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October 16, 2019 at 10:32 pm

UK, EU reach tentative Brexit deal; still needs ratification

BRUSSELS (AP) — Britain and the European Union finally reached a new tentative Brexit deal on Thursday, hoping to escape the acrimony, divisions and frustration... Updated 6:10 am

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October 15, 2019 at 10:12 pm

Brexit talks inch closer to a deal ahead of summit

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union and Britain inched ever closer to a Brexit deal, with the leaders of France and Germany saying they expected...

October 15, 2019 at 10:21 am

Evaristo says Booker win a landmark for black British women

LONDON (AP) — Winning the Booker Prize is one big step for Bernardine Evaristo — and, she hopes, a giant leap for British women writers...

Entertainment

October 14, 2019 at 11:44 pm

EU: Brexit deal in sight but UK must still do more VIEW

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union officials hoped to sketch out a Brexit deal with Britain within hours, but negotiations stretched into early Wednesday in the...

Business

October 13, 2019 at 11:23 pm

3 EU nations say Brexit talks likely to go beyond summit VIEW

LONDON (AP) — Brexit divorce talks in Brussels are making such slow progress that three European Union nations predicted Monday the negotiations could spill beyond...

October 13, 2019 at 2:49 am

Brexit divorce talks between UK and EU go down to the wire

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told Cabinet colleagues that it will require a "significant amount of work" to strike a Brexit deal...

Business

October 10, 2019 at 1:23 am

UK, Irish leaders see ‘pathway’ to elusive Brexit deal

LONDON (AP) — The leaders of Britain and Ireland said Thursday they had spotted a "pathway" to an elusive Brexit deal, keeping hopes of a...

Business

October 9, 2019 at 11:15 pm

2 Nobel literature prize winners expose Europe’s fault lines VIEW

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Nobel Prizes for literature were awarded Thursday to two writers enmeshed in Europe's social and political fault lines: a liberal Pole who...

Nation & World

October 9, 2019 at 12:38 am

EU sees hope in Brexit talks; Irish leader sees wide gaps

BRUSSELS (AP) — Despite having only days to bridge wide divisions over Brexit, the European Union maintained a semblance of hope Wednesday that the acrimonious...

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Anti-Brexit campaigner Steve Bray walks near Parliament in London, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019. The British government said Tuesday that the chances of a Brexit deal with the European Union were fading fast, as the two sides remained unwilling to shift from their entrenched positions. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) LKW106 LKW106

October 8, 2019 at 2:15 am

UK says chances of Brexit deal slim; EU chides ‘blame game’ VIEW

LONDON (AP) — Britain and the European Union traded ill-tempered barbs Tuesday as the U.K. said a Brexit deal might be impossible, while insisting it...

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