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by Dario THUBURN LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — The favorites to succeed Prime Minister David Cameron pushed Friday for a delay in initiating Britain’s talks to leave the EU as French President Francois Hollande insisted “Brexit” cannot be cancelled or delayed. In further signs of economic fallout from last week’s shock vote, the government also warned it would likely abandon a key promise to achieve a budget surplus by 2020, while no-frills airline EasyJet announced […]
by Fran BLANDY THIEPVAL, France (AFP) — Prince William on Thursday paid tribute to a generation lost at the Battle of the Somme, 100 years after the deadliest battle in British history. “We lost the flower of a generation and in the years to come it sometimes seemed that with them a sense of vital optimism had disappeared for ever from British life,” William said at a ceremony in northern France. “It was in many […]
by Jo Biddle and Jan Hennop THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) — A little-known international tribunal will early next month step into a bitter dispute over the South China Sea, handing down a ruling which risks further inflaming tensions between Southeast Asian nations and China. The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) — the world’s oldest international tribunal for the peaceful resolution of disputes between nations — said Wednesday it will rule on July 12 in the […]
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — Europe’s leaders meet Wednesday without Britain for the first time following its shock decision to leave the EU, trying to pick up the pieces and prevent further disintegration. The 27 remaining members of the bloc agreed to give Britain some breathing space on Tuesday, accepting that it needs time to absorb the shock of the Brexit vote before triggering Article 50 that will begin the formal divorce proceedings. But German Chancellor […]
by Katherine HADDON LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — EU leaders attempted to rescue the European project and Prime Minister David Cameron sought to calm fears over Britain’s vote to leave the bloc as ratings agencies downgraded the country. Britain has been pitched into uncertainty by Thursday’s referendum result, with Cameron announcing his resignation, the economy facing a string of shocks and Scotland making a fresh threat to break away. US Secretary of State John Kerry, […]
by Michael THURSTON LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain’s opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn condemned Monday “internal manoeuvring” after more than half his top team resigned in barely 24 hours, but insisted he would not go himself despite a rising tide of criticism of his role in the Brexit crisis. Twenty members of the Labour leader’s shadow cabinet have so far resigned in a rolling series of departures triggered by Corbyn’s weekend sacking of his foreign […]
(Reuters) — British Prime Minister David Cameron told parliament on Monday (June 27) that the public vote to leave the European Union must be respected as he laid out the groundwork for his successor to trigger the country’s exit from the EU. A petition on the UK Parliament website, which has been signed by more than 3.7 million people, calls for a second referendum on the UK’s relationship with the EU but Cameron rejected […]
by Michael THURSTON LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain’s opposition Labor party leader Jeremy Corbyn has insisted he will not quit despite the resignation of 11 members of his top team Sunday over his handling of the EU referendum campaign. Corbyn, widely criticized for his lukewarm support for the Remain camp, said he will not betray the trust of the party members who elected him, and vowed to “reshape” his shadow cabinet starting on Monday. […]
(Reuters) — Londoners who voted to stay in the European Union gathered in Parliament Square on Saturday (June 25) to share their grief and sorrow at the country voting to leave in Thursday’s (June 23) referendum. Draped in EU flags and holding placards reading “Yes to EU” the disappointed group of a few hundred listened to impromptu speeches from people deploring the result. Some still wearing their official ‘IN’ campaign T-shirts said their shock […]
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Saturday that the EU would weather the shock of the British vote to leave the union as he convened crisis talks. “I am confident that these countries can also send a message that we won’t let anyone take Europe from us,” he said heading into a meeting in Berlin of his counterparts from the EU’s six founding members. © 1994-2016 Agence France-Presse
by Zoé LEROY SAINT-OMER, France (AFP) — A woman who claimed that witchcraft caused her to leave her baby to drown on a beach in northern France was on Friday sentenced to 20 years in jail. Fabienne Kabou, 39, had faced life imprisonment for the November 19, 2013, murder, but the court deemed that she suffered from impaired judgement. The court in the town of Saint-Omer, near Calais, also ordered Kabou to undergo psychological treatment […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Reflecting the divided nature of the country, Britain’s newspapers were Saturday polarized over the “Brexit earthquake”, some calling it the “birth of a new Britain,” others asking “what the hell happens now?” “Take a bow, Britain!”, high-selling eurosceptic title the Daily Mail splashed across its front page. “It was the day the quiet people of Britain rose up against an arrogant, out-of-touch political class and a contemptuous Brussels elite,” it […]
