Global stocks mixed amid Brexit, trade uncertainty

BEIJING -- Global stocks were mixed Wednesday as political wrangling over Brexit heated up and investors looked for developments in the U.S.-China trade war. Markets in Europe declined after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson asked Queen Elizabeth II to suspend Parliament, which would hamper lawmakers' efforts to quash a no-deal Brexit at the end of October. The British pound sank on the news, down to $1.2215 from almost $1.2300 the previous day. Shares on London's FTSE 100, which usually rise