UK’s Johnson Defends Plan to Rewrite Brexit Deal, Says EU ‘Unreasonable’

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson attends a debate on the Internal Market Bill at the House of Commons in London, Britain, September 14, 2020. Photo courtesy UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor LONDON – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday defended his … Read More

Macron Blocked EU’s Decision to Delay Brexit for Three Months

Emmanuel Macron, France’s president, speaks during a news conference at a European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium, on Oct. 18, 2019. , Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) — French President Emmanuel Macron blocked the European Union’s attempt to delay Brexit … Read More

Brexit: Cometh the hour, cometh Jeremy Corbyn?

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For the longest time, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has been accused of sitting on the fence on Brexit. Now, he says he has a plan. But can he lead the UK out of its crisis? Rob Mudge looks at his … Read More

With six months to go, Brexit is still baffling

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With six months to go before Britain formally leaves the European Union on March 29, 2019, Brexit has never looked more baffling. Last week, the UK’s official opposition Labour Party formally backed a policy that could lead to a second … Read More

Tens of thousands anti-Brexit protesters march in London, demand new vote

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LONDON — Tens of thousands of anti-Brexit protesters marched Saturday in London to demand a new referendum on leaving the European Union, as a divided Britain marked the second anniversary of its vote to quit the bloc. Organizers of the People’s Vote … Read More

‘It is like we have regressed 100 years’: Report warns of resurgent global anti-Semitism

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BERLIN — Jewish life around the world is under attack once again by “classic traditional antisemitism,” according to a report by an Israeli university released Wednesday. While acts of violent anti-Semitism dropped by 9 percent between 2016 and 2017, other incidents such … Read More