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The pound US dollar exchange rate held steady at around $ 1.233 today as Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit plan met with criticism, with EU officials describing the proposal as not “even remotely” acceptable. Leo Varadkar, Ireland’s Taoiseach, was also critical of the Irish backstop ‘compromise’, saying: “I don’t fully understand how we can have Northern Ireland and the Republic ...
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Pound US dollar exchange rate steady, UK awaits EU’s verdict on new Brexit plan
The pound US dollar exchange rate held steady at around $ 1.233 today as Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit plan met with criticism, with EU officials describing the proposal as not “even remotely” acceptable. Leo Varadkar, Ireland’s Taoiseach, was also critical of the Irish backstop ‘compromise’, saying: “I don’t fully understand how we can have Northern Ireland and the Republic ...
Read More »‘Mladic must answer for these crimes’: Former Bosnian Serb general awaits war crimes verdict
Ratko Mladic, the 74-year-old former Serbian general, arrested in 2011 and put on trial a year later, will learn his fate when the UN tribunal in the Hague delivers its sentence on Wednesday. Survivors of the war tell CBC News about their ordeal as prisoners and what the verdict means to them. CBC | World News
Read More »What awaits Bob Rae? Abused Rohingya living in epic squalor in Bangladesh
Bob Rae, Canada’s newly appointed special envoy to the Rohingya refugee crisis, arrived Wednesday in the South Asian region as Myanmar’s fleeing Muslim population continues to seek refuge in Bangladesh, already one of the world’s poorest countries. CBC | World News
Read More »Liberia awaits 1st-round results in election to succeed Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Liberia’s provisional election results are expected Thursday, the election commission said Wednesday, as the West African nation waits to see who will succeed the Nobel Peace Prize winner who led the country’s recovery from Ebola and civil war. CBC | World News
Read More »Luis Ortiz FAILS DRUG TEST ahead of Deontay Wilder clash: Anthony Joshua awaits winner
LUIS ORTIZ has failed a drugs test just a month before he was due to face Deontay Wilder in a showdown between the two unbeaten heavyweights. Daily Express :: Sport Feed
Read More »Pound to euro exchange rate: Sterling holds steady as Eurozone awaits interest rate update
POUND sterling has stabilised against the euro as the bloc awaits a decision on interest rates from the European Central Bank today. Daily Express :: Travel Feed
Read More »U.S. Open: Nadal cruises to easy win, awaits Federer-del Potro result
Rafael Nadal had about as easy a time as possible in the U.S. Open quarter-finals, beating 19-year-old Russian Andrey Rublev 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 in a little more than 90 minutes to close in on a showdown with Roger Federer. CBC | Sports News
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