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British ministers in US to 'fast-track' post-Brexit trade deal
AFP, Published on 07/08/2019
» WASHINGTON - Britain was seeking to fast-track a crucial post-Brexit trade deal with the United States on Wednesday after new Prime Minister Boris Johnson dispatched his top diplomat and foreign trade minister to Washington.
Johnson faces UK election test as Brexit battle looms
AFP, Published on 01/08/2019
» LONDON - Britain's Boris Johnson faces his first test at the ballot box Thursday in a by-election that could reduce his parliamentary majority to one, making it harder to enact his Brexit plan.
Boris Johnson visits N. Ireland, heart of Brexit battle
AFP, Published on 31/07/2019
» BELFAST - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday met leaders in Northern Ireland, the key battleground in Brexit and the focus of increasingly tense rhetoric on both sides of the Irish Sea.
Johnson in Scotland as no-deal Brexit concerns grow
AFP, Published on 29/07/2019
» LONDON - Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday promised a bright future after Brexit on his first visit to Scotland but Britain's top business lobby said companies need to be on an "emergency footing" because of the growing likelihood of a no-deal exit.
Brexit is a 'massive economic opportunity': PM Johnson
AFP, Published on 27/07/2019
» MANCHESTER (UNITED KINGDOM) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday said Brexit was a "massive economic opportunity" but had been treated under his predecessor Theresa May as "an impending adverse weather event".
Johnson: Brexit a 'massive economic opportunity'
AFP, Published on 27/07/2019
» MANCHESTER: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday said Brexit was a "massive economic opportunity" but had been treated under his predecessor Theresa May as "an impending adverse weather event".
UK PM to set out domestic agenda amid election talk
AFP, Published on 27/07/2019
» MANCHESTER (UNITED KINGDOM) - New British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will set out his domestic agenda in a speech in Manchester on Saturday, after trying to dampen speculation he could call an early election.
Mixed signals from ECB dim equity enthusiasm
Business, Published on 27/07/2019
» Recap: Recent investor euphoria ebbed after the European Central Bank failed to send the strong rate-cut signal many had expected, while disappointing earnings worried Wall Street and caused most Southeast Asian indices to fall yesterday. Investors are now bracing for Tuesday, when Chinese and US officials will resume trade negotiations in Shanghai.
EU partners warn Johnson against Brexit 'provocations'
AFP, Published on 26/07/2019
» PARIS - Britain's European partners Friday warned Boris Johnson that his hardline Brexit stance was putting the UK on a "collision course" with the EU and called on the new premier to avoid "provocations".
PM Johnson to host new cabinet to chart Brexit course
AFP, Published on 25/07/2019
» LONDON - Britain's newly installed Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds his first cabinet meeting on Thursday faced with the burning challenge of resolving the three-year Brexit crisis in three months.