[ad_1] Tenth anniversary of Brexit, UK GDP per head cost of 8% in 2025, LSE professor estimates Saturday, June 20th 2026 - 20:56 UTC Falklands were hit hard with tariffs and quotas in its exports to EU because of Brexit Associate Professor and economist Thomas Sampson from the LSE   Ten years ago, June 2016, the UK voted to leave the EU and since then, an extensive body of research has studied the impact of Brexit...

[ad_1]     Australia reports bird flu has killed 13.000 elephant seal pups in Heard and McDonald islands Saturday, June 20th 2026 - 20:35 UTC Australian Antarctic Program says mortality in some elephant seal “harems” as high as 97%. Ground and aerial surveys conducted in October 2025 and January 2026 counted 13,300 dead elephant seal pups. (Pic AFP) The pathogenic strain of bird flu, H5N1...

[ad_1] Caribbean roots Denzel Dumfries of Holland during the World Cup match between Holland v Japan at the Dallas Stadium on June 14, 2026 in Arlington United States (Photo by Roy Lazet/Soccrates/Getty Images) By NAN Sports Editor | NewsAmericasNow.com News Americas, HOUSTON, TX, Sat. June 20, 2026: As the Netherlands face Sweden at the 2026 FIFA World Cup today at 1 PM EST in Houston, Texas, the Dutch squad carries something that has defined their national football identity for decades...

[ad_1] Across Latin America, voters exhausted by extortion, kidnappings, and institutional drift are rewarding candidates who promise prisons, soldiers, and sealed borders. The emerging rightward swing is less an ideological conversion than a frightened demand for order, delivered immediately and visibly. Fear Has Found a Political Uniform Fear here is rarely abstract. It is the bus driver checking an unknown number before answering, the shopkeeper pricing an extortion payment against closing, the parent waiting for one word from a child:...

[ad_1] Cuba approves its deepest market reforms in over a decade amid public skepticism Saturday, June 20th 2026 - 06:57 UTC President Miguel Díaz-Canel justified the package before the Communist Party's Central Committee with the premise of “changing whatever needs to be changed” Cuba's National Assembly approved on Friday a package of 176 measures that introduces market dynamics into the island's economy, in the deepest shift since the reforms promoted by Raúl Castro in 2011. The government presented...

[ad_1] Cuba approves its deepest market reforms in over a decade amid public skepticism Saturday, June 20th 2026 - 06:57 UTC President Miguel Díaz-Canel justified the package before the Communist Party's Central Committee with the premise of “changing whatever needs to be changed” Cuba's National Assembly approved on Friday a package of 176 measures that introduces market dynamics into the island's economy, in the deepest shift since the reforms promoted by Raúl Castro in 2011. The government presented...

[ad_1] Hot political summer ahead for Britain, Burnham MP intends to challenge PM Starmer Saturday, June 20th 2026 - 06:30 UTC Labor’s former Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham won with a clear majority in a special election to the British parliament Andy Burnham, Labor’s former Greater Manchester mayor has won with a clear majority in a special election to the British parliament, and is ready to challenge Prime Minister Keir Starmer for the party leadership saying he wants...

[ad_1]     Bank of England keeps rate at 3.75%; inflation 2.8% but energy prices remain volatile Saturday, June 20th 2026 - 06:28 UTC The impact of the energy shock and Middle East events on the UK economy remains uncertain, BoE MPC The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted by a majority of 7–2 to maintain Bank Rate at 3.75%. Two members voted to increase...

[ad_1] Peru's Sánchez calls a protest against the result that makes Fujimori the virtual winner Friday, June 19th 2026 - 17:44 UTC According to the National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE), Fujimori obtains 50.12% of the vote against Sánchez's 49.88% Left-wing candidate Roberto Sánchez called a protest in Lima for Friday against the result of Peru's presidential runoff, which makes right-wing Keiko Fujimori the virtual winner, as the electoral justice was due to decide on the challenges filed...

[ad_1] Trump opens a new rift with Meloni by claiming she 'begged' him for a G7 photo Friday, June 19th 2026 - 17:34 UTC Meloni responded immediately with a recorded video message. “Donald Trump's statements are completely fabricated. Frankly, I'm stunned,” she said US President Donald Trump opened a new rift with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni by claiming that she “begged” him for a photo during the G7 summit and that he obliged out of “pity.” Meloni...