US, Europe eye closely as China, Italy deepen ties

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2019 11:24:12 +0000

US, Europe eye closely as China, Italy deepen ties, Xi Jinping, Italy president

MILAN — Chinese President Xi Jinping was received with full red-carpet honors by his Italian counterpart Friday, launching a two-day visit aimed at deepening ties through an ambitious infrastructure program that has raised suspicions among Italy’s U.S. and European allies. President Sergio Mattarella greeted Xi in the courtyard of the presidential palace, overseen by the […]

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EU leaders open to Brexit delay if May can push deal through

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2019 10:53:07 +0000

EU leaders open to Brexit delay if May can push deal through

BRUSSELS – European Union leaders meeting for a Brexit summit are likely to grant Britain a short extension, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday, if the U.K. government can win parliamentary support next week for its divorce deal.

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UK’s May prepares to ask EU for short Brexit delay

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 11:07:01 +0000

Jean-Claude Juncker

British Prime Minister Theresa May was set to ask the European Union on Wednesday for a delay to the country’s divorce from the bloc, due to take place in nine days. But the EU warned it could keep Britain waiting for an answer.

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EU’s Juncker says Brexit delay decision unlikely this week

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 08:30:31 +0000

BERLIN  — The head of the European Union’s executive branch says a decision on a delay to Brexit is unlikely at this week’s EU summit and the bloc’s leaders may have to meet again next week.

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Musicians brace for Brexit disharmony

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 07:10:44 +0000

Musicians brace for Brexit disharmony

As the Brexit saga reaches a crescendo, classical musicians based in Britain fear that a disorderly divorce could threaten their European livelihood and stunt the development of potential maestros.

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Italy to join China’s Belt and Road  initiative despite US objections

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2019 11:58:58 +0000

Italy to join China’s Belt and Road initiative despite US objections, Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte

MILAN – Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte has pledged to make Italy the first Group of Seven nation to join China’s ambitious Belt and Road initiative despite objections from the United States and doubts within the governing coalition.

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UK aims to salvage Brexit deal as EU says: make up your mind

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2019 11:28:09 +0000

UK aims to salvage Brexit deal as EU says: make up your mind

LONDON – The British government was preparing Tuesday to ask the European Union for a delay of at least several months to Brexit after the speaker of the House of Commons ruled that Prime Minister Theresa May cannot keep asking lawmakers to vote on the same divorce deal that they have already rejected twice.

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NATO, EU condemn Russia’s 2014 seizure of Crimea

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2019 12:00:25 +0000

NATO, EU condemn Russia's 2014 seizure of Crimea

NATO and the EU have condemned Russia’s 2014 annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula five years after Moscow declared it Russian territory.

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UK lawmakers set for another big Brexit vote

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2019 09:50:00 +0000

UK lawmakers set for another big Brexit vote

LONDON – British lawmakers are set to vote on whether to delay Britain’s departure from the European Union as Prime Minister Theresa May struggles to overcome further erosion of her authority.

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EU plans for chaotic Brexit as UK readies for no-deal vote

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 11:31:32 +0000

EU plans for chaotic Brexit as UK readies for no-deal vote

LONDON — Britain and the European Union braced Wednesday for a chaotic, cliff-edge Brexit after U.K. lawmakers rejected the two sides’ agreed divorce deal. Britain’s Parliament was set to hold votes aiming to try to rule out that disruptive option, or at least postpone it for now.

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