Tag: UK

LONDON (AP) — It’s unusual to throw a birthday party for a health care system, but that’s exactly what the U.K. did for the National Health Service, a beloved but increasingly creaky institution that turned…

LONDON (AP) — British Home Secretary Suella Braverman left her job on Wednesday, the second senior minister in a week to leave Prime Minister Liz Truss’ government. It was not immediately clear whether she quit…

LONDON (AP) — Britons who have endured three years of wrangling over their country’s messy divorce from the European Union cast ballots today in an election billed as a way out of the Brexit stalemate…

MANHATTAN — Iolan Clara Wicoff, a Kansas State University senior in agricultural economics, will receive a 2020 Marshall Scholarship for graduate study in the United Kingdom.  She is one of 46 American students to receive…

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and opposition leaders were pushing for the finish line in Britain’s election campaign today, dashing through multiple constituencies to drum up support in the final 72 hours…

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s five-week election campaign officially began today, when Parliament was dissolved ahead of the Dec. 12 vote. Here’s a look at some key numbers in an election that could determine not only…

BRUSSELS (AP) — Britain and the European Union finally reached a new tentative Brexit deal today, hoping to escape the acrimony, divisions and frustration of their three-year divorce battle. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson now…

LONDON (AP) — The leaders of Britain and Ireland said they spotted a “pathway” to an elusive Brexit deal today, as hopes for a breakthrough dimmed just three weeks before the U.K.’s deadline to leave…

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced political opposition and personal allegations today as he tried to fulfil his pledge to lead Britain out of the European Union in just over a…

LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson kept up his push for an early election as a way to break Britain’s Brexit impasse, as lawmakers moved to stop the U.K. leaving the European Union next…