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Most voters in Northern Ireland wanted the UK to remain in the European Union. But with Brexit now a reality, some are lining up to get passports from neighboring Ireland, which stays in the EU regardless of what the UK does.

Iceland, with a population of just 330,000, took on soccer royalty Monday and handed England a big loss in the Euro 2016 tournament. It would seem this marks Britain's second exit from European affairs in under a week.

The Vermont senator successfully moved Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party to the left. But when it comes to the party's official platform, it was only a partial victory for Team Sanders.

"No one knows where we are heading. There is no government and no opposition.”

"It really is quite extraordinary," says the BBC's political correspondent.

Omar Mateen killed innocent people. Now his final resting place has become a source of controversy.

In San Diego, one after-school program is trying to ease feelings of alienation among young migrant students.

Both Omar Mateen and Larossi Abballa, the man who killed a couple in France last week, were known to authorities. But they could not be arrested because there was no concrete evidence showing they would commit horrendous acts.

The US Supreme Court on Monday struck down a Texas law restricting abortion clinics, handing a major victory to the "pro-choice" camp in the country's most important ruling on the divisive issue in a generation.

China is growing a lot of trees: Here's why that news might not be as great you might think

Did you know that bees can identify flowers by electric signal?

The story behind Google Doodles and the nerd ethos at Google

These scientists are attempting to illuminate, photograph and map some of the darkest unknowns in our universe — dark matter and black holes.

Startup company Hyperloop One just test-drove a technology that may someday make it possible to travel from San Francisco to Los Angeles in only 30 minutes.

Some urban planners say the buzz around “smart cities” is an opportunity to think both enthusiastically and cautiously about the future of development. But while it's the latest trend in urban planning, the fundamental building blocks of cities haven't changed.

Stink bombs, maggots and chicken guns: a writer explores the strange science of humans at war

China is the biggest source of foreign students in the United States. Some head to big cities, while others land in places like Osterville, Massachusetts.

"There’s a lot of talk of healing in Britain this morning, and I’m afraid I don’t believe in healing at this particular moment — I believe in fighting."

UK voters say they want to leave the European Union. There will be economic consequences.

The UK will have two years after officially seceding to negotiate its future relationship with Europe.

Sudanese human rights activist Mohamed Abubakr remembers the first time his sisters were forced to don the hijab after Islamists came into power in the 1990s and implemented Sharia law.

Illegal migration to the US is way down, for a variety of reasons, but one has to do with tough enforcement. Meanwhile in Europe, illegal migration is surging. What lessons can Europe learn from America?

Less than two years ago, Scots voted to remain part of the United Kingdom. Many said they did so because the UK was part of the European Union. But with "Brexit" a possibility, how are those Scots feeling now?

The largest navy base in the world is uniquely vulnerable to rising seas. And it's bringing together neighboring cities to plan for the future.

Iceland is a tiny island nation. But when it comes to social media, it wields the hammer of Gods.

Democratic members of Congress staged a sit-in for more than 24 hours demanding a vote on new gun control legislation — all streamed live on social media.

The case will go back to the lower courts, and the injunction against the expansion of the program to give temporary relief to millions of undocumented immigrations will stand.

If Britain does move to quit a united Europe, it won't be the first time. That dubious honor goes to the Roman province of Britannia in 286 A.D., which broke away from Roman control and set up its own empire, which lasted a decade.

An Italian sports reporter reflects on the Cavaliers' big basketball win: “You feel you belong to that team and that team belongs to you, that feeling is something I’m finding here in Cleveland.”

Puerto Rico is experiencing a brain drain — more than 10,000 Puerto Ricans are emigrating each month, among them doctors, engineers, and other professionals. A small crop are heading in the opposite direction.

Don't panic: North Korea still has to go through “various technical stages” in order to have a missile that could reach Japan or US islands in the Pacific.

One of the big unresolved questions around the referendum is what would happen in Northern Ireland in the event of a Brexit. A new frontier would be created between the EU and the UK, but what would this actually mean?

The medical evacuation was only the third ever staged at the South Pole during the southern hemisphere's winter.

The head coach of the US Men's National Soccer team will keep his job. And it's because the expectations for his team are low.

Mass deportation is a painful issue in Germany given its Nazi past. The last time the country rounded up masses of people was during the Holocaust.

Backers of the UK's "Brexit" are hoping to drum up support by using its national dish. It's all about the number of curry chefs and EU rules.

The song "Gloomy Sunday" was written in 1933, in Hungary, and has been recorded by artists from Billie Holiday to Björk. Because of its subject matter, some artists have refused to record it. But a record label in Berlin asked musicians to record their versions — and the results are anything but gloomy.

All of Britain is on edge waiting to see what happens in the EU referendum on Thursday. Could "Brexit" really happen? And if so, what does it mean for an estimated 1.2 million British citizens currently living in other European countries?

The Dutch have spent centuries trying to hold back both the sea and the big rivers that flow into it. But rising water due to climate change is forcing a new approach for their low-lying country.

Hurricane Sandy devastated lower Manhattan. But rebuilding New York’s waterfront has been complicated. If you were in Europe, the buildings on the lower Manhattan coastline might not have been rebuilt. That’s because European cities vulnerable to flooding have learned to live with it, putting parks next to coastlines that sometimes overflow.

It's partly nostalgia for the type of weapon that safeguarded him in Vietnam, says Luis Quiñonez, a 64-year-old former Marine. Still, the NRA member is not a fan of some of the issues advocated by the NRA.

This week, people in the UK will decide whether they want to stay in the European Union or leave. One hot topic within that discussion is immigration. I went to my old school in London to find out what it's like to be an immigrant or a child of immigrants there in 2016.

Hundreds of bees with "license plates" were released by a London university today. Scientists are hoping that the tags will encourage the public to engage more with the insects.

León Krauze is a Mexican journalist and a Univision news anchor who has asked Mexican soccer fans to stop their homophobic chanting.

"In Spanish, the masculinized version of words is considered as gender-neutral. I don't think its appropriate to assign masculinity as neutral when it isn't."

Increasingly, the Kenyan government has been taking steps to root out terrorists on its own soil, but the crackdown has been marked by disappearances and extrajudicial killings, which has only inflamed the simmering resentments of young men in the coastal city of Mombasa.

President Obama is falling short on his pledge to accept 10,000 Syrian refugees by the end of September. But some Syrians have already been granted visas and are living here, not as refugees, but as visiting professors.

There seems to be no end to the indignities in rapidly failing Venezuela. It's the start of the Western Hemisphere's own humanitarian crisis, says an AP correspondent in Caracas.

If voters choose to depart from the EU, Britain will take a "leap into the unknown."