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Hard Brexit could cost UK billions

A so-called hard Brexit that takes the U.K. out of Europe’s single market as well as the EU could cost the country 38 billion pounds ($48.4 billion), a study published Wednesday has found. The report commissioned by TheCityUK, a financial think tank, raised fears that Britain’s exit...

Some 4,650 migrants saved, 28 die trying to reach Italy

More than 4,650 migrants were saved on Tuesday and 28 bodies recovered in more than 30 rescue missions off the Libyan coast, Italy's coast guard said on Wednesday. This brings the total rescued in the last 48 hours to more than 10,000 refugees, and the death toll to 50 as people smugglers...

Spain: Massive corruption trial fingers conservatives

One of Spain’s biggest corruption trials has begun, in which 37 business leaders and high-ranking conservative politicians face charges for running and benefiting from a massive bribery ring for years. Between all the defendants, prosecutors are seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in...

Italian olive grove stands in way of European energy security

In the name of European energy security, a private guard wearing a navy blue uniform, aviator sunglasses and a baseball cap walks around a grove of olive trees in southern Italy. The 231 trees, surrounded by dry-stone walls on a dusty plain near the Adriatic coast, stand in the way of a $45...