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Brexit creates power vacuum at heart of Britain's government

Monday, 1 April 2019, 07:50 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Britain's Parliament is deadlocked over plans to leave the European Union. The country's ruling Conservative Party is fractured by an undeclared leadership contest. Opposition parties are baying for...

AP Investigation: Florida gets tougher on massage-parlor sex

Sunday, 31 March 2019, 16:08 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

When Florida authorities shut down 10 massage spas last month and charged hundreds of men with buying sex, they broke a longstanding pattern of meting out minor charges and punishment for owners,...

Britain faces calls for unity government amid Brexit impasse

Saturday, 30 March 2019, 18:02 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

The U.K. may be forced to create a national unity government to end the impasse over Britain leaving the European Union, as Prime Minister Theresa May clings to the Brexit divorce agreement that...

What now for Britain's troubled Brexit?

Saturday, 30 March 2019, 10:15 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal is all but dead, after lawmakers voted to reject it for a third time Friday — the day Britain had long been scheduled to leave the European...

Little gloating in Europe at Britain's Brexit mess

Saturday, 30 March 2019, 10:13 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

The date for the U.K.'s departure from the European Union was seemingly chiseled in stone — March 29, 2019. When it finally arrived with no Brexit, Europeans could only shake their heads in...

Pope demands sex abuse claims be reported in Vatican City

Friday, 29 March 2019, 15:37 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Pope Francis on Friday issued sweeping new sex abuse legislation for Vatican personnel and diplomats that requires the immediate reporting of abuse allegations to Vatican prosecutors, a policy shift...

Third time lucky? UK lawmakers hold new vote on Brexit deal

Friday, 29 March 2019, 14:43 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

On the day that Britain was long scheduled to leave the European Union, U.K. lawmakers will vote Friday in what Prime Minister Theresa May's government has described as the "last chance to vote for...

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