EU launches contingency talks for Brexit vote: sources
EU officials and diplomats launched a round of confidential discussions this week to prepare a coordinated response to a possible British vote to leave the bloc next month, sources told Reuters.
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Brazil orders diplomats to rebut impeachment critics abroad
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Liberia grand jury indicts Sable Mining, officials for bribery
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Afghan Taliban appoint a new leader, Kabul urges peace
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