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A British Union Jack flag is seen during a plenary session on preparations for the next EU leaders’ summit, at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium October 9, 2019. REUTERS/Yves Herman/Files BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Talks between the EU and Britain to seal a Brexit divorce deal this week have hit a “standstill”, according to sources

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Thousands of Dutch farmers drove tractors along highways causing major traffic jams on Wednesday, as part of their protest campaign against what they say are attempts to blame them for nitrogen pollution. The convoys of tractors set out in the early morning for the city of Utrecht, and the farmers aimed to

DUBLIN (Reuters) – The small Northern Irish party supporting Britain’s minority government insisted on Tuesday that the region must remain within the United Kingdom customs union as part of any Brexit deal and not have to follow tariffs set by the European Union. FILE PHOTO: DUP leader Arlene Foster speaks at a Bruges Group event

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Trump administration, in an effort to mend fences with the powerful corn lobby, proposed a deal on Tuesday to offset waivers for oil refiners exempting them from the nation’s biofuel blending requirements. FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sign is seen on the podium at EPA headquarters in

LONDON (Reuters) – British consumers have not yet stockpiled groceries ahead of Brexit though they are considering doing so, market researcher Kantar said on Tuesday. FILE PHOTO: A woman shops at a Sainsbury’s store in London, Britain December 3, 2015. REUTERS/Neil Hall/File Photo It said a quarter of UK shoppers say they are thinking about

KORIYAMA, Japan (Reuters) – The death toll in the worst typhoon to hit Japan for decades climbed to 66 on Tuesday as rescuers slogged through mud and debris in an increasingly grim search for the missing, and as thousands of homes remained without power or water. Destroyed houses are seen, in the aftermath of Typhoon

(Reuters) – The parents of a British teenager killed in a car crash involving a U.S. diplomat’s wife vowed on Monday to keep fighting until they get justice for their son after the American woman returned to the United States following the accident. FILE PHOTO: Tim Dunn and Charlotte Charles, parents of Harry Dunn, leave

(Reuters) – A large low pressure system located less than 300 miles southeast of Cabo Verde Islands has a 90% chance of becoming a cyclone in the next 48 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Monday. “Tropical depression or a tropical storm is likely to form later tonight or early Tuesday while the

LONDON (Reuters) – A British employers’ group criticized on Monday what it said would be the “beyond eye-watering” cost of the opposition Labour Party’s plans to return utilities, train companies and the Royal Mail to public ownership. FILE PHOTO: Postal workers move mail bags from a van at a Royal Mail sorting office in Altrincham

LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told his cabinet on Sunday a last-minute Brexit deal was still possible but there was significant work to be done to reach one, as intensive talks with the European Union entered their most critical stage. In a pivotal week that could decide the future of Brexit and

LONDON (Reuters) – Europe’s climate change credentials face an acid test this week when the bloc’s lending arm, the European Investment Bank, decides whether or not to stop funding fossil fuel projects beyond next year. The decision is due to be made on Tuesday by EU finance ministers and other top officials after an intense

FILE PHOTO: Leader of Britain’s opposition Labour party, Jeremy Corbyn, delivers a speech during a visit to Chingford, London, Britain September 28, 2019. REUTERS/Simon Dawson (Reuters) – UK opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said he is unlikely to support a deal agreed between Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the European Union, Sky News reported

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan sent tens of thousands of troops and rescue workers on Sunday to save stranded residents and fight floods caused by one of the worst typhoons to hit the country in recent history, which killed 18 people and briefly paralyzed Tokyo. A collapsed railway bridge is seen over Chikuma river swollen by

Belgian police officers detain a climate activist in front of the Royal Palace during the Extinction Rebellion protest in Brussels, Belgium, October 12, 2019. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgian police on Saturday arrested up to 300 Extinction Rebellion protesters in Brussels after water cannon and pepper spray failed to disperse them. The climate change

LONDON (Reuters) – A mooted eleventh-hour solution to the deadlock over Brexit cannot work because Northern Ireland must remain in a full United Kingdom customs union, the deputy leader of the province’s key political party said on Saturday. Deputy leader of the Democratic Unionist Party Nigel Dodds walks in Whitehall in London, Britain, September 3,

TOKYO (Reuters) – One man died and more than a million in Japan were advised to evacuate as a powerful typhoon was set to make landfall late on Saturday, bringing with it the heaviest rain and winds in 60 years. An empty road leading into Shiroko, Suzuka, Japan October 12, 2019, seen in heavy rain