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Mon, December 16, 2019 | 09:44

Brexit is now unstoppable but could risk UK's breakup

Brexit is now unstoppable but could risk UK's breakup

Leaving the European Union is not the only split British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has to worry about. Johnson's commanding election victory this week may let him fulfill his campaign promise to ``get Brexit done,'' but it could also imperil the future of the United Kingdom of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Scotland and Northern Ireland didn't vote for Brex...

2019-12-15 09:21

Johnson wins 'huge' mandate for swift Brexit in UK election

Johnson wins "huge" mandate for swift Brexit in UK election

Prime Minister Boris Johnson won a resounding election victory on Friday that will allow him to end three years of political paralysis and take Britain out of the European Union within weeks

2019-12-13 16:41

Saudi Aramco reaches $2 trillion value in day 2 of trading

Saudi Aramco reaches $2 trillion value in day 2 of trading

Shares in Saudi Aramco have gained on the second day of trading, propelling the oil and gas company to a more than $2 trillion valuation where it holds the title of the world's most valuable company

2019-12-12 18:18

Britain to vote in snap election as Johnson seeks Brexit mandate

Britain to vote in snap election as Johnson seeks Brexit mandate

Tens of thousands of polling stations were set to open at 7:00 am (0700 GMT)?on Thursday as British voters prepare to choose members of parliament in a snap election called by Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson to seek a majority and "get Brexit done."

2019-12-12 14:58

Finland gets world's youngest prime minister, a woman age 34

Finland gets world's youngest prime minister, a woman age 34

Finland became the country with the world's youngest sitting head of government Tuesday when the Nordic country's parliament chose a 34-year-old woman with liberal views and a down-to-earth style as prime minister

2019-12-11 15:07

Gunman kills six in Czech hospital before shooting himself

Gunman kills six in Czech hospital before shooting himself

A gunman killed six people on Tuesday at a hospital waiting room in the eastern Czech city of Ostrava before fleeing and fatally shooting himself in the head, police said

2019-12-10 20:14

Russia, Ukraine to revive peace process, exchange prisoners

Russia, Ukraine to revive peace process, exchange prisoners

The presidents of Ukraine and Russia agreed Monday to revive the peace process on the bloody separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine and exchange all prisoners, but they failed to resolve crucial issues such as a timeline on local elections and control of the borders in the rebel-held region

2019-12-10 20:03

Iran frees Chinese-American scholar for US-held scientist

Iran frees Chinese-American scholar for US-held scientist

A Princeton scholar held for three years in Iran on widely criticized espionage charges was freed Saturday as part of a prisoner exchange that saw America release a detained Iranian scientist, a rare diplomatic breakthrough between Tehran and Washington after months of tensions

2019-12-08 16:22

Slain Maltese reporter lived in fear, family says

Slain Maltese reporter lived in fear, family says

The father and son of a slain Maltese journalist said she had lived in fear as she investigated government corruption, at the start of a highly scrutinised inquiry into her death Friday. Three men are facing trial for the 2017 car bomb attack that killed mother of three Daphne Caruana Galizia but questions remain over who ordered the hit.

2019-12-07 19:36

French police fire tear gas at strikers challenging Macron reform

French police fire tear gas at strikers challenging Macron reform

Police fired tear gas at protesters in the centre of Paris on Thursday and public transport ground to a near halt in one of the biggest strikes in France for decades, aimed at forcing President Emmanuel Macron to ditch a planned reform of pensions. The strike pits Macron, a 41-year-old former investment banker who came to power in 2017 on a promise to open up France's highly ...

2019-12-06 11:11

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