Janet Yellen: Brexit could have ‘significant economic repercussions’
A U.K. vote in favor of leaving the EU on June 23 would have an impact on the global economy and is a factor the U.S. central bank will consider when assessing whether to lift interest rates, Federal...
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Erdoğan lifts MPs’ immunity in move to prosecute pro-Kurdish members
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has signed a bill to amend the constitution and lift lawmakers’ immunity from prosecution in a move widely interpreted as paving the way for trials of pro-Kurdish...
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George Osborne: Brexit will leave £30 billion budget ‘black hole’
The U.K. will have to plug a £30 billion (€37.9 billion) budget “black hole” if it leaves the EU after the June 23 referendum, the country’s chancellor will say in a speech Wednesday. That would mean...
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Donald Trump: ‘Belgium is a beautiful city’
He once called the Belgian capital city Brussels “a hellhole,” but U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has changed his tune. “Belgium is a beautiful city,” Trump said during a rally in...
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Belgian prosecutor: No bomb in Brussels shopping mall
A suspect arrested during an anti-terror operation at a Brussels shopping mall appears to have been wearing a fake suicide vest, according to prosecutors. The man, identified by Brussels prosecutors...
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Three men arrested for surveilling French police
Police arrested three men Tuesday for carrying out surveillance on French police officers, AFP reported, citing police sources. The news agency said the men had links to Larossi Abballa, who killed a...
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Trump aide: America spawned by ‘its own little Brexit’
Donald Trump’s campaign has again backed Britain leaving the EU. “America is here because of its own little Brexit,” Katrina Pierson, Trump’s spokesperson, told Sky News Tuesday. Trump has said on...
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Erdoğan may call Brexit-style referendum on Turkey’s EU bid
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said the European Union doesn’t want Turkey because it’s a “Muslim-majority country” and he may hold a referendum on whether to continue with efforts to join the bloc....
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Nigel Farage: June 23 should be Britain’s ‘independence day’ holiday
Nigel Farage, leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party and long-standing pro-Brexit campaigner, called Friday for June 23 to be celebrated as a British bank holiday and known as “independence...
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Trump hails Brexit: ‘They took back their country’
TURNBERRY, Scotland — Donald Trump, the presumptive U.S. Republican presidential nominee, cheered Britain on Friday for voting to leave the European Union, saying “they took back their country.”...
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Brexit in memes
As the U.K.’s decision to leave the EU rocked global markets and led to predictions of doom and gloom, some took a more light-hearted view. Here are some of our favorites from 24 hours of EU referendum...
View ArticleBoris Johnson: Negative Brexit consequences ‘wildly overdone’
Boris Johnson, the former mayor of London and one of the Leave campaign’s top Brexiteers, has hit back at detractors, claiming Britain will retain many of the benefits of EU membership after it leaves...
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Osborne won’t run for British PM
George Osborne, the British chancellor of the exchequer, will not contest the Conservative Party leadership ballot because of his support for the Remain campaign, he revealed in an opinion piece...
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After Brexit, Britannia’s subjects head for AusExit
SYDNEY — Here’s one the Brexiteers didn’t see coming. Nigel Farage, the leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party, said leaving the EU would give Britain a chance to pivot towards the rest of the...
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Michael Gove to run for Tory Party leadership
Michael Gove will contest the Conservative Party leadership and will no longer back Boris Johnson, the former mayor of London, for the top job, he announced in a statement Thursday. Gove, the U.K.’s...
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Theresa May launches Conservative Party leadership bid
Theresa May, the U.K.’s home secretary, announced on Thursday that she will be on the ballot to become the leader of the Conservative Party and prime minister. May said she had decided to run because...
View ArticleOsborne to slash corporation tax, add trade focus
U.K. Chancellor George Osborne will cut the corporation tax to 15 percent or lower from 20 percent to revitalize the British economy in the aftermath of the Brexit vote, he told the Financial Times....
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Philip Hammond: ‘Absurd’ to make promises to EU citizens in UK
The U.K. foreign secretary on Monday ruled out unilaterally promising EU nationals they could stay in Britain once the country’s two-year exit procedure from the bloc is completed. “When you go into a...
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Tony Blair: I regret mistakes, but Iraq war was justified
In his first media interview since the release of a damning report into the run-up to the Iraq invasion and its aftermath, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Iraq was better off because of...
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Russian state media: NATO like a ‘kindergarten teacher’
As leaders from the 28-member NATO alliance gather in Poland, Russian state media has pounced on comments by German Chancellor Angela Merkel that security in Europe can only be ensured by keeping...
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