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Johnson sends unsigned letter to EU for Brexit delay

Johnson sends unsigned letter to EU for Brexit delay

Reuters 2019-10-20 11:02:08

Prime Minister Boris Johnson sent an unsigned letter to the European Union requesting a delay to Britain’s exit from the bloc and also said he did not want the extension after his latest Brexit...

Johnson vows to press on despite defeat over Brexit deal delay

Johnson vows to press on despite defeat over Brexit deal delay

-- 2019-10-19 21:32:30

Boris Johnson has said he will press on "undaunted" with his Brexit strategy despite MPs backing the principle of a further delay to the process, reports BBC. The PM vowed to introduce legislation ne...

MPs back Brexit deal delay

MPs back Brexit deal delay

-- 2019-10-19 20:32:46

Boris Johnson has said he will press on "undaunted" with his Brexit strategy despite losing a vital vote in the House of Commons. He has vowed to introduce legislation needed to implement his agreeme...

Brexit: Commons set for knife-edge votes on deal

Brexit: Commons set for knife-edge votes on deal

BBC 2019-10-19 16:28:44

MPs are debating the PM's Brexit deal, amid uncertainty about whether the decisive vote on it will go ahead. The PM is trying to convince MPs to support the agreement he secured with the EU, in Parli...

Protests paralyse Catalonia

Protests paralyse Catalonia

-- 2019-10-18 20:17:38

Spain's northeastern Catalonia region and its riot-swept regional capital, Barcelona, were paralysed Friday by a mix of strikes and marches as it faced its fifth day of protests over the conviction of...

Britain will lose out from exiting single market: Merkel

Britain will lose out from exiting single market: Merkel

Reuters 2019-10-18 19:36:41

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Britain would become a competitor after Brexit and that its exit from the European Union would see it losing out. Merkel told a news conference that she felt the...

Turkey, US agree on Syria ceasefire

Turkey, US agree on Syria ceasefire

Reuters 2019-10-18 11:11:57

Turkey has agreed to a five-day ceasefire in northeast Syria to allow for withdrawal of Kurdish forces, US Vice President Mike Pence said on Thursday after talks with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan....

UK PM agrees ‘great’ new Brexit deal with EU

UK PM agrees ‘great’ new Brexit deal with EU

-- 2019-10-17 17:08:29

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday that Britain and the European Union had agreed a "great" new Brexit deal and urged lawmakers to approve it at the weekend, reports Reuters. "We've got a...

Brexit deal close but not guaranteed, says France's Lemoyne

Brexit deal close but not guaranteed, says France's Lemoyne

Reuters 2019-10-17 13:08:13

A Brexit deal is within “arm’s reach” but it’s still not guaranteed, said French junior foreign affairs minister Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne on Thursday. “A deal is within arm...

Turkey calls on Kurdish fighters to lay arms, vacate border

Turkey calls on Kurdish fighters to lay arms, vacate border

-- 2019-10-16 20:35:11

As Russia and the United States each launched diplomatic forays to end Turkey’s invasion of northern Syria, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday defied pressure for a ceasefire an...

Russia calls Turkey’s military incursion into Syria 'unacceptable'

Russia calls Turkey’s military incursion into Syria 'unacceptable'

Reuters 2019-10-16 10:34:53

Russia called Turkey’s military incursion into northeast Syria “unacceptable” and said on Tuesday the operation had to be limited in time and scale, a rare broadside that suggests Mo...

Nine Catalan leaders given jail for sedition

Nine Catalan leaders given jail for sedition

-- 2019-10-14 14:55:38

Spain’s Supreme Court on Monday sentenced nine Catalan separatist leaders to between nine and 13 years in prison for sedition over their role in the region’s failed bid for independence in...

Saudi visit showcases Putin’s growing Middle East influence

Saudi visit showcases Putin’s growing Middle East influence

-- 2019-10-14 13:15:32

Russian President Vladimir Putin visits Saudi Arabia on Monday for the first time in over a decade, seeking to capitalise on growing influence borne of military advances in Syria, strong ties with reg...

UK election likely before Christmas: Corbyn

UK election likely before Christmas: Corbyn

-- 2019-10-13 14:47:41

UK opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn on Sunday said there was a strong possibility of a national election before Christmas, Reuters reported. When asked if he was expecting an election to...

Turkey intensifies Syria campaign

Turkey intensifies Syria campaign

Reuters 2019-10-11 19:26:10

Turkey stepped up its air and artillery strikes on Kurdish militia in northeast Syria on Friday, escalating an offensive that has drawn warnings of humanitarian catastrophe and turned Republican lawma...

Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded for work on lithium ion batteries

Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded for work on lithium ion batteries

CNN 2019-10-09 16:46:18

The 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham, and Akira Yoshino for their research in improving battery technology. The trio will share the prize f...

France to ban demo in Paris police attacker's community

France to ban demo in Paris police attacker's community

Reuters 2019-10-09 16:18:50

France is banning a planned demonstration that triggered outrage from politicians who saw it as honoring the attacker who killed four people in the Paris police headquarters last week. The demonstrat...

Turkish troops to push into Syria ‘shortly’

Turkish troops to push into Syria ‘shortly’

-- 2019-10-09 16:03:35

Turkish forces and Syrian rebel allies will cross the Syrian border "shortly", a Turkish official said early on Wednesday, as a surprise withdrawal of US troops made way for the Turkish incursion. Tu...

'Turkey will not bow to US threats over Syria plans'

'Turkey will not bow to US threats over Syria plans'

AP 2019-10-08 17:05:00

Turkey will not bow to threats over its Syria plans, the Turkish vice president said on Tuesday in an apparent response to US President Donald Trump’s warning to Ankara the previous day about th...

Nobel prize in physics awarded for work on cosmology

Nobel prize in physics awarded for work on cosmology

-- 2019-10-08 16:53:19

The Nobel Prize in Physics of this year has been jointly awarded to James Peebles, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz for their work in furthering our understanding of the universe. In a ceremony in Stoc...

'Brexit deal is essentially impossible ever'

'Brexit deal is essentially impossible ever'

Reuters 2019-10-08 16:34:43

A Brexit deal is essentially impossible as German Chancellor Angela Merkel has told Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson that to do one Northern Ireland must stay in the European Union’s...

London police arrest 276 climate change protesters

London police arrest 276 climate change protesters

-- 2019-10-08 11:28:37

London’s Metropolitan Police said on Monday it had so far arrested 276 people taking part in demonstrations organised by the climate change protest group Extinction Rebellion. Thousands of clim...

EU divisions mount as France, Germany seek peace in Ukraine

EU divisions mount as France, Germany seek peace in Ukraine

-- 2019-10-06 16:06:09

French and German attempts to end the conflict in east Ukraine risk increasing tensions that were already rising in the European Union over how to handle Russia and which could complicate peace effort...

Portugal heads to polls, Socialists set to remain in power

Portugal heads to polls, Socialists set to remain in power

-- 2019-10-06 13:59:58

Portugal’s centre-left Socialists are expected to retain power and win more parliament seats in general elections on Sunday, after four years of economic growth, but still fall short of an outri...

Knife attack by employee at Paris police HQ kills four officers

Knife attack by employee at Paris police HQ kills four officers

-- 2019-10-03 20:28:20

An employee armed with a knife attacked officers inside Paris police headquarters Thursday, killing at least four before he was fatally shot, a French police union official said, reports AP. Police u...

EU official says Johnson's Brexit offer 'can't fly'

EU official says Johnson's Brexit offer 'can't fly'

-- 2019-10-03 15:35:50

Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s last ditch Brexit proposal “can’t fly” because it an unworkable move backwards that leaves Britain and the European Union far apart, a senior Eur...

Britain expresses ‘regret’ for killing Maori 250 years ago

Britain expresses ‘regret’ for killing Maori 250 years ago

AP 2019-10-02 16:17:46

The British government on Wednesday expressed “regret” that British explorers killed some of the first indigenous Maori they met 250 years ago, but stopped short of issuing a full apology....

Johnson to submit final Brexit offer to EU

Johnson to submit final Brexit offer to EU

Reuters 2019-10-02 10:43:04

Prime Minister Boris Johnson will on Wednesday unveil his final Brexit offer to the European Union and make clear that if Brussels does not engage with the proposal, Britain will not negotiate further...

Some of Khashoggi's killers enjoy impunity: Erdogan

Some of Khashoggi's killers enjoy impunity: Erdogan

Reuters 2019-09-30 16:11:59

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan insisted on Monday that Turkey will keep pushing for the truth behind the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul last year, saying so...

UK PM Johnson says he will not resign

UK PM Johnson says he will not resign

Reuters 2019-09-29 15:19:16

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday he would not resign to avoid having to delay Brexit beyond the end of October. Johnson has vowed to take Britain out of the EU with or without a de...