The U.K.’s fateful vote to leave the European Union sent convulsions across the region, precipitating an immediate political crisis in Britain and shifting the trajectory of a European project created to bind a continent torn by World War II. Prime Minister David Cameron, who had led the campaign to stay inside the 28-nation bloc, announced Friday he would stand down, setting off a leadership contest among his Conservatives.

Source: Wall Street Journal June 24, 2016 23:37 UTC