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February 05, 2020 21:03
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August 02,2019China on Friday said it would not be blackmailed and warned of retaliation after US President Donald Trump vowed to slap a 10% tariff on $300 billion of Chinese imports from next month, sharply... -
July 28,2019UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson formed a war cabinet of six senior ministers to plan for exiting the European Union by Oct. 31, as a key adviser said leaving without a deal had become a very real... -
July 24,2019European officials are still scratching their heads over Christine Lagarde’s successor at the International Monetary Fund, according to several people with knowledge of the discussions, with no... -
July 23,2019Boris Johnson has been elected leader of the United Kingdom's Conservative Party and, by default, the country's next prime minister. -
July 22,2019UN nuclear watchdog chief Yukiya Amano has died, the International Atomic Energy Agency said on Monday, the day he had been expected to announce he would step down early because of an illness that... -
July 21,2019Philip Hammond has told the BBC he intends to resign as chancellor if Boris Johnson becomes the UK's next prime minister. -
July 17,2019Ursula von der Leyen will be the next president of the European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, after lawmakers approved her nomination on Tuesday. -
July 10,2019Britain’s ambassador to Washington quit on Wednesday after days of stinging criticism from US President Donald Trump. -
July 09,2019Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn announced on Tuesday that his party would back Remain in any referendum on a Conservative Brexit deal, heralding a major shift in policy. -
July 08,2019Greece's new conservative Prime Minister Mitsotakis was sworn in Monday after a sweeping election victory put him in charge of the EU's most indebted member with promises to end a decade of... -
July 02,2019China will end ownership limits for foreign investors in its financial sector in 2020, a year earlier than scheduled, Premier Li Keqiang said on Tuesday. -
June 29,2019Roughly a decade after the global financial crisis, central banks around the world may not have much left in their toolkit to boost the economy, according to the head of the Organization for... -
June 18,2019Japan’s government left its assessment of the economy unchanged in June, after revising it down twice in the past three months, even as the escalating US-China trade war threatens to take a heavier... -
June 17,2019Bitcoin leapt across the $9,000 mark on Sunday, boosted by reports that Facebook is soon set to launch its own cryptocurrency. -
June 09,2019European Central Bank policymakers are open to cutting the ECB’s policy rate again if economic growth weakens in the remainder of the year and a strong euro hurts a bloc already bearing the brunt... -
May 24,2019Fighting back tears, Theresa May said on Friday she would quit, setting up a contest that will install a new British prime minister who could pursue a cleaner break with the European Union. -
May 22,2019Everything in Washington comes down to this: It's House Speaker Nancy Pelosi vs. President Donald Trump. -
May 17,2019Britain’s tumultuous divorce from the European Union was again in disarray on Friday as the opposition Labour Party declared last-ditch cross-party talks were dead in the twilight of Prime Minister... -
May 11,2019European Council President Donald Tusk said he sees the chances of Britain staying in the European Union after all at 20-30%, as Britons had begun a genuine debate whether to leave or to remain... -
May 06,2019British Prime Minister Theresa May has carried out "scenario planning" for a second Brexit referendum in case she is forced by parliament to hold one, the Daily Telegraph newspaper reported on... -
April 30,2019International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said on Monday she expects the United States and China to reach a deal to end their trade dispute, which has unnerved financial... -
April 27,2019Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan vowed on Saturday to confront opponents inside his own party weeks after he suffered shock election defeats in the capital Ankara and commercial hub Istanbul.... -
April 22,2019Ukraine entered uncharted political waters on Monday after near final results showed a comedian with no political experience and few detailed policies had dramatically up-ended the status quo and... -
April 13,2019North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the breakdown in talks with the United States has raised the risks of reviving tensions and he is only interested in meeting US President Donald Trump again if... -
March 13,2019There aren't any words left really. They've all been used. You can shift-F7 for new descriptions of humiliation, but after a while you run out.
