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UK leader Johnson renews vow to leave EU by deadline

Sunday, 6 October 2019, 19:29 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

British Prime Minister on Sunday renewed his vow to take the country out of the European Union by the Brexit deadline, in an apparent contradiction of a government pledge in court days earlier to ask...

More Brexit questions than answers as 31 October deadline nears

Saturday, 5 October 2019, 07:29 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Well over three years after Britain announced it would split from the European Union, everything regarding Brexit is still in limbo and early hopes of an amicable split have turned into the reality of...

Court papers say UK's Johnson would seek delay if no deal

Saturday, 5 October 2019, 07:27 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson would seek an extension to the Oct. 31 Brexit deadline if no withdrawal deal with the European Union is reached by mid-October, according to a document read aloud...

Aid ship captain slams EU for outsourcing migrant rescues

Friday, 4 October 2019, 08:10 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

The captain of a humanitarian rescue ship who was arrested for docking in an Italian port without authorization took aim Thursday at the European Union for outsourcing to conflict-ravaged Libya the...

Boris Johnson’s conciliatory tone on Brexit falls flat on EU

Friday, 4 October 2019, 07:58 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson sought Thursday to build a coalition at home to back his new Brexit approach even as key European leaders declared that the measures he just proposed fall far...

EU looks to retaliate against US with new tariffs

Thursday, 3 October 2019, 12:45 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

The French government says the European Union will respond with “retaliatory measures” to the U.S. decision to impose tariffs on a range of the bloc’s exports, from cheese to...

Watch: World War II-era bomber crashes; at least 7 reported dead

Thursday, 3 October 2019, 07:51 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

A World War II-era plane with 13 people aboard crashed and burned at the Hartford airport after encountering mechanical trouble on takeoff Wednesday, killing seven of them. The four-engine,...

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