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European Union leaders finally sealed a Brexit deal, saying the package agreed with Prime Minister Theresa May was the best Britain will get in a warning to the British parliament not to reject it. Britain’s top share index joined a European rally as gains in sterling were curbed by uncertainty over next month’s vote in parliament over the Brexit deal that won backing on Sunday in Brussels. |
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Rohingya refugees from Myanmar in camps in Bangladesh began a protest, demanding that Bangladesh recognize their ethnicity as Rohingya and that officials and aid agencies stop sharing their family information with Myanmar. Two Reuters journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, have been imprisoned in Myanmar for 350 days. See the latest updates on the case. |
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Commentary: French protests against fuel price rises are “exhibit A” in the season of rising discontent against governments both right and left. “In Brazil, as in France, the United States, Italy, the UK and beyond, the haves and have-littles regard each other with mutual incomprehension, often with contempt,” writes columnist John Lloyd. “Failing a recovery of trust, real trouble will come.” |
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