Britain’s battle over Brexit resumes ahead of big vote
AFP | Britain's battle over Brexit resumes Monday when parliament returns from its Christmas break to debate and -- most likely -- defeat Prime Minister...
The rise of Eurasia: Geopolitical advantages and historic pitfalls
James M Dorsey | Asian players are proving to be conceptually and bureaucratically better positioned in the 21st century’s Great Game that involves tectonic geopolitical...
UK universities would take ‘decades’ to recover from no-deal Brexit, leaders warn
AFP | British university leaders warned on Friday that leaving the European Union without an official deal would be "one of the biggest threats our...
‘Yellow vest’ protesters target Macron’s holiday hideaway
AFP | If Emmanuel Macron is hoping for some holiday respite from the anti-government protests which have rocked France, he might want to avoid the...
Macron, Merkel urge ‘full’ Ukraine ceasefire ahead of planned truce
AFP | The leaders of France and Germany on Friday reiterated their call for a "solid, full and permanent ceasefire" in Ukraine's conflict-torn east ahead...
Boat with 311 migrants docks in Spain after spending Christmas at sea
AFP | A charity rescue vessel carrying 311 mainly African migrants plucked off Libya docked in Spain on Friday, ending a traumatic journey which saw...
Spike in illegal Channel crossings ‘concerning’: UK minister
AFP | Britain's Immigration Minister Caroline Nokes said Thursday that a spike in migrants crossing the Channel by boat was "deeply concerning", after dozens of...
London’s Gatwick airport sold to French Vinci conglomerate
AFP | French conglomerate Vinci said Thursday it had bought control of Gatwick airport, Britain's second-busiest, for nearly three billion pounds only months before Brexit....
Five things to know about Romania
AFP | Romania, which takes over the rotating EU presidency in January for the first time since it joined the bloc in 2007, is a...
Twenty years of the euro: key dates
AFP | Two decades ago the euro currency was launched, at first existing virtually for accounting and financial transactions and then three years later as...
‘Anti-Muslim Denmark’: Handshake made mandatory for citizenship
News Desk | In the new citizenship bill, the government of Denmark has made it compulsory for applicants to shake hands with the officials conducting...
Oil giant Total fined in France for Iran corruption
AFP | A French court on Friday fined oil giant Total 500,000 euros ($575,000) for corruption over bribes it paid to secure a huge gas...