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UNITED NATIONS | UN approves compact to support world's refugees; US objects

UNITED NATIONS | UN approves compact to support world’s refugees; US objects

UNITED NATIONS — With only the United States and Hungary voting no, the U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a non-binding compact Monday that provides more robust support for countries where most of the world’s more than 25 million refugees live.

The Global Compact on Refugees also sets out measures to share responsibility to help those who are forced to flee their countries because of…

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BRUSSELS | The Latest: Former prime minister calls for 2nd Brexit vote

BRUSSELS | The Latest: Former prime minister calls for 2nd Brexit vote

BRUSSELS — The Latest on Brexit (all times local):

1:35 p.m. Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has pressed calls for a second referendum on Brexit.

Blair on Friday urged Prime Minister Theresa May to stop “banging her head against a brick wall” over the plan to leave the European Union.

The former leader say it would not be “that hard” for May to say she has done the best she could in the…

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BRUSSELS | The Latest: Romania seeks to encourage British leader

BRUSSELS | The Latest: Romania seeks to encourage British leader

BRUSSELS — The Latest on Brexit (all times local):

11:45 a.m. Romania’s president has struck an optimistic note about the Brexit deal as his country prepares to take over the rotating presidency of the European Union for the first time.

Despite fierce opposition to the deal in the British Parliament, President Klaus Iohannis said Friday he expected “a positive vote from the British Parliament,…

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