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April 23, 2019 at 4:29 am

President Trump to pay 3-day state visit to Britain in June

LONDON (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump will pay a three-day state visit to Britain as a guest of Queen Elizabeth II in June, Buckingham... Updated 11:45 am

April 19, 2019 at 12:09 am

Worth the risk? It’s not easy to put a value on a cathedral VIEW

LONDON (AP) — Rebuilding Notre Dame, the 800-year-old Paris cathedral devastated by fire this week, will cost billions of dollars as architects, historians and artisans...

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April 12, 2019 at 2:42 am

Brexhaustion: Long, grinding Brexit is stressing people out VIEW

LONDON (AP) — Elly Wright can't sleep through the night. The Dutch native, who has lived in Britain for 51 years, keeps thinking about the...

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April 11, 2019 at 6:19 am

What Next? EU gives UK an extension but impasse remains

LONDON (AP) — Following the decision early Thursday by the European Union to delay the U.K.'s departure for a second time, not much is clear...

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April 11, 2019 at 2:47 am

WikiLeaks’ Assange hauled from embassy, faces US charge WATCH

Police in London arrested WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorean embassy Thursday for failing to surrender to the court in 2012, shortly after the...

April 8, 2019 at 12:47 am

Facebook, Google face widening crackdown over online content

LONDON (AP) — Tech giants like Facebook and Google came under increasing pressure in Europe on Monday when countries proposed stricter rules to force them...

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Anti Brexit protesters looks at placards showing pictures of British politicians as she demonstrates outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Tuesday, April 2, 2019. Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May is set for long Cabinet meeting Tuesday, as the government tries to find a way out of the Brexit crisis, after lawmakers on Monday rejected all alternatives to her European Union withdrawal agreement. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) XAG108 XAG108

April 1, 2019 at 11:42 pm

May: UK to seek further Brexit delay, try to break logjam VIEW

LONDON (AP) — With Britain racing toward a chaotic exit from the European Union within days, Prime Minister Theresa May veered away from the cliff-edge...

April 1, 2019 at 8:09 am

Brexit is hurting travel industry, airline warns

LONDON (AP) — Discount airline easyJet warned Monday that the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the European Union is causing travelers to hold back on booking...

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A supporter of Brexit holds a sign saying ‘Just hoot, we voted leave’ while others continue with their daily activities outside the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London, ahead of the latest round of debates in the House of Commons concerning Brexit issues, Monday April 1, 2019. (Rebecca Brown/PA via AP) TH801 TH801

April 1, 2019 at 12:44 am

UK Parliament rejects alternatives to May’s Brexit deal VIEW

Lawmakers seeking a way out of the country's Brexit morass on Monday rejected four alternatives to the government's unpopular European Union divorce deal that would...

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March 31, 2019 at 5:06 am

Brexit creates power vacuum at heart of Britain’s government

LONDON (AP) — Britain's Parliament is deadlocked over plans to leave the European Union. The country's ruling Conservative Party is fractured by an undeclared leadership...

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