U.S., U.K. officials meet as Boris Johnson's Huawei decision nears
British and American officials are meeting as U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government prepares to decide on whether there's a future for Chinese equipment maker Huawei in the country's next-generation telecom networks, his spokesman said Monday. U.S. officials responsible for national security and telecommunications were ...
Iran sends mixed signals as tensions with U.S. apparently ease
Iran sent mixed signals Thursday as tensions with the U.S. appeared to ease, with President Hassan Rouhani warning of a "very dangerous response" if the U.S. makes "another mistake" and a senior commander vowing "harsher revenge" for the killing of a top Iranian general. Both ...
Brexit in sight as British lawmakers scrutinize divorce deal
Britain moved a step closer to leaving the European Union on Tuesday when Prime Minister Boris Johnson brought his Brexit deal back to Parliament, with MPs finally set to approve it after years of division and delay. The House of Commons began three days of ...
Boris Johnson's top aide seeks 'weirdos and misfits' to change British government
Boris Johnson's top adviser wants to recruit "weirdos and misfits" as part of a drive to overhaul the way the U.K. government works. In a 3,000-word blog post, Dominic Cummings said he's seeking an "unusual set of people with different skills and backgrounds" to work ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that U.S. President Donald Trump was impeached for "far-fetched" reasons, calling the move by Democrats a continuation of their fight against the Republican leader. "It's simply a continuation of internal political struggle," Putin said at his end-of-year news conference ...
Britain: One nation but many voices
In the latest British election, people expressed this own free opinions and rejected old party allegiances as never before.
Britain's new government is taking aim at the BBC, accusing it of bias in reporting the recently concluded elections that gave Prime Minister Boris Johnson a sweeping mandate. The row over perceived partiality from the corporation and ensuing threats about its license fee funding have ...
U.K.'s Johnson talks with Trump and toasts new Conservative ranks
Britain's new political landscape began to take shape Monday as triumphant Prime Minister Boris Johnson talked trade with President Donald Trump and readied a pep talk for his new Conservative Party lawmakers. The incoming class of new Conservative legislators was so big — 109 lawmakers ...
Boris Johnson plans law to force EU into trade deal with U.K. by end of 2020
Britain set a hard deadline of December 2020 on Tuesday to reach a new trade deal with the European Union, betting that the prospect of another Brexit cliff-edge would force Brussels to move more quickly than usual to seal an accord. Prime Minister Boris Johnson ...
Boris Johnson urges Britons to 'find closure and to let the healing begin' over Brexit
Prime Minister Boris Johnson called on Britons on Friday to put years of bitter divisions over the country's EU membership behind them as he vowed to use his resounding election victory to finally deliver Brexit next month. Johnson's ruling Conservatives won their best result for ...
The most important outcome of the election is the certainty that it provides regarding Brexit. Japan must prepare accordingly.
