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SO SOON after Britons voted out of the European Union, this was unexpected: Enthusiastic throngs of Frenchmen merrily turning out to cheer them on.

The Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says she may ask the Scottish parliament to block the UK’s exit from the EU. However, she doesn’t believe there should be any border between Scotland and England if the country gained independence from the UK.

While Britain comes to terms with its dramatic EU exit, a sizable number are trying to prevent just that. A petition to hold a second EU referendum has captured the imagination of the public and three million people have already signed it.

The UK’s vote to leave the European Union sent the British pound plummeting nearly 10 percent Friday.

Feelings of shock and anxiety were prevalent during happy hour on Wall Street.

Thursday’s referendum was a close contest: 52% backed leaving and 48% voted to remain.

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says the Scottish government will immediately engage in talks with the EU to protect Scotland’s position in the bloc. She said steps were being taken regarding a possible second independence referendum.

President Martin Schulz says speeding up of UK exit being considered after ‘continent taken hostage because of Tory party fight’

S&P 500 wipes out gains for the year on Britain's unexpected vote to depart the European Union

And other sad things.

EU chiefs want to be rid of Britain as soon as possible, if a statement from the European Council released in the wake of the UK’s shock Brexit is anything to go by.

As Donald Trump went to Scotland and attacked his political opponents on Friday, Vice President Biden returned the favor by hitting Trump during a speech in Ireland.

The UK has voted to leave the EU - a process that has come to be known as Brexit. Here is what is likely to happen next.

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"Today, on behalf of the 27 leaders I can say that we are determined to keep our unity as 27," Tusk said.

France's far right National Front party and Dutch anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders called for referendums in their own countries on European Union membership Friday in the wake of the UK vote to leave the bloc.

Though he would have preferred that the UK stayed in the European Union, US President Barack Obama said he respects the decision of the British people and reassures them that their special relationship with the US will remain.

Stock markets from Tokyo to London collapsed on Friday as Britons voted to leave the European Union and David Cameron announced plans to resign as prime minister. The British pound suffered its biggest plunge since 1985, while the euro saw its biggest fall ever.

DAVID Cameron announced he will step down as Prime Minister, share markets around the world went into free-fall and the possibility of other countries moving towards greater independence increased after the results of a referendum showed Brits wanted to leave the European Union.