World / Politics Aug 20, 2019
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson's demand that the European Union reopen the Brexit divorce deal was rebuffed on Tuesday by the bloc, which said Britain had failed to propose any realistic alternative to an agreed upon insurance policy for the Irish border. After more than ...
National Jun 26, 2019
European Council President Donald Tusk visits A-bomb sites in Nagasaki and Hiroshima ahead of G20
In a first official visit by an EU leader, Donald Tusk toured A-bomb memorial museums in Nagasaki and Hiroshima, where he held talks with the mayors of the two cities.
National / Politics Apr 26, 2019
Abe implores EU leaders to avert no-deal Brexit and safeguard Japan's 'gateway to Europe'
Touring ahead of the G20 summit, Abe told European Council chief Donald Tusk and European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker to avoid a no-deal exit “by all means.”
World / Politics Apr 10, 2019
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 ...
World / Politics Mar 21, 2019
Wary EU to May: Brexit delay until June 30 is contingent on Parliament yes vote for her deal
Exactly 1,000 days after Britain voted to leave the European Union, and nine days before it is scheduled to walk out the door, Prime Minister Theresa May hit the pause button Wednesday, asking the bloc to postpone the U.K.'s departure until June 30. EU leaders, ...
World / Politics Mar 20, 2019
Prime Minister Theresa May will ask the European Union to delay Brexit by at least three months after her plan to hold another vote this week on her twice-defeated divorce deal was thrown into disarray by a surprise intervention from the speaker of Parliament. Nearly ...
World Feb 6, 2019
EU's Tusk rebuffs May, and says Brexiteers deserve a place in hell
The European Union will make no new offer on Brexit and those who promoted Britain's exit without any understanding of how to deliver it deserve a special place in hell, Council President Donald Tusk said on Wednesday. The United Kingdom is on course to leave ...
World / Politics May 26, 2017
Trump scolds NATO, declines to endorse pact, vows to go after leaks after U.K. police intel snub
With long-standing European alliances facing new strain, President Donald Trump chastised NATO member nations for not paying their fair share to protect the long-standing pact and declined to explicitly endorse its mutual defense agreement. That unprecedented one-two punch from a president in his first major ...
World / Social Issues Mar 4, 2016
Turkey is under growing pressure to consider a major escalation in migrant deportations from Greece, a top European Union official said Thursday, amid preparations for a highly anticipated summit of EU and Turkish leaders next week. European Council President Donald Tusk ended a six-nation tour ...
Business Jul 8, 2015
Eurozone ultimatum: Greece has until Sunday to come up with debt deal
Eurozone members have given Greece until the end of the week to come up with a proposal for sweeping reforms in return for loans that will keep the country from crashing out of Europe's currency bloc and into economic ruin. "The stark reality is that ...
World / Politics Dec 2, 2014
EU viewpoint moves eastward as Poland's Tusk takes presidency
Former Polish prime minister Donald Tusk is pushing the European Union's center of political gravity eastward by taking over the EU presidency from Belgium's Herman Van Rompuy. Monday's transition ceremony highlighted the increasing power of Poland within the 28-nation EU, and the bloc's ongoing shift ...