Monday, June 27, 2016

Monday's Headlines: Political turmoil erupts in Britain as Brexit fallout intensifies

Pound falls again, but global stock markets appear relatively calm ; The biggest threat to the E.U. is the will of its people; Voters in one fading port town wonder if they were misled about Brexit; 'Leave' leaders are walking back some of their biggest promises; Poll: Support for Trump plunges, giving Clinton double-digit lead; Where will Sanders take his progressive revolution?; A yellow fever explosion that could turn into a global crisis;
 
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Political turmoil erupts in Britain as Brexit fallout intensifies
Leadership struggles emerged in the nation's major parties, with debate growing among Conservatives over a successor to Prime Minister David Cameron and a movement underway to oust Jeremy Corbyn as head of the Labour Party.
Pound falls again, but global stock markets appear relatively calm
The pound fell further against the dollar on Monday but trading globally suggested some of the worst fears are beginning to dissipate as policymakers' attempts to calm jitters appear to be working, at least for now.
 
The biggest threat to the E.U. is the will of its people
The U.K. highlights the disconnect between the bloc's elites — who have long pursued deeper integration — and the Europeans who seem to view the administrative capital of Brussels with the same disdain many Americans hold for Washington, D.C.
 
Voters in one fading port town wonder if they were misled about Brexit
Few places voted more decisively to leave the European Union than Tilbury, one of the poorest places in England. But for many in this town of 12,000, excitement from the referendum result has already started to vanish.
 
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'Leave' leaders are walking back some of their biggest promises
Nigel Farage was perhaps Brexit's most emboldened voice, yet this weekend he called one of the campaign's most integral elements a "mistake."
 
Poll: Support for Trump plunges, giving Clinton double-digit lead
Support for the GOP candidate has plummeted in a Post-ABC News poll as he alienated fellow Republicans and large majorities of voters overall in a month of self-inflicted controversies.
 
Where will Sanders take his progressive revolution?
As his presidential bid winds down, the senator from Vermont must persuade his supporters to continue the movement with someone else.
 
A yellow fever explosion that could turn into a global crisis
An urban epidemic in Angola has claimed hundreds of lives and severely strained stockpiles of the vaccine, which cannot be produced quickly enough to halt the disease's spread across borders.
 
 
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