David Cameron calls Starmer 'hopelessly naive' and that he will 'weaken Britain's defence' Lord Cameron, who was Conservative Prime Minister between 2010 and 2016, claimed the Labour leader could weaken Britain's defences - and said the UK was under attack from an "axis of malign states". 06/30/2024 - 9:08 am | View Link
Sunak claims 'Brexit Britain' became the world's fourth biggest exporter Sunak claims 'Brexit Britain' became the world's fourth biggest exporter - is he right? The Conservatives claim Brexit has enabled the UK to leapfrog a number of other countries to become the ... 06/23/2024 - 2:51 am | View Link
As Britain Gears Up for an Election, No One Is Talking About Brexit Brexit, Britain’s departure from the European Union more than four years ago, has had far-reaching impacts on the U.K. economy and the world’s largest trading bloc. It has been blamed for ... 06/14/2024 - 6:01 pm | View Link
Europe still wants to punish Britain for Brexit – and Starmer knows it It was all just a bit too overwhelming.” Only 8pc of the public cited Britain’s future relationship with Brussels as one of the top three most important factors determining their vote. 06/8/2024 - 10:03 pm | View Link
Huge boost for UK as Brexit Britain 'becoming global manufacturing powerhouse' Two thirds say they are boosting schemes as the pulsating Made in Britain sector assembles a crack workforce of hungry, young talent, fit for the future. The move comes as industry experts say ... 05/26/2024 - 1:02 am | View Link
New York — A Delta flight from Detroit to Amsterdam was diverted to New York’s Kennedy Airport on Wednesday after passengers were served spoiled food, airline officials said.
The redeye flight took off from Detroit around 11 p.m. Tuesday and landed in New York at 4 a.m. “after reports that a portion of the Main Cabin in-flight meal service were spoiled,” a Delta spokesperson said in a statement.
A spokesperson for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which runs the airport, said 14 of the plane’s 277 passengers as well as 10 crew members were treated by medical personnel when the flight landed.
Tensions between enraged Turkish groups and Syrian refugees living in Turkey have reached a boiling point this week, forcing Turkey to close its main border crossing into northwest Syria.
The Bab al Hawa border crossing—the main trade and passenger channel for over 3 million people—as well as the Bab al Salam and other smaller crossings are closed until further notice.
Hurricane Beryl, the first hurricane of the 2024 season in the Atlantic, has already broken storm records as it ravages through the Caribbean. Power lines have been brought down, homes flattened, and streets flooded across multiple southeastern Caribbean Islands. The death toll has risen to at least seven people, according to CNN.
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Hurricane Beryl is shattering storm records on its path through the Caribbean, having already killed several people as it leaves tremendous destruction in its wake.
After it passed through Grenada, Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell said Beryl “flattened” the archipelagic nation’s small island of Carriacou and that, with communication and power lines cut and many roads made impassable, officials are having trouble reaching affected areas.
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Bangladesh is in talks with China for a loan of about $5 billion to bolster the nation’s dwindling foreign-exchange reserves, the central bank governor said, drawing the South Asian country closer to Beijing.
The funds will be denominated in yuan and give exporters access to financing they can use to pay for much-needed raw material imports from China, Governor Abdur Rouf Talukder said in an interview in Dhaka on Tuesday.
LONDON — United Kingdom elections have a distinct vocabulary that draws on traditions of parliamentary democracy as well as modern political slogans and spin.
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As voters go to the polls Thursday to elect a new government, the Associated Press deciphers some key words and phrases:
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Luxury coaches rented by the main political parties to whisk politicians and journalists around the country for campaign visits during the five-week campaign.