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EU parliament approves Japan trade deal in what is being called the world's biggest
The European Parliament on Wednesday approved an accord with Japan that has been dubbed the world's biggest trade deal, covering economies that represent a third of the world's GDP. The agreement will go into effect in February and was celebrated as a victory for Europe ...
British Prime Minister Theresa May has gained time, but she still has no good options. Parliament is not going to pass the deal on the table; the EU is not going to reopen it.
British leader Theresa May to face no-confidence vote on her leadership amid Brexit turmoil
British Prime Minister Theresa May was on Wednesday to face a vote of no-confidence by MPs in her party over her handling of negotiations with the European Union about Britain's exit from the bloc. The head of a Conservative Party committee in charge of organizing ...
Suspected extremist guns down three, wounds 12 near Strasbourg Christmas market
Three people died and 12 others were wounded in France when a man flagged as a possible extremist sprayed gunfire near Strasbourg's famous Christmas market Tuesday, sparking a search for the suspect as French officials put the country on increased alert for terror attacks. French ...
Spain grapples with surging number of mostly Moroccan migrant teens
Slouched on a bench at a Barcelona police station, five teenagers waited patiently on a recent Friday evening to find out where they would sleep that night: a shelter for young migrants or on that bench. Earlier that day, another group of boys had been ...
An exasperated British lawmaker just broke one of Parliament's oldest rules
It was all so calm, so British. But when a Labour lawmaker picked up the mace in the House of Commons on Monday evening to protest Prime Minister Theresa May's decision to put off a Parliamentary defeat for her Brexit deal, he was making a ...
Monika Krcova did not want to follow the official guidelines and remain in the hospital in Slovakia for four days after her third baby's birth. And so she escaped. Like many other Roma, she tells horror stories about giving birth in the hospital: How doctors ...
Macron vows tax relief and urges calm in bid to quell protests, but vows to push forward with reform
President Emmanuel Macron broke his silence Monday on the exceptional protests shaking France and his presidency, promising broad tax relief for struggling workers and pensioners — and acknowledging his own responsibility in fueling the nation's anger. Speaking with a soft voice and gentle tone, Macron ...
Theresa May calls off key vote on Brexit deal to avoid huge defeat, source says
U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May is calling off a crucial vote in Parliament on whether to approve her Brexit deal, according to a person familiar with the situation. The vote in the House of Commons to approve the terms of the U.K.'s divorce from the ...
As Morocco prepares to host the signing of a landmark global migration agreement, hundreds of migrants are languishing in a Casablanca camp rife with hunger, misery, lice and filth. These sub-Saharan Africans who dream of going to Europe are a symbol of the problems world ...
Paris cleans up mess as Macron looks to break silence and respond to mass 'yellow vests' riots
Pressure mounted on French President Emmanuel Macron to announce concrete measures to calm protests marked by violence when he addresses the nation Monday evening, and breaks a long silence widely seen as aggravating a crisis that has shaken the government and the whole country. The ...
