Global trade growth is expected to be lower in 2019 than it was last year, the World Trade Organization forecast on Tuesday, citing widespread “tensions” and economic uncertainty. The WTO had in its preliminary estimates predicted a 3.7 percent expansion of trade for this year, but has revised that down to 2.6 percent, marking a […]
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Touring the town, researchers feel London’s Brexit pulse
An Italian anthropologist is touring London on a red double-decker bus on a mission to capture the capital’s views on Brexit in the middle of an unprecedented crisis. Domenico Sergi, 39, said his research for the Museum of London had taken him to the capital’s “shopping centres, pubs and high streets”. Brexit “has become part […]
Third Brexit deal planned on Friday: UK govt
A third parliamentary vote on Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal was intended to be held on Friday by Britain’s government but they are waiting for a heads up from the House of Commons speaker. Andrea Leadsom, a government re-presenter in parliament told MPs, “We recognize that any motion brought forward tomorrow will need to […]
Finland tops world happiness rankings, South Sudan bottom: UN
Finland ranked as the world’s happiest country for the second year running while war-torn South Sudan sank to the least contented in a United Nations report released on Wednesday. The Nordic nation of 5.5 million people, known for their love of forests, lakes and saunas, topped the study which used survey data asking citizens in […]
British PM seeks to reopen Brexit deal
British Prime Minister Theresa May will seek to renegotiate the EU divorce deal, her spokesman said Tuesday, ahead of crunch votes in parliament that could reset the course for Brexit. With exactly two months to go until Britain is scheduled to leave the European Union on March 29, May is going to attempt to change […]
May says Brexit deal defeat could topple UK government
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 draft withdrawal agreement she signed with Brussels last month. Media […]
Legal row holds up UK debate on contentious Brexit deal
British MPs on Tuesday begin debating a highly contentious Brexit deal amid a row over the government’s refusal to publish its legal advice, as a top EU court lawyer said Britain can unilaterally change its mind about leaving the bloc. May is facing opposition on all sides of the House of Commons to the withdrawal […]
UK faces ‘more division’ if Brexit deal fails: UK Prime Minister May
Britain faces “more division and more uncertainty” if a draft Brexit deal falls through, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Friday as she sought to win over sceptical Britons ahead of an EU summit this weekend. In a call-in show on BBC radio, May also refused to say whether or not she would resign if […]
Brexit talks in crisis over Irish border ahead of crunch summit
Last-ditch talks between London and Brussels’ chief Brexit negotiators failed to agree a draft divorce settlement on Sunday, still blocked on the issue of the Northern Irish border just days before a make-or-break European Union summit. Britain’s Brexit pointman Dominic Raab made an unannounced trip to the EU capital for talks with his opposite number […]
Tensions rise as EU prepares for final Brexit stretch
EU leaders met Thursday to prepare for the final stretch of Brexit negotiations, after public clashes with Britain over who should give ground but signs of a shift on both sides over the key issue of Ireland. After pitching her Brexit plan to the other European Union leaders over dinner on Wednesday, British Prime Minister […]