Boris Johnson faces frenzied week as Brexit deadline nears
Monday, 21 October 2019, 08:00
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces a frenzied week of activity in Parliament, and possibly in the courts, as he tries to woo rebellious lawmakers in time to meet the Oct. 31 Brexit...
UK's Johnson asks for a Brexit delay that he doesn't want
Sunday, 20 October 2019, 16:04
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson pressed ahead Sunday with plans to try to win parliamentary backing for his new Brexit deal even as the European Union began considering his grudging request to...
Clashes amid efforts for Kurd pullout from Syria border town
Sunday, 20 October 2019, 15:19
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
Kurdish-led fighters and Turkish-backed forces clashed sporadically Sunday in northeastern Syria amid efforts to work out a Kurdish evacuation from a besieged border town, the first pull-back under...
Libya's navy intercepts about 150 Europe-bound migrants
Sunday, 20 October 2019, 06:47
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
Libya's coast guard says it has intercepted around 150 Europe-bound migrants off the country's Mediterranean coast. Spokesman Ayoub Gassim said Saturday the migrants had been returned to shore...
UK's Johnson asks for Brexit delay, but argues against it
Sunday, 20 October 2019, 06:41
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
Prime Minister Boris Johnson grudgingly asked the European Union late Saturday to delay Brexit after the British Parliament postponed a decision on whether to back his divorce deal. But the defiant...
Updated (4): UK lawmakers vote to delay final Brexit decision again
Saturday, 19 October 2019, 10:56
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
British lawmakers are holding their first weekend sitting in almost four decades to vote on whether to approve Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Brexit deal with the European Union and finally let the...
Marches and strikes rattle Catalonia amid separatist anger
Saturday, 19 October 2019, 07:06
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
Masses of flag-waving demonstrators demanding Catalonia's independence and the release from prison of separatist leaders jammed downtown Barcelona on Friday as the northeastern Spanish region endured...
Johnson urges support for Brexit deal before knife-edge vote
Saturday, 19 October 2019, 06:52
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
Boris Johnson worked behind the scenes Friday to win enough support to push his new Brexit deal through the fractious British Parliament and pave the way for Britain — finally —...
World's first female spacewalking team makes history
Friday, 18 October 2019, 14:58
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
The world's first female spacewalking team made history high above Earth on Friday, floating out of the International Space Station to fix a broken part of the power network. As NASA astronauts...