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...
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...
‘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...
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...
Sister Wendy Beckett, nun who became TV star, dies at 88
AFP | Sister Wendy Beckett, the Roman Catholic nun who left her cloistered convent life to launch a television career in later life and became...
Five things that have gone wrong for Manchester City
AFP | English champions Manchester City slumped to a third shock defeat in four Premier League games at Leicester on Boxing Day to slip to...
Queen warns of ‘tribalism’ in Christmas address
AFP | Queen Elizabeth II warned of religious "tribalism" in a Christmas message on Tuesday delivered against a backdrop of Britain bickering over its impending...
Two arrests over London airport drone chaos as flights resume
AFP | Two people were arrested in connection with the "criminal use of drones" at London Gatwick Airport, police said Saturday, after three days of...