MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for June 20th 2026
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Saturday, June 20th 2026 - 20:56 UTC
Tenth anniversary of Brexit, UK GDP per head cost of 8% in 2025, LSE professor estimates
Ten years ago, June 2016, the UK voted to leave the EU and since then, an extensive body of research has studied the impact of Brexit on the UK economy.
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Saturday, June 20th 2026 - 20:35 UTC
Australia reports bird flu has killed 13.000 elephant seal pups in Heard and McDonald islands
The pathogenic strain of bird flu, H5N1 has killed more than 13,000 elephant seal pups after infecting a breeding colony on a sub-Antarctic volcanic island, Australian scientists from the Antarctic Program discovered.
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Saturday, June 20th 2026 - 06:57 UTC
Cuba approves its deepest market reforms in over a decade amid public skepticism
Cuba's National Assembly approved on Friday a package of 176 measures that introduces market dynamics into the island's economy, in the deepest shift since the reforms promoted by Raúl Castro in 2011. The government presented the plan as a response to the worst economic crisis in decades, though much of the population receives it with skepticism.
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Saturday, June 20th 2026 - 06:30 UTC
Hot political summer ahead for Britain, Burnham MP intends to challenge PM Starmer
Andy Burnham, Labor’s former Greater Manchester mayor has won with a clear majority in a special election to the British parliament, and is ready to challenge Prime Minister Keir Starmer for the party leadership saying he wants “to lay out a new path for Britain“ and Labour needs to ”make life affordable” again.
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Saturday, June 20th 2026 - 06:28 UTC
Bank of England keeps rate at 3.75%; inflation 2.8% but energy prices remain volatile
The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted by a majority of 7–2 to maintain Bank Rate at 3.75%. Two members voted to increase Bank Rate by 0.25 percentage points, to 4% during the MPC meeting on June 18.
