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U.K.

WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 29, 2019
British ex-spy will not talk to U.S. prosecutor examining Trump probe origins, says source
The former British spy who produced a dossier describing alleged links between Donald Trump and Russia will not cooperate with a prosecutor assigned by U.S. Attorney General William Barr to review how the investigations of Trump and his 2016 election campaign began, a source with knowledge of the situation...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 28, 2019
Britain's great Brexit divide is getting deeper
Both big political parties lost the European elections and are faced with existential decisions about where they stand on Europe.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 28, 2019
Blood and thunder at sea: British veteran remembers D-Day, 75 years on
Seventy-five years ago, a young British sailor stood on the bridge of a warship, its gun barrels pointing out to the coast of France, and watched the devastation being rained down on a country he wanted to liberate.
WORLD / Science & Health
May 28, 2019
Scientists zoom in on bug behind strep throat and scarlet fever
Scientists studying a bacterium that causes scarlet fever, severe sore throat and a form of heart disease say they are closer to developing a vaccine that could one day prevent hundred of thousands of infections a year.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 27, 2019
Brexit tears up British politics as Nigel Farage tops EU election poll
Brexit wrought more havoc on Britain's main political parties in European Parliament elections, with both Conservatives and Labour scoring their worst results in decades as voters opted for politicians with clear pro- and anti-European Union messages.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 25, 2019
The downfall of Theresa May, the prime minister broken by Brexit
At 10:11 a.m., a devastated Theresa May walked back in through the black door of No. 10 Downing St., tears in her eyes. Once inside she found her husband, Philip, and the couple went through to the prime minister's private study together for a few moments alone.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 25, 2019
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson: The EU's worst nightmare?
For European leaders watching Theresa May's political death throes, a sense of inevitability has been replaced by one of fear.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 24, 2019
Queen Elizabeth marks 100 years of British Airways
Queen Elizabeth saw the ticket from her first long-haul flight after her coronation when she visited British Airways' Heathrow headquarters on Thursday to mark the airline's centenary.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 23, 2019
May's premiership hangs by thread as key minister quits over Brexit
Theresa May's premiership is hanging by a thread as a high-profile Cabinet minister quit and a growing revolt over Brexit looked set to force the British leader from power.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 22, 2019
British Steel to be placed into administration, threatening thousands of jobs, report says
British Steel, the country's second-largest steel producer, will be placed into administration as early as Wednesday, Sky News reported, jeopardizing some 25,000 jobs.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 22, 2019
May faces pressure to abandon vote on Brexit and resign, sources say
Theresa May is facing pressure to abandon her Brexit deal and quit as British prime minister within days, according to people familiar with the matter.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
May 21, 2019
North Korean females tell of slavery and gang rape in China cybersex dens
Tens of thousands of North Korean women and girls — some as young as 9 — are being trafficked into sexual slavery in China as they try to flee poverty and oppression in their homeland, experts on the reclusive state said Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 20, 2019
U.K. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn moves closer to backing second Brexit referendum
Opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn moved closer to fully backing a second Brexit referendum, saying the public should be given a choice on any deal to leave the European Union.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 16, 2019
Rebels hope to kill off May's Brexit deal in 'last-chance' vote
Brexit-supporting rebels in British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party said on Wednesday they would vote down her European Union divorce deal when she brings it back to Parliament next month.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 15, 2019
U.K. faces final Brexit showdown in Parliament at start of June
Theresa May has set a date for her final Brexit showdown, promising to bring her deal back to Parliament at the start of June. Talks with the opposition Labour Party haven't yielded an agreement, but she is hoping members of Parliament, stung by voter revolts, will back her in order to end a process...
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WORLD
May 15, 2019
Washington warns of possible Iran-linked 'imminent threats' to U.S. forces in Iraq
The U.S. military on Tuesday reaffirmed its concerns about possible imminent threats from Iranian-backed forces to its troops in Iraq, who were now at a high level of alert.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 12, 2019
Britain's Labour Party questions whether successor to leader Theresa May would honor Brexit deal
A major sticking point in talks between Britain's government and opposition Labour Party is the lack of any guarantee that a successor to Prime Minister Theresa May would deliver on any Brexit agreement, Labour's trade policy chief said Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
May 11, 2019
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn vows to double minimum wage for young workers
A future Labour government would more than double the minimum wage in Britain for workers under the age of 18 to £10 an hour, its leader said Saturday, stepping up his campaign over the cost of living.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
May 9, 2019
No time to go 'wobbly': Mike Pompeo scolds Britain over China and Huawei
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Britain on Wednesday it needed to change its attitude toward China and telecoms company Huawei, casting the world's second largest economy as a threat to the West similar to that once posed by the Soviet Union.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 7, 2019
May's uneasy courtship of Jeremy Corbyn puts Brexit deal on knife edge
As the gray dawn came up over London on the morning of June 9, 2017, Theresa May had one urgent mission: to stop Jeremy Corbyn from becoming prime minister.

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