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EU needs to hear UK plan before deciding Brexit delay: Barnier
World
March 13, 2019
EU needs to hear UK plan before deciding Brexit delay: Barnier
The European Union must hear from Britain how it plans to proceed with Brexit before deciding whether to delay the…
British MPs resoundingly reject Brexit deal for second time
World
March 13, 2019
British MPs resoundingly reject Brexit deal for second time
British MPs resoundingly rejected Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal for a second time on Tuesday, plunging the country into…
Brexit deal legal advice sends pound tumbling
World
March 12, 2019
Brexit deal legal advice sends pound tumbling
The pound tumbled Tuesday after the UK government’s top legal advisor cast doubt on Prime Minister Theresa May’s last-gasp changes…
Britain’s Brexit drama faces parliament judgement day
World
March 12, 2019
Britain’s Brexit drama faces parliament judgement day
Britain faces a moment of truth Tuesday when parliament votes on Prime Minister Theresa May’s ill-loved Brexit plan — a…
Britain braces for make-or-break Brexit vote
World
March 11, 2019
Britain braces for make-or-break Brexit vote
The European Union’s chief negotiator on Monday shut down hopes of a Brexit compromise with Brussels, saying it was up…
Brexit stirs haunting memories in bomb-scarred Irish town
World
March 10, 2019
Brexit stirs haunting memories in bomb-scarred Irish town
The prospect of a disorderly Brexit has brought back haunting memories in the small Irish border town of Monaghan, where…
IS runaway teen’s baby son dies in Syria
Middle East
March 9, 2019
IS runaway teen’s baby son dies in Syria
The baby son of Shamima Begum, a British-born teenager who left London to join the Islamic State group, has died…
UK to give jailed British-Iranian aid worker diplomatic protection
Middle East
March 8, 2019
UK to give jailed British-Iranian aid worker diplomatic protection
Britain is to give jailed British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe diplomatic protection in an attempt to put pressure on Iran…
OECD cuts global growth forecast over trade, Brexit uncertainty
Economy
March 6, 2019
OECD cuts global growth forecast over trade, Brexit uncertainty
Trade tensions and political uncertainty including Brexit are weighing on the world’s economy, the OECD warned Wednesday as it again…
As the web turns 30, is it an ‘out-of-control monster’?
Technology
March 5, 2019
As the web turns 30, is it an ‘out-of-control monster’?
Thirty years ago this month, a young British software engineer working at a lab near Geneva invented a system for…