Tag: Brexit referendum

European Parliament set to greenlight post-Brexit trade deal

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BRUSSELS — European Union lawmakers are set to formally ratify the post-Brexit deal between the EU and the United Kingdom amid ongoing tensions between...

N Ireland leaders call for calm after night of rioting

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LONDON — Rioters set a hijacked bus on fire and hurled gasoline bombs at police in Belfast in the fourth night of violence in...

Whiskey makers face worsening hangover from trade dispute

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A hangover from Trump-era tariff disputes could...

Biden to mark St. Patrick’s Day, praise Good Friday accord

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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is marking St. Patrick’s Day as he recommits the U.S. to the Good Friday Agreement, which has come under...

UK shifts policy focus toward India and Pacific post Brexit

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LONDON — Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday will unveil plans to shift Britain’s foreign policy focus toward India and the Pacific as the...

UK GDP shrinks 2.9% amid COVID lockdown; Brexit cuts exports

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LONDON — The British economy shrank 2.9% in January as the nation was hit by a new round of coronavirus restrictions and Brexit slashed...

Amid pandemic, UK delays imposing post-Brexit border checks

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LONDON — Britain announced Thursday that it is delaying the imposition of checks on some goods from the European Union to give businesses more...

Online review platform Trustpilot chooses London for IPO

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LONDON — Online review platform Trustpilot said Monday it plans to sell shares in London, in a stock offering that helps shore up the...

UK performers say post-Brexit visa rules spell disaster

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LONDON — Leading British actors including Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart and Julie Walters warned the government on Tuesday that the U.K. culture sector faces...