In a devastating snapshot of public opinion two thirds of voters say they want the country to “move on” and leave the bloc now. And they are urging both Leave and Remain MPs to back the Prime Minister’s deal – hammered out during a dramatic 24 hours in Brussels – in a crunch parliamentary vote […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A senior White House official on Thursday acknowledged that President Donald Trump held up $391 million in military aid to Ukraine in part to pressure the Ukrainians to look into an allegation about the 2016 U.S presidential election that has been debunked as a conspiracy theory. Trump and administration officials had denied […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Facebook Inc (FB.O) Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday defended the social media company’s political advertising policies and said it was unable to overcome China’s strict censorship, attempting to position his company as a defender of free speech. “I wanted our services in China because I believe in connecting the whole world, […]
Mr Barnier was giving a joint press briefing with Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and EU Council President Donald Tusk. The European leaders were giving details on a new Brexit deal agreed between the Brussels bloc and the UK Government. Boris Johnson’s new deal crucially sees the much-maligned Irish backstop protocol […]
Boris Johnson announced a Brexit deal has finally been reached with Brussels earlier on Thursday. A two-day summit began this afternoon, with EU leaders greeting each other ahead of the meeting. A video shows the Prime Minister shaking hands with EU leaders before patting Donald Tusk on the shoulder and shaking his fist at the […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump directed senior U.S. officials to talk directly to his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, about U.S. policy in Ukraine, stirring concern that the president was outsourcing foreign policy to a private citizen, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union said on Thursday. The envoy, Gordon Sondland, told lawmakers in the […]
(Reuters) – U.S. Democrat Congressman Elijah Cummings has died aged 68, his office confirmed on Twitter early Thursday. “At approximately 2:45 a.m. on Thursday October 17, 2019, Congressman Elijah E. Cummings (MD-07) passed away at John Hopkins Hospital due to complications concerning longstanding health challenges,” his office said in a statement. The statement said that […]
A European summit is, first and foremost, a triumph of logistics. Twenty-eight European leaders all turning up in the same place at the same time, ready to talk about the most pressing political issues facing their continent. This time is no exception. These leaders, from countries of wildly varying size and economic power, will discuss […]
Boris Johnson wants to scrap the Irish backstop – the insurance policy designed to prevent a hard border. The Prime Minister is proposing that from 2021 Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic share the same EU single market rules. This removes the need for checks on livestock and some goods at the Irish border. But […]
SINGAPORE – Veteran opposition politician Chiam See Tong, 84, has stepped down from his leadership post at the Singapore People’s Party (SPP), bringing to an end a storied political career spanning more than four decades. He relinquished his post as secretary-general at the SPP’s biennial Ordinary Party Conference on Wednesday (Oct 16) evening. The Straits […]