LONDON (AP) — Britain’s finance industry could lose 10,000 jobs on the first day after the country leaves the European Union, the Bank of England warned Wednesday, as it urged the government to swiftly reach a transitional deal to smooth out the process. Sam Woods, the central bank’s deputy governor for prudential regulation, told a … Continue reading
BRUSSELS (AP) — The Latest on the Brexit talks on Britain’s departure from the European Union (all times local): 5:25 p.m. British Brexit negotiator David Davis says the four days of Brexit negotiations this week will have to drive forward “all the issues” instead of just centering on the divorce proceedings that the EU wants … Continue reading
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Prince Harry has suggested that no one in the royal family really wishes to rise to the throne — and that it is duty, rather than desire, that prompts them to continue serving the British people. In an interview with Newsweek magazine, Harry said the House of Windsor is “not doing … Continue reading
LONDON (AP) — The mayor of London says he doesn’t care about the repeated insults he has received from the president of the United States, asserting Tuesday that he “really couldn’t be bothered about what Donald Trump tweets.” Mayor Sadiq Khan, who made history as the British capital’s first Muslim leader, has repeatedly been targeted … Continue reading
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — The Latest on the blast at an Ariana Grande concert in northern England (all times local): 5 p.m. Ariana Grande’s tour has not been canceled or postponed despite reports online, a person close to the situation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the person was not allowed to publicly … Continue reading
LONDON (AP) — A knife-wielding man went on a deadly rampage at the heart of Britain’s seat of power Wednesday, May 22, mowing down pedestrians on London’s Westminster Bridge before stabbing an armed police officer to death inside the gates of Parliament. Four people were killed, including the attacker, and about 20 others were injured. … Continue reading
MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian military said Friday its officers have found evidence of chemical weapons use by Syrian militants in the northern area of Aleppo where government forces are trying to regain control of areas they recently lost to insurgents. Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said that ministry experts have found … Continue reading
CALAIS, France (AP) — Carrying their belongings in bags and suitcases, long lines of migrants waited calmly in chilly temperatures Monday to board buses in the French port city of Calais, as authorities began evacuating the squalid camp they call home. French authorities were beginning a complex operation to shut down the makeshift camp known … Continue reading
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government forces and their allies on Monday captured strategic high ground in embattled Aleppo as Russia — a key ally of Syrian President Bashar Assad — said it was not planning more “humanitarian pauses” in the fighting in the city’s eastern, rebel-held districts. The fighting in Aleppo came as airstrikes hit … Continue reading
BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the developments in the Syrian civil war (all times local): 6:05 p.m. Russia says that Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will meet U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Switzerland on Saturday to discuss efforts to find a peace deal in Syria. The encounter will be the first face-to-face contact … Continue reading
BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on developments in the Syrian civil war (all times local): 4:30 p.m. Germany is hosting a meeting of senior foreign ministry officials from a group of Western nations in hopes of exploring ways out of the diplomatic impasse surrounding Syria’s civil war. Ministry political directors from the United States, France, … Continue reading
LONDON (AP) — The Latest on the British referendum on EU membership (all times local): 4:35 p.m. Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel says that whatever the outcome of the British referendum, he will seek a special meeting of European Union leaders to assess what has sent the bloc off the rails. Michel says he wants … Continue reading
BIRSTALL, England (AP) — Evidence emerged Friday, June 17, that the reclusive gardener suspected of slaying a popular Labour Party lawmaker had decades-old ties to a neo-Nazi movement and an interest in anarchist weapons literature. As detectives questioned the 52-year-old suspect for a second day, authorities confirmed they were focused on his alleged links to … Continue reading
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people whose personal fates hinge on whether Britain leaves the European Union or stays don’t even have a say in the matter: Polish immigrants, a community so numerous that Polish has become Britain’s second most-spoken language. When Poland and many other countries once behind the Iron Curtain … Continue reading
LONDON (AP) — In a landmark decision that some ethicists warned is a step down the path toward “designer babies,” Britain gave scientists approval Monday, Feb. 1, to conduct gene-editing experiments on human embryos. The researchers won’t be creating babies — the modified embryos will be destroyed after seven days. Instead, they said, the goal … Continue reading
Spartan Echo 