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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...

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