Australian prime minister roasts Donald Trump
SYDNEY â Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull mocked Donald Trump in a speech Wednesday, mimicking the U.S. president’s manner of speaking and poking fun at a meeting between the two in the...
View ArticleOne dead after van mows down pedestrians in ‘major incident’ in London
One person has been arrested after a man died and at least ten people were injured after a van struck pedestrians in north London Monday. The Metropolitan Police confirmed emergency services had...
View ArticleDUP whip: Chances of Conservative deal ‘very good’
A deal between British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party and the Northern Irish Democratic Unionist Party is likely, and “the sooner the better,” the DUP’s chief whip Jeffrey Donaldson...
View ArticleBoris Johnson: ‘No doubt’ Assad behind Syria sarin gas attack
Sarin gas killed more than 90 people in Syria in an April 4 attack in Idlib province, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has found, Sky News reported Friday. The organization’s...
View ArticleUK lawmakers: Post-Brexit immigration policies ‘formulated in the dark’
British consumers may be forced to pay higher prices as a result of a crackdown on EU immigration after Brexit, according to a report by the economics committee of the House of Lords released Friday....
View ArticleUK could lose 40,000 banking jobs after Brexit: report
Up to 40,000 financial services jobs would leave Britain and banks’ costs could rise by as much as 4 percent if the U.K. leaves the EU without a trade deal, consultancy firm Oliver Wyman warned in a...
View ArticleTrump: ‘You don’t hear the word Britain any more’
Scotland won’t vote in favor of independence from the U.K. because “it would be terrible” and “they just went through hell,” U.S. President Donald Trump told the Wall Street Journal in an interview...
View Article‘America’s beautiful face’
Germany Frankfurter Allgemeine’s front page featured a striking image of the U.S. president’s Oval Office, empty and covered in plastic sheeting (the White House is currently being renovated)....
View ArticleUN Security Council approves new North Korea sanctions
The United Nations Security Council unanimously approved new watered-down sanctions on North Korea Monday. The sanctions, proposed in response to Pyongyang’s September 3 nuclear test, curtail the...
View ArticleNorth Korea fires missile over Japan: reports
North Korea fired a missile Friday that flew over Japan’s Hokkaido and into the Pacific Ocean, according to South Korean and Japanese officials, Reuters reported. The North launched the missile from...
View ArticleRepublicans Down Under are sick of waiting for the queen to die
SYDNEY — For decades, republicans Down Under have been betting on a funeral. Even the most avowed anti-monarchists in Australia and New Zealand long acknowledged, at least privately, that cutting ties...
View ArticleDavid Davis: Claim UK not specific enough in Brexit talks is ‘pure fiction’
The idea London has not been specific enough in its proposals to the EU during Brexit negotiations is “pure fiction,” U.K. Brexit Secretary David Davis said in an interview published Wednesday. “This...
View ArticleTheresa May: Tories weren’t ready for June election
The Conservatives weren’t ready for June’s snap election in which the party lost its parliamentary majority despite leading in opinion polls, leader Theresa May said in an interview Thursday. “By...
View ArticleCatalan separatists claim victory in independence vote
Catalan separatists claimed an overwhelming victory in the region’s independence referendum Sunday, which has been deemed illegal by Madrid. The regional government announced early Monday that with 95...
View ArticleTheresa May heads to Brussels for last-ditch talks
British Prime Minister Theresa May and her senior Brexit advisers will visit Brussels Monday for talks with top members of the European Commission, officials told POLITICO. May will be joined by her EU...
View ArticleAntonio Tajani slams Theresa May’s €20B offer as ‘peanuts’
European Parliament President Antonio Tajani dismissed British Prime Minister Theresa May’s €20 billion divorce bill offer as “peanuts” Tuesday. In a combative interview with BBC Newsnight, Tajani...
View ArticleTrump: ‘You don’t hear the word Britain anymore’
Scotland won’t vote in favor of independence from the U.K. because “it would be terrible” and “they just went through hell,” U.S. President Donald Trump told the Wall Street Journal in an interview...
View Article‘America’s beautiful face’
Germany Frankfurter Allgemeine’s front page featured a striking image of the U.S. president’s Oval Office, empty and covered in plastic sheeting (the White House is currently being renovated). “Climate...
View ArticleUN Security Council approves new North Korea sanctions
The United Nations Security Council unanimously approved new watered-down sanctions on North Korea Monday. The sanctions, proposed in response to Pyongyang’s September 3 nuclear test, curtail the...
View ArticleNorth Korea fires missile over Japan: reports
North Korea fired a missile Friday that flew over Japan’s Hokkaido and into the Pacific Ocean, according to South Korean and Japanese officials, Reuters reported. The North launched the missile from...
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