Donald Trump has further inflamed a controversy over his administration’s slow response to a humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico, hitting out at local officials pleading for help in the devastated US territory… Read More
Monthly Archives: September 2017
Boris Johnson wants maximum two-year Brexit transition
LONDON (Reuters) – British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has said a transition period from the European Union after Britain’s exit from the bloc in March 2019 must not last more than two… Read More
Tillerson says US is seeking talks with North Korea
Rex Tillerson, US secretary of state, has revealed that the Trump administration has opened new channels of communication with Pyongyang and was trying to examine the possibility of talks with North Korea… Read More
Britain’s Boris Johnson wants maximum two-year Brexit transition
LONDON (Reuters) – British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has said a transition period from the European Union after Britain’s exit from the bloc in March 2019 must not last more than two… Read More
EU declines to rank rival bids for agencies leaving Britain over Brexit
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission has shied away from ranking which cities should host Europe’s drugs regulator and banking authority after Brexit, saying the decision is up to the 27 member… Read More
Pro-independence Catalans begin day of action
Activists in Catalonia have kicked off a day of activities in more than a dozen occupied municipal buildings designated as polling stations in an attempt to keep them open ahead of Sunday’s… Read More
Scottish business group steps up anti-referendum drive
Although losses by the SNP in the general election has been seen as killing the party’s hopes for a second referendum, some pro-Union Scottish business people are determined not to be complacent… Read More
Hammond ponders giveaways ahead of Tory conference
Conservative party members will be hoping for new initiatives from Philip Hammond at conference © Bloomberg Chancellor Philip Hammond will have a tricky task managing expectations at this week’s Conservative party conference…. Read More
What happens after the Catalan vote takes place?
A showdown intensifies between Catalonia’s secessionists and the Spanish authorities over a referendum on independence, planned for Sunday © AFP Catalonia is scheduled to hold an independence referendum on Sunday, seeking a… Read More
Johnson wants maximum two-year Brexit transition
LONDON (Reuters) – British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson said a transition period from the European Union after Britain’s exit from the bloc in March 2019 must not last more than two years…. Read More
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