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Barclays and RBS shares suspended from trading after tanking more than 8% - Barclays was down 10.3 per cent and RBS was down 15 per cent on Monday, triggering automatic circuit breakers. Know more
Sterling falls below Friday's 31-year low amid Brexit uncertainty - Currency markets faced more upheaval on Monday, with traders raining new pain on Britain's pound and the yuan falling to a nearly six-year low against the dollar. This followed a weekend of contemplation after the Brexit vote, which failed to alleviate political and economic uncertainty. Know more
Pope says Church should ask forgiveness from gays for past treatment -Pope Francis said on Sunday that Christians and the Roman Catholic Church should seek forgiveness from homosexuals for the way they had treated them.
Speaking to reporters aboard the plane taking him back to Rome from Armenia, he also said the Church should ask forgiveness for the way it has treated women, for turning a blind eye to child labor and for "blessing so many weapons" in the past. Know more
No negative news on JZ allowed, says Hlaudi - SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng has ordered that no negative coverage of President Jacob Zuma be broadcast because he “deserves a certain degree of respect as president of the country”. Know more
Scotland welcome to join EU, Merkel ally says - An independent Scotland would be welcome to join the European Union, a senior German lawmaker and ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel has said after Britain's vote to leave the bloc.
"The EU will still consist of 28 member states, as I expect a new independence referendum in Scotland, which will then be successful," said Gunther Krichbaum, a member of Merkel's conservatives and chairman of the European affairs committee in parliament. Know more
Pound’s Fresh Low Shows Market Meltdown Goes Beyond Mere Panic -Traders have had three days to digest the Brexit vote, and the pound’s slide just keeps getting steeper.
Why Britain Voted to Leave the EU : Sterling dropped 3.5 percent to $1.3205 at 12:30 p.m. in London on Monday, after reaching a three-decade low of $1.3186 that surpassed its weakest levels during the panicked selling on Friday that followed the U.K.’s decision to leave the European Union. Know more
Poll puts support for Scottish independence at 59% - NEARLY six out of 10 Scots say they’d vote Yes in a second independence referendum.
In a clear reflection of the growing backlash north of the Border to Thursday’s Brexit result, a ScotPulse online survey of 1,600 Scottish adults on Friday (24 June) showed that 59% of Scots now back leaving the UK. Know more
Weapons for Syrian rebels sold on Jordan's black market - CIA plan to arm Syrian rebels undermined by theft of weapons by Jordanian intelligence agents, officials say.
Amman, Jordan - Weapons shipped into Jordan by the Central Intelligence Agency and Saudi Arabia intended for Syrian rebels have been systematically stolen by Jordanian intelligence operatives and sold to arms merchants on the black market, according to American and Jordanian officials. Know more
Rockhopper penguin chick hatched through artificial means - OSAKA--In a birth offering hope to a threatened species, an aquarium here has succeeded in artificially breeding a southern rockhopper penguin for the first time in the world. Know more
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June 27th, 1957
Great Britain Smoking and Lung Cancer Linked
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