Fears grow for poor as housing plan faces cuts

Government cutbacks to Brazil's pioneering social housing program, which has provided homes for several million people, will undermine property rights and increase inequality in South America's largest economy, analysts warn.

At least 14 killed in attack launched by militant group

Gunmen stormed a hotel in Somalia's seaside capital on Saturday, taking guests hostage and "shooting at everyone they could see", before security forces pursued the grenade-throwing assailants to the top floor and ended the hours-long assault, police and witnesses said. At least 14 people were killed.

Chinese ship to inaugurate widened canal

A giant Chinese-chartered freighter is to nudge its way through the Panama Canal on Sunday to mark the completion of nearly a decade of expansion work forecast to boost global trade.

West Virginia disaster declared as flood toll hits 24

The death toll from flooding in the US state of West Virginia rose to 24, as President Barack Obama declared a major disaster, releasing federal aid for the hardest-hit areas.

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Top-level meetings assess impact of British decision

Top US diplomat John Kerry will fly to Brussels and London on Monday for talks with Washington's key allies in the aftermath of Britain's vote to leave the European Union.

Britain to be 'new Norway', says Finland's ex-PM

Britain will get a Norway-type deal to keep close economic ties with the European Union but will have no say on decision-making in the bloc after "Brexit" materializes, Finland's former prime minister Alexander Stubb said on Sunday.

Labour leader under pressure after MPs quit

The future of opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn looked shaky on Sunday after seven members of his top team quit and others seemed set to follow over his handling of Britain's EU referendum.

European expats wary of the future in wake of referendum

A tsunami of uncertainty has engulfed Anna Woydyla, a Polish restaurant worker in London, since Britain voted to leave the European Union.

Chinese markets hold up well

The Chinese stock market held up better than other major markets on Friday as the unexpected British vote to leave the European Union - called Brexit - sent the global equities and currency markets into wild turbulence.

Brexit hits firms with heavy exposure to UK

With the Britain's divorce from the European Union confirmed on Friday, prominent Hong Kong-listed banks and companies with heavy business exposure to the United Kingdom were battered by a hefty fall in the stock market.

UK result adds to fragility of growth

The pain of Britain's European Union divorce radiated around the globe on Friday, blowing up a storm in the financial markets that may take time to die down and retarding prospects for a recovery in world trade.