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TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo stocks closed lower on Wednesday as investors looked for direction, and the currency market remained stable during Asian trade after volatility for the British pound around a Brexit vote. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index slipped 0.55 percent, or 112.54 points, to end at 20,442.75 while the broader Topix index was down 0.32 percent, or 4.95 points, at 1,537.77. Investors appeared to have factored in the defeat in Britain’s parliament for […]
by Anna Maria Jakubek / Michel Viatteau Agence France Presse WARSAW, Poland (AFP) — Prince William on Monday hailed the “warmth” of Polish-British ties at a Warsaw reception alongside his wife Kate to kick off a five-day diplomacy tour of Poland and Germany following the Brexit vote, which has cast a shadow over Britain’s status in Europe. “We in the United Kingdom value our links with Poland enormously,” the prince told guests at the gala […]
UNITED NATION, United States (AFP) — Britain’s membership on the UN Security Council has become more important for asserting London’s global power after the Brexit vote, the British ambassador to the United Nations said Wednesday. “My job just got even bigger,” Ambassador Matthew Rycroft told reporters. “The Security Council, if anything, has become even more important for the UK as an even larger proportion of our total world outlook.” Britain is one of the five […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australia’s ruling party Monday used the Brexit vote to warn against voting for Labor in upcoming elections as a poll showed the Liberals ahead for the first time in a drawn-out campaign. The country goes to the polls on Saturday with economic management assuming added significance in the wake of Britain’s decision to leave the European Union, sparking global instability. “There will be considerable uncertainty for some time. You’re seeing that […]
by Fiachra GIBBONS PARIS, France (AFP) — As the last of the Paris menswear collections go down runways Sunday, we survey the big themes of the week’s fashion shows. Fashion (still) loves England They may have plunged themselves and the world’s financial markets into crisis with Thursday’s Brexit vote, but everybody still loves the English — or their style at least. From Dior’s black-clad boot boys to Louis Vuitton’s rakish colonial artistos, British influences where […]
