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UK steps up 'no-deal' Brexit preparations
British ministers met yesterday to intensify plans for leaving the European Union without a deal -- a prospect that is becoming more likely as Prime Minister Theresa May plays for time with just 101 days to go until Brexit.
18 December 2018
BREXIT IMPASSE: May rebuffs calls for new vote
Prime Minister Theresa May yesterday warned MPs against supporting a second Brexit referendum, as calls mount for a public vote to break the political impasse over the deal she struck with the EU.
17 December 2018
Australia faces regional backlash
Australia's conservative prime minister yesterday stood by his decision to recognise west Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, despite
16 December 2018
UK govt says no to second vote
Britain's government is not preparing for a second referendum on Brexit, ministers said yesterday, sticking to the script that Prime
16 December 2018
Macron's ratings plunge amid mass protests
A month of "yellow vest" protests have taken a further toll on the popularity of French President Emmanuel Macron, a new poll showed
16 December 2018
Chile to host 2019 UN climate summit
Chile will take the place of Brazil in hosting next year's UN climate summit, delegates at crunch talks in Poland were informed on Friday.
15 December 2018
Australia recognises west Jerusalem as Israel capital
Australia now recognises west Jerusalem as Israel's capital, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said yesterday, but a contentious embassy
15 December 2018
Calmer scenes on decisive weekend
Groups of defiant "yellow vest" demonstrators faced off with tens of thousands of police around France yesterday, but their numbers
15 December 2018
No-deal Brexit more likely
Once again, the EU has sent Theresa May home with nothing.
14 December 2018
Brexit could wilt huge Dutch flower trade
Every day from dawn, a fleet of forklift trucks carries crates of roses, tulips, chrysanthemums and 22,000 other flower varieties through the world's biggest flower market.
14 December 2018
French govt urges end to protests
The French government yesterday urged "yellow vest" protesters not to hold another round of demonstrations this weekend as police hunted for a second day for the fugitive gunman who attacked a Christmas market in the eastern city of Strasbourg.
13 December 2018
Rights protection hangs in balance
Top officials and advocates are pushing at UN talks in Poland to ensure governments and businesses respect human rights when working to build a green future under the Paris climate pact.
13 December 2018
'Lame duck for Christmas'
Britain's partisan newspapers mostly agreed yesterday that Prime Minister Theresa May has been damaged and faces all-but-impossible Brexit hurdles despite winning her party's confidence vote.
13 December 2018
9 killed, 47 hurt
Nine people were killed and nearly 50 injured after a high-speed train crashed into a locomotive in the Turkish capital yesterday, officials said.
13 December 2018
UK PM faces confidence vote
Prime Minister Theresa May yesterday vowed to win a vote of no confidence triggered by angry Brexit supporters in her Conservative Party, saying her ouster would jeopardise Britain's divorce from the European Union.
12 December 2018
Cops hunt gunman after two killed
Police yesterday searched through eastern France for a man suspected of killing at least two people in a gun attack on a Christmas market in Strasbourg and who was known to have been religiously radicalised while in jail.
12 December 2018
Key issues unresolved
"Key political issues" deadlocking UN climate talks "remain unresolved", UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned yesterday after an unscheduled stop at the troubled negotiations in Poland.
12 December 2018
3 killed, 12 injured in Strasbourg Christmas market shooting
A gunman kills at least three people and wounds a dozen others at the famed Christmas market in the French city of Strasbourg before fleeing the scene.
12 December 2018
'We can't continue like this'
Emmanuel Macron's government yesterday defended a financial relief package to quell the "yellow vest" revolt over taxes and living standards, hoping to end protests which have spiralled into violence in Paris and other cities.
11 December 2018
Noose tightens around May
Embattled British Prime Minister Theresa May embarked on a tour of European capitals yesterday in a desperate bid to salvage her Brexit deal, a day after delaying a parliamentary vote on the text to avoid a crushing defeat.
11 December 2018