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UK To Face Fuel, Food And Medicine Shortages In No-Deal Brexit: Report

World News | Agence France-Presse | Sunday August 18, 2019

Britain will face shortages of fuel, food and medicine if it leaves the European Union without a transition deal, jamming ports and requiring a hard border in Ireland, official government documents leaked to the Sunday Times show.

"Will Have Fantastic And Big Trade Deal" With Post-Brexit UK: Trump

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday August 16, 2019

President Donald Trump on Thursday again signalled his desire for close trading ties with Britain once it leaves the European Union, saying a "fantastic" deal was in the works.

Amid Global Tensions, 24 Indian Crew Members Of Seized Iranian Ship Grace 1 Freed

India News | Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Thursday August 15, 2019

All 24 Indian crew members who were aboard the Grace 1 -- an Iranian tanker seized by Gibraltar authorities with the help of British marines over a month ago -- have been freed, Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan tweeted on Thursday. The much-awaited development comes over a month after India launched efforts to secure their rel...

Donald Trump Wants A Successful Brexit, US Tells UK

World News | Reuters | Tuesday August 13, 2019

US President Donald Trump wants to see a successful British exit from the European Union that Washington will support with a US-UK free trade agreement, national security adviser John Bolton told British officials on Monday.

Google Assistant Speech Data Transcription Halted in the EU

Associated Press | Friday August 2, 2019

Google has given reassurances that it won't make transcripts of speech data picked up by its Google Assistant system in the European Union for at least the next three months.

Britain Doubles 2019 Budget As It Prepares To Leave EU

World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday August 1, 2019

Britain will provide an extra £2.1 billion ($2.6 billion, 2.3 billion euros) to prepare for leaving the European Union, with or without a deal, doubling its current 2019 budget, the government announced Wednesday.

British PM Boris Johnson In Northern Ireland, To Hold Talks With Parties

World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday July 31, 2019

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will on Wednesday meet leaders in Northern Ireland, the key battleground in Britain's fight to leave the European Union and the focus of increasingly tense rhetoric on both sides of the Irish Sea.

"Turbo-Charge" Brexit Plans, With "All Necessary Funding": Boris Johnson

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday July 30, 2019

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government holds the first of a series of daily meetings Tuesday designed to ramp up preparations to leave the European Union without a Brexit deal on October 31.

Facebook's Like Button Makes Websites Liable, Top EU Court Rules

Stephanie Bodoni, Bloomberg | Tuesday July 30, 2019

Facebook's 'Like' button makes third-party websites responsible for processing people's data under the European Union's privacy rules, according to the EU's top court.

"UK Government Toughening Up": Rishi Sunak On Way To 10 Downing Street

Indians Abroad | Press Trust of India | Thursday July 25, 2019

Boris Johnson has appointed three Indian-origin leaders, including Priti Patel as Home Secretary, in his top ministerial team in what has been dubbed as Britain's most diverse Cabinet, after he took over as the new prime minister with a pledge that the UK will leave the European Union on October 31, "no ifs or buts."

Infosys Founder Narayana Murthy's Son-In-Law In Boris Johnson's Cabinet

Indians Abroad | Press Trust of India | Thursday July 25, 2019

Fellow Brexiteer Rishi Sunak, the son-in-law of Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy, and housing minister Alok Sharma are also in line for frontline jobs in what Indian-origin peer Lord Jitesh Gadhia has hailed as the most diverse Cabinet in British history.

Boris Johnson Becomes Britain's New Prime Minister, Meets Queen Elizabeth

World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday July 24, 2019

Boris Johnson took over as Britain's prime minister Wednesday, promising to pull his country out of the European Union on October 31 by any means necessary.

UK's Incoming PM Boris Johnson May Inherit Economy Heading For Slowdown

World News | Reuters | Wednesday July 24, 2019

Britain's incoming Prime Minister Boris Johnson will inherit an economy that could be heading for a slowdown or even a recession, weakening his hand in the battles ahead as the country prepares to leave the European Union.

Boris Johnson To Be Next UK Prime Minister

World News | Reuters | Tuesday July 23, 2019

Boris Johnson, the ebullient Brexiteer who has promised to lead Britain out of the European Union with or without a deal by Halloween, will replace Theresa May as prime minister after winning the leadership of the Conservative Party on Tuesday.

Australia Grounds Mahindra Aerospace GA8 Planes After Swedish Crash

Business | Thomson Reuters | Monday July 22, 2019

Nine Swedes were killed when a GA8, dubbed the Airvan 8, crashed during a skydiving trip near Umea in northern Sweden on July 14.