Has Brexit Helped?
It’s the early hours of June 24, 2016 in the UK. Jenny Watson, chief of the UK Electoral Commission, officially announces that the UK has voted to leave the EU in the Referendum on...
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U.S. Joins EU, Canada In Imposing Fresh Crimea-Related Sanctions
The U.S. Treasury Department has joined the European Union and Canada in imposing new sanctions on Russia in response to Moscow’s “continued aggression toward Ukraine and attempted occupation of Crimea,” a news release says....
UK will leave EU by January 31 at the latest: PM Johnson
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday that Britain would leave the European Union by Jan. 31 at the latest if his Conservative Party wins a majority in the election in two weeks...
Germany’s Merkel, Maas defend NATO after Macron’s rebuke
After French President Emmanuel Macron declared NATO “brain dead,” Germany’s top diplomat Heiko Maas and Chancellor Angela Merkel praised the US-led alliance. “It would be a mistake to undermine NATO,” Maas said. European NATO...
Kurds tell EU: Get tough with Turkey or face Islamic State fighters
The European Union could face a wave of returning battle-hardened Islamic State fighters from Syria unless it gets much tougher with Turkey, including breaking off any accession or trade talks, a senior Kurdish leader...
Trump’s EU envoy has changed his impeachment inquiry testimony
An ally of Donald Trump has changed his impeachment inquiry testimony to confirm that the US president offered Ukraine a quid pro quo to investigate a political rival. Gordon Sondland, the US ambassador to the European...
The #BREXIT conundrum: A classic case of dirty politics before national interests
Factors affecting the prolonged Brexit process The only thing about the United Kingdom (UK) that the world, in general, has been hearing over the last three years is one word, “Brexit”. To give you...
India-Pakistan Relations Post- 1998
The relation between the two had undergone a sea change when they exploded nuclear devices in May-June 1998. After the explosion, Tariq Altaf, a Pakistani Foreign Office spokesman, reiterated Nawaz Sharif’s assertion saying that Pakistan...
France: Chaos or a New Social Compact?
At the end of the parade, a few dozen people release yellow balloons into the sky and distribute leaflets saying “The yellow vests are not dead.” The police disperse them, quickly and firmly. Moments...
China wants to work with EU on trade, premier writes before summit
China wants to work with the European Union on issues from climate change to trade, Premier Li Keqiang wrote in a German newspaper before a summit next week aimed at cementing ties. Diplomats in...
