Tag: United Kingdom

LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tested positive for the coronavirus, he announced Friday, becoming the world’s highest-profile political leader to reveal an infection. “Over the last 24 hours I have developed mild…

As part of their reduced role within the royal household, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are changing their media strategy. Through a snazzy website, illustrated with a photo of the couple walking among redwoods,…

LONDON (AP) — British lawmakers gave preliminary approval Friday to Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit bill, clearing the way for the U.K. to leave the European Union next month. The House of Commons voted 358-234…

LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson signaled an end to Britain’s era of Brexit deadlock today, announcing a packed legislative program intended to take the U.K. out of the European Union on Jan. 31,…

LONDON (AP) — Britons who have endured three years of wrangling over their country’s messy divorce from the European Union cast ballots today in an election billed as a way out of the Brexit stalemate…

MANHATTAN — Iolan Clara Wicoff, a Kansas State University senior in agricultural economics, will receive a 2020 Marshall Scholarship for graduate study in the United Kingdom.  She is one of 46 American students to receive…

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and opposition leaders were pushing for the finish line in Britain’s election campaign today, dashing through multiple constituencies to drum up support in the final 72 hours…

LONDON (AP) — All 39 people found dead in a refrigerated container truck near an English port were Chinese citizens, British police confirmed today as they investigated one of the country’s deadliest cases of people…

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s bedeviling Brexit dilemma intensified Friday, as opposition parties refused to support Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s call for an election until he secures a delay to Britain’s exit from the European Union…

LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson kept up his push for an early election as a way to break Britain’s Brexit impasse, as lawmakers moved to stop the U.K. leaving the European Union next…