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The Outcasts: Forty years after their debut, Japan finally beckons
For a small country, Northern Ireland has produced a lot of punk. Similar to Fukushima Prefecture in size and population, this corner of the U.K. gave rise to acts such as The Undertones, Stiff Little Fingers, Rudi, Protex, and The Outcasts in the 1970s, at ...
At funeral of slain journalist Lyra McKee, Northern Irish unite against political violence
The killing of journalist Lyra McKee must be a turning point for Northern Ireland, a priest said Wednesday at a funeral service attended by British and Irish leaders alongside mourners in superhero T-shirts and colorful Harry Potter scarves. U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May, Irish Prime ...
May heads back to Brussels but EU not budging on Brexit 'Irish backstop'
Prime Minister Theresa May headed back to Brussels on Wednesday to renew her quest to reopen the terms of Britain's Brexit divorce, but appears headed for disappointment. With less than six weeks until Brexit day, May met European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker hoping for progress ...
British Prime Minister Theresa May will later this week pledge to give Parliament another chance to voice their opinions on Brexit by Feb. 27, a government source said, as she tries to buy more time to negotiate a new deal with the European Union. As ...
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 ...
Britain's department for exiting the European Union has been examining a secret new high-tech plan of keeping the Irish border open with the plan to be ready for a road test in March, the Sun newspaper reported late on Tuesday. Officials have been working on ...
Hollywood star Liam Neeson insisted Tuesday he was "not racist" after confessing that he had once set out to attack random black men after a friend of his told him she had been raped. "I'm not a racist," Neeson said on ABC news, although he ...
Actor Liam Neeson reveals hunting for 'black bastard' to kill after friend was raped
Veteran actor Liam Neeson revealed on Monday that he once walked the streets hunting for a "black bastard" to kill in retaliation for the rape of a friend. The 66-year-old Northern Irish star of "Schindler's List" and "Taken" is promoting his appearance in the Hollywood ...
May says she is 'armed with fresh' Brexit mandate and new ideas
British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Sunday she would be "armed with a fresh mandate and new ideas" when she next meets European Union negotiators over her Brexit deal. EU officials have insisted that the deal — rejected by British lawmakers — is not ...
Two more van hijackings hit Northern Ireland city as fifth man arrested over car bombing
Two vans were hijacked in Londonderry on Monday, police said, two days after the Northern Irish city saw a car bombing involving a stolen car in an attack pinned on a dissident paramilitary group. A bomb in a hijacked car blew up outside the courthouse ...
Four held over Northern Ireland car bomb as police link blast to dissident republican New IRA
Four men were arrested Sunday following a car bombing in the Northern Irish city of Londonderry, according to police who believe dissident republican group the New IRA to be responsible. Two suspects in their 20s were arrested Sunday morning and two other men, aged 34 ...
