Britain breaking with the EU, as rivals battled for the last votes on the eve of a tightly fought referendum that will shape...
View ArticleFinal Opinion Poll Points to Slender Victory for UK Staying in EU
(AFP). Voting ended in Britain’s historic referendum on EU membership on Thursday, with the final opinion poll pointing to a slender victory for the “Remain” campaign. A YouGov survey conducted on...
View ArticleBritain Votes to Leave EU, PM Resigns
(AFP). Britain voted to break away from the European Union Friday, toppling Prime Minister David Cameron and dealing a thunderous blow to the 60-year-old bloc that sent world markets plunging. Cameron...
View ArticleBerlin Jewish Leader: European Rabbis Should ‘Take Action’ Against EU Breakup
(JNS). Chabad-Lubavitch movement Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal, rabbi of the Jewish Community of Berlin, has called on European rabbis to “help save the European Union” after the United Kingdom voted to exit...
View ArticleObama Affirms US Support for a United Europe as UK Plans Exit
President Barack Obama — in Warsaw, Poland Friday following a meeting with European Union leaders — affirmed the United States’ stance in upholding a united and democratic Europe even as the United...
View ArticleHungary PM Becomes First EU Leader to Endorse Trump
(AFP) . Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Saturday became the first European leader to endorse US presidential candidate Donald Trump, calling him a “better option” for the bloc than his rival,...
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