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May says Brexit deal defeat in U.K. Parliament could topple government, bring Labour to power
Prime Minister Theresa May warned on Sunday that Parliament's rejection of her Brexit deal could leave Britain in the European Union and bring the opposition Labour Party to power. The embattled leader's message came with her government fearing a heavy defeat on Tuesday of the ...
U.K. nerve agent survivor struggling, fears Soviet-era poison will soon kill him
A British man who was exposed to the deadly nerve agent Novichok says he is struggling with his eyesight and mobility, and fears the poison will kill him within a decade. Charlie Rowley, 45, fell ill in June near Salisbury, England, after coming into contact ...
Theresa May says Brexit deal defeat in Parliament could topple U.K. government
Prime Minister Theresa May warned Sunday that Parliament's rejection of her Brexit deal could leave Britain in the European Union and bring the opposition Labour Party to power. The embattled leader's message came with her government fearing a heavy defeat Tuesday of the draft withdrawal ...
Abe planning visits to Britain and Netherlands in early January
The government is arranging visits by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to Britain and the Netherlands in early January before trips to Switzerland and Russia later in the month, government sources said Thursday. During his visit from Jan. 9 to Jan 11 he is expected to ...
Julian Assange can leave embassy as U.K. says he won't be sent to death penalty nation: Ecuador
Ecuador's president said Thursday that conditions have been met for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to leave the country's embassy in London, which would end a six-year standoff with British authorities. "The way has been cleared for Mr. Assange to take the decision to leave in ...
Theresa May really has reaped what she sowed
The British prime minister's effort to sideline parliament has failed and now it's hard to tell who's at the wheel of Brexit.
Documents show Facebook deployed user data as competitive weapon
Internal Facebook documents released by a U.K. parliamentary committee offer the clearest evidence yet that the social network has used its enormous trove of user data as a competitive weapon, often in ways designed to keep its users in the dark. Parliament's media committee accused ...
Britain's BT pulls plug on Huawei in core 4G cellular network amid security concerns
Britain's largest mobile provider revealed on Wednesday it was stripping the equipment of China's telecoms giant Huawei from its core 4G cellular network after similar moves by the United States and New Zealand. BT's announcement comes with Washington reportedly pushing its allies to shun Huawei ...
Failure to reach a deal with the EU, for whatever reason, would be a disaster for the U.K.
The European Court of Justice's advocate general said on Tuesday Britain has the right to withdraw its Brexit notice from the European Union unilaterally. The nonbinding advice comes as the British Parliament begins five days of debates on Prime Minister Theresa May's proposed Brexit deal ...
Spy boss says U.K. must decide if Huawei is suitable for 5G network
Alex Younger, head of the U.K.'s foreign intelligence agency MI6, said Theresa May's government must decide if Chinese-owned Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. should be barred from running fifth-generation telecom networks in Britain. The U.K. is coming under increasing pressure to restrict Huawei after New Zealand, ...
British radio presenter Gavin Ford was laid to rest Sunday near Beirut in a ceremony that brought together dozens of fans, friends and family members days after his murder. Ford's lifeless body was discovered Tuesday at his home in Beit Meri, a mountain town east ...
