Lawmakers approve Brexit bill putting UK on course for Jan. 31 exit
Lawmakers voted by 330-231 to pass the Withdrawal Agreement Bill, which sets the terms of Britain’s departure from the 28-nation bloc.
Queen Elizabeth II to admit ‘bumpy’ year in Christmas speech
The pre-recorded message will be broadcast in Britain and the Commonwealth nations on Christmas Day.
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News Wrap: House of Commons approves Johnson’s Brexit plan
In our news wrap Friday, British lawmakers in the House of Commons approved Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s bill paving the way for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union. Parliament's upper chamber, the House of Lords, still must approve…
Boris Johnson signals UK’s imminent withdrawal from EU under Brexit
The bill commits Britain to leaving the EU on Jan. 31 and to concluding trade talks with the bloc by the end of 2020.
Johnson’s commanding election victory this week may let him fulfill his campaign promise to “get Brexit done,” but it could also imperil the future of the United Kingdom of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
In every election since 1945, voters in this port in eastern England elected a Labour Party lawmaker. Until this week.
After the UK's election, Nicola Sturgeon and her party are dead set on holding a referendum on Scottish independence.
After months of waiting, markets had a muted reaction to news that the US and China had reached an initial deal on trade. The agreement means that the US won't impose new tariffs on Chinese goods that had been set…
With 649 of the 650 results declared on Friday, the Conservatives had 364 seats and the main opposition Labour Party 203.
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