SINGAPORE (Mar 18): The UK’s Parliament had on March 13 voted to avoid an economically disastrous no-deal split from the European Union (EU), opening the door to delaying Brexit and radically rewriting the terms of the divorce. Prime Minister Theresa May’s preferred deal, which took two years to negotiate, was resoundingly rejected by the Commons for the second time in a vote on March 12.

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