VATICAN CITY, (APP/AFP) – Pope Francis set off for a three-day visit to Armenia Friday, just over a year after he enraged Turkey by using the term genocide to describe the mass killings of Armenians under the Ottoman Empire. The Argentinian pontiff’s 14th overseas trip since his 2013 election is expected to see him highlight […]
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Pope heads to Armenia with Mideast peace message
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Denmark vows to defend euro peg after Brexit vote
COPENHAGEN, (APP/AFP) – Denmark’s central bank on Friday committed to defend its currency’s peg to the euro as foreign exchange markets bucked in response to a British vote to leave the EU. “There is no reason why the decision of the British to leave the European Union should affect the exchange rate between the Danish […]
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Brexit vote is ‘fantastic’ says Trump in Scotland
TURNBERRY, United Kingdom, (APP/AFP) – US Republican White House hopeful Donald Trump said Friday he thought that Britain’s vote to leave the EU was “fantastic” during a visit to Scotland. “I think it’s going to be great. I think it’s a fantastic thing,” Trump told reporters at Turnberry, a golf course he owns in southwest […]
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Brexit vote ‘stimulus to reform’ EU: Dutch PM
THE HAGUE, (APP/AFP) – Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Friday he was disappointed by Britain’s decision to leave the EU, but said it should be seen as an incentive to carry out reforms in Brussels. “Firstly it’s a disappointing result. It’s also a stimulus to reform the EU,” Rutte told Dutch media, shortly before […]
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Cameron says new British PM must launch process to leave EU
LONDON, (APP/AFP) – Prime Minister David Cameron said Friday that he would leave it to his successor to trigger the formal process for Britain to leave the European Union. “I think it’s right that this new prime minister takes the decision about when to trigger Article 50,” Cameron said, after announcing a timetable for his […]
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Australia’s ties to Britain to stay ‘intimate’ after Brexit
SYDNEY, (APP/AFP) – Australia’s relationship with Britain will stay “very strong and intimate”, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said Friday, adding he was confident negotiations over a free-trade deal with the EU would not be jeopardised by the Brexit vote. Australian financial markets joined global exchanges in a sea of red as Britons voted to exit […]