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Theresa May's party reportedly will tell her to quit before July
A top member of Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party will tell her in the coming week that she must step down by the end of June or her lawmakers will try again to depose her, the Sunday Times reported, without citing sources. May survived ...
Foreign Minister Taro Kono asks U.K. counterpart Jeremy Hunt to ensure a smooth Brexit
In a meeting Tuesday in Tokyo with U.K. Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Foreign Minister Taro Kono expressed a "strong hope" that Britain will make a smooth exit from the European Union and avoid a "no deal" Brexit. Because the recent impasse over Brexit has led ...
Abe asks U.K. Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt to minimize Brexit impact on Japan firms and world
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday asked the U.K. to minimize the negative impact of its departure from the European Union on Japanese companies and the broader global economy. During a meeting with British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt in Tokyo, Abe said Japan welcomes the ...
May under fire from Tories as hunt for Brexit compromise goes on
Both Theresa May's government and the opposition Labour Party said Sunday that their talks represented the best chance of finding a Brexit solution and ending months of deadlock. But even as David Lidington, May's de facto deputy, said there was common ground between the two ...
British lawmakers handed 11-day break to ruminate over ways to break Brexit deadlock
Britain's overwrought members of Parliament have been sent home for 11 days, to rest and reflect on how to get the country out of the Brexit deadlock. As they ponder the future of the divorce talks, which now look like dragging on until the ...
With the U.K. tearing its hair out over Brexit confusion, Scotland's government is biding its time as it prepares for the ultimate prize — independence. Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, a strong opponent of Brexit, has said she will set out her thinking on independence ...
U.K. finance chief says Theresa May won't quit until Brexit is delivered
Theresa May will stay on as U.K. prime minister to get Brexit done, even if that means remaining in the job until the end of October, Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond said Friday. May promised to step aside once the divorce agreement has been ...
Some in EU imagine there could be another Brexit delay after Halloween deadline
The ink was not yet dry on EU leaders' deal to give Britain a hard-fought, second delay to Brexit until November when some diplomats and officials in the bloc grudgingly conceded: This may well not be the last extension. The Wednesday evening European Union summit ...
Japan government to monitor markets after Brexit delayed, Abe says
Japan will continue to urge the U.K. to avoid leaving the European Union without any deal, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Thursday, following news that an arrangement had been reached to delay Brexit by six months. On Wednesday, European Union and U.K. leaders agreed ...
Trick or treat? EU and U.K. agree to delay Brexit until Halloween
As if Brexit hadn't spooked Britain and the European Union enough over the past three years, the two sides agreed early Thursday to extend the deadline to Halloween. The new, Oct. 31 cutoff date averts a precipitous and potentially calamitous Brexit that had been scheduled ...
EU set to force U.K. into long Brexit delay in danger for Theresa May
The U.K.'s exit from the European Union looks set to be delayed by as long as a year — a blow for Theresa May that risks a destabilizing backlash at home. European Council President Donald Tusk rejected May's request for a brief postponement to the ...
