Frank Langfitt

Frank Langfitt appears in the following:

Britain's Theresa May Is Pressured To Come Up With A New Brexit Plan

Wednesday, October 03, 2018

Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday addresses her ruling Conservative Party as she faces intense pressure from her political rivals over her plan to take the U.K. out of the European Union.

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Debate Over How The U.K. Should Leave The EU Continues 2 Years After Vote

Tuesday, October 02, 2018

British Prime Minister Theresa May will address her Conservative Party conference Wednesday. There's no sign of an agreement between the U.K. and the EU over Brexit, with the deadline two weeks away.

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U.S. Blocks Appointments Of New Judges To World Trade Organization

Tuesday, October 02, 2018

President Trump has attacked the World Trade Organization, which sets and enforces global trading rules, as being unfair to America. Blocking judges is a move that threatens to cripple the WTO.

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Britain's Labour Party Sees Brexit Standstill As An Opportunity

Wednesday, September 26, 2018

The leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party says if the U.K. government fails to get a Brexit agreement with the European Union his party would press for a general election.

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EU Is Unreceptive To Britain's Plan To Stay In Europe's Single Market

Friday, September 21, 2018

British Prime Minister Theresa May's hopes of persuading her peers in the European Union to keep the U.K. in the bloc's single market were dashed at an informal summit in Germany.

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Experts Say Trump's Hostility To The WTO Could Cripple It

Thursday, September 20, 2018

The World Trade Organization is rarely in the headlines — but the Trump administration's hostility and the issues connected with Brexit and the U.S.-China trade dispute has pushed the WTO to the fore.

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News Brief: Kavanaugh Latest, Brexit, Koreas Summit

Wednesday, September 19, 2018

We have the latest developments on the sexual assault allegations against Brett Kavanaugh. Also, European leaders are meeting to discuss Brexit, while leaders of North and South Korea also met.

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European Leaders Talk Brexit In Austria

Wednesday, September 19, 2018

With just six months to go before Britain leaves the EU, European leaders are meeting in Austria to discuss progress — while the U.K.'s ruling party continues to tear itself apart over the issue.

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British Government Names 2 Russian Men Charged In Nerve Agent Attack

Wednesday, September 05, 2018

The British government has named and issued photographs of two men it says are Russian military intelligence officers who carried out a nerve agent attack in England.

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U.K. Charges 2 Russians In Poison Attack On Former Spy

Wednesday, September 05, 2018

Scotland Yard says it has sufficient evidence to charge Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov in absentia with attempted murder over the poisonings in the city of Salisbury in March.

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Labour Party To Adopt International Definition Of Anti-Semitism

Wednesday, September 05, 2018

Britain's opposition Labour Party is trying to defuse widespread attacks from Jewish community leaders who've accused the party's leader of being either anti-Semitic or tolerant of anti-Semitism.

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Why Britain's Labour Party Is Agreeing To Adopt An International Definition Of Anti-Semitism

Tuesday, September 04, 2018

The leaders of Britain's Labour Party are meeting Tuesday to try to diffuse accusations that anti-Semitism is rife within the organization.

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Former Political Leader Of Scotland Is Facing Allegations Of Sexual Misconduct

Friday, August 31, 2018

In Britain, the former head of the Scottish National party, who resigned from the party this week after being accused of sexual harassment, has raised over $120,000 to help him fight the allegations.

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Pope Ends Visit To A Disillusioned Ireland, Where Church Authority Has Plunged

Monday, August 27, 2018

As the pope departed for Rome Sunday night, his visit to Ireland only seemed to reinforce the decline of Roman Catholic authority in a country that was once synonymous with the faith.

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At Mass In Dublin, Pope Apologizes For Clergy Sex Abuse Scandals

Monday, August 27, 2018

But his contrition was marred by a new allegation. An ex-Vatican official accused Pope Francis of ignoring for years sexual misconduct allegations against a U.S. cardinal, who has since resigned.

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In Ireland, Mixed Reactions To Pope's Arrival

Saturday, August 25, 2018

Pope Francis tells the people of Ireland he is shamed by the failure of church authorities to adequately address "repugnant" clerical child abuse crimes in their country.

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Pope Arrives In Ireland After New Report On Sex Abuse In U.S.

Saturday, August 25, 2018

The pope arrives in Ireland to take part in the World Meeting of Families, a Vatican-sponsored gathering of Catholics, shortly after a report on sex abuse in Pennsylvania.

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How A No-Deal Brexit Will Likely Disrupt U.K.-E.U. Financial Ties

Thursday, August 23, 2018

The British government has revealed its advice to businesses on how to prepare for the possibility of the U.K. leaving the European Union without an agreement on their future relationship.

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Time Is Running Out On Britain's Plans For An Orderly Brexit

Thursday, August 23, 2018

The British government releases documents on Thursday telling businesses how to prepare for the U.K. leaving the EU without an agreement between London and Brussels on their future relationship.

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British Police Investigating Man Who Drove Car Into Parliament's Security Barrier

Tuesday, August 14, 2018

A man drove a car across traffic and into a security barrier outside the Houses of Parliament in London on Tuesday. Three people were injured in what British police are treating as a terror attack.

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