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Monday, November 18, 2024

Deal, no deal or no Brexit? The Brexiteers’ dilemma

AFP | British MPs who have long campaigned for Brexit face a dilemma -- back an unsatisfactory divorce deal on Tuesday or hold out for...

London mayor in court to stop Heathrow expansion

AFP | London Mayor Sadiq Khan, along with environmentalists Greenpeace and local councils, heads to court Monday to try and prevent a UK government expansion...

Britain braces for make-or-break Brexit vote

AFP | British Prime Minister Theresa May is expected to reveal Monday what changes, if any, she has secured to her EU divorce deal, on...

Queen Elizabeth makes first Instagram post

News Desk | Britain's Queen Elizabeth II made the first post on Instagram on the Royal Family account having 4.7 million followers. In her first Instagram...

Britain, EU hit brick wall on Brexit deal

AFP | Britain and the EU were at loggerheads on Friday as Prime Minister Theresa May's call for "one more push" to secure a Brexit...

Green groups sound environment alarm over Brexit

AFP | Leaving the EU could cause "untold damage" to Britain's ecosystems and undermine its attempts to curb greenhouse gas emissions, green groups warned Friday,...

UK, EU end Brexit talks with no sign of breakthrough

AFP | EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier and his British counterparts on Tuesday wrapped up the latest round of talks aimed at getting the Brexit...

What the ‘London patient’ means for HIV/AIDS research

AFP | The "London Patient" is only the second person known to have shaken off the HIV virus during a 40-year AIDS epidemic that has...

UK’s Labour Party torn apart by anti-Semitism row

AFP | Britain's main opposition Labour party is in turmoil over mounting allegations of anti-Semitism on leftist leader Jeremy Corbyn's watch -- and the party's...

UK museum to return emperor’s hair locks to Ethiopia

AFP | A London museum said Monday it will return to Ethiopia locks of hair allegedly taken by British troops from an emperor who committed...

EU ready to give Britain conditional Brexit extra-time

AFP | The European Union is ready to give Britain some extra-time beyond the March 29 deadline to achieve Brexit -- albeit with strings attached. "If...

Ireland expresses ‘frustration’ at Brexit deal delay

AFP | Ireland's deputy prime minister expressed annoyance on Monday at Britain's continued failure to ratify a deal on its orderly withdrawal from the European...