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How much Brexit uncertainty can the global economy take?

by Scott Tong
Jan 16, 2019
The turmoil of Brexit continued today with a no-confidence vote attempting to oust Prime Minister Theresa May. She survived by a margin of 19 votes. But the Brexit storm is hardly contained. It remains an uneasy, potentially expensive complication at a time when the world may not be able to afford it. So at what […]
Prime Minister Theresa May addresses the media after her government defeated a vote of no confidence in the House of Commons on Jan. 16, 2019 in London, England. 
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U.K. lawmakers reject Brexit deal in 432-202 vote

by Associated Press
Jan 15, 2019
Uncertainty lies ahead of the planned British exit from the European Union on March 29.
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Many in the U.K. are rethinking Brexit as deal moves forward

by Stephen Beard
Nov 26, 2018
Some businesses are among those wanting a second referendum on whether the United Kingdom should remain in the EU.
A pedestrian shelters beneath a Union flag-themed umbrella near Big Ben and the Elizabeth Tower at the Houses of Parliament in central London on June 25, 2016, following the pro-Brexit result of the U.K.'s EU referendum vote.
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Trump stirs controversy during U.K. visit

by Stephen Beard
Jul 13, 2018
President Donald Trump has stirred up a hornet's nest in the U.K. with his blunt comments about Brexit.
President Donald Trump (L) speaks during a press conference with Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May following their meeting at Chequers, the prime minister's country residence, near Ellesborough, northwest of London on July 13, 2018 on the second day of Trump's U.K. visit.
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How to solve problems around Brexit and the Irish border

by Stephen Beard
Jun 27, 2018
Could technology help prevent bottlenecks on the EU-U.K. border?
Traffic crosses the border into Northern Ireland from the Irish Republic next to a poster protesting a hard Brexit.
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New NHS rule requiring patients to prove residency has implications for undocumented immigrants

by Hannah Harris Green
May 21, 2018
The U.K.’s National Health Service provides free, universal healthcare to U.K. residents. In the past, the NHS would provide treatment without knowing patients’ residency status, but new rules put in place in October mean that clinics now must ask for identity documents up front to determine whether patients must pay for care. The most recent U.K. Department […]
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U.S. actor has a leading role in English house restoration

by Stephen Beard
May 2, 2018
Californian Hopwood DePree is raising money to restore his ancestral home.
U.S. film actor Hopwood DePree stands outside Hopwood Hall, his family's ancestral home near the town of Rochdale in northern England, in September 2017. He hopes to restore it.
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Purple faces over Britain's new blue passports

by Stephen Beard
Apr 12, 2018
The government's favoring of a Franco-Dutch bid to make the documents raises ire.
 In this photo illustration, a British passport is seen in front of the flag of the European Union on Oct. 13, 2017 in Bath, England. 
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Why a New York professor is taking on Cambridge Analytica in the U.K.

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Mar 22, 2018
David Carroll is using a British law to try to force Cambridge Analytica to send him the data it's gathered on him.
Signs for company Cambridge Analytica in the lobby of the building in which they are based on March 21, 2018 in London, England.
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U.S. business ponder effects of Brexit breakthrough deal

by Stephen Beard
Dec 8, 2017
Today, after weeks of often bitter wrangling, the Brits struck a last-minute, breakthrough deal on Brexit with their European Union partners. They agreed to some of the key terms of their departure from the EU. The United Kingdom will likely be told next week that it can now move on to talk about a future […]
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