French President Francois Hollande on Thursday called on Britain to prepare for talks to leave the European Union(EU) as soon as possible.
Prime Minister Theresa May sought to reassure Germany on Wednesday over Britain's vote to leave the European Union, stressing her desire to deepen ties with neighboring countries in her first foreign visit as leader.
British Prime Minister Theresa May has told European Council President Donald Tusk that Britain will not take over the presidency next year, Downing Street confirmed Wednesday.
British lawmakers on Monday agreed by 472 votes to 117 to replace the country's submarine-based Trident nuclear missile system, a multi-billion pound project to maintain the country's military status, after Britain's vote to leave the European Union.
Britain's newly installed Prime Minister Theresa May signalled her commitment Sunday to the flagship scheme devised by former Chancellor of the Exchequer to re-balance the north-south divide in England.
The junior minister who pulled out of the government leadership race to pave the way for Theresa May to become British prime minister was Thursday rewarded with a big front-bench job.
New Prime Minister Theresa May pledged to forge a bold, new role for Britain outside the EU and fight "burning injustice" in the country as she took office on Wednesday.
Mrs Theresa May, who takes over today as Britain's new Prime Minister, faces a daunting agenda: She has to negotiate her country's exit from the European Union (EU), a deeply controversial process. And she could be confronted with an economic downturn.
Theresa May promised to build a "better Britain" and to make the UK's EU exit a "success" after she was announced as the new Tory leader and soon-to-be PM.
British Home Secretary Theresa May was given a rousing reception in the Houses of Parliament Monday night as she was endorsed as the new leader of the Conservative Party by Conservative MPs.
Britain's energy minister Andrea Leadsom dropped out of the race on Monday to be leader of the ruling Conservative Party and the next prime minister.
Japan's exports declined for an eighth successive month in May the Finance Ministry said on Monday as major destinations including the United States, China and Europe saw shipments drop in a further sign Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's "Abenomics" economic recovery mix is running out of steam.
Our attitude turns from being cautious to being optimistic since the mid-and-late May. Faced with adjustment in foreign market, decreasing central parity of RMB and plunge in domestic futures market, A-share market is relatively “persistent”.
China's manufacturing sector expansion remained steady in May, the third month of expansion in a row, official data showed on Wednesday.
At least 57 people were gunned down in separate incidents of violence and target killings in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi during the month of May, local Urdu media reported Wednesday.
Confidence at Japanese manufacturers tumbled to a three-year low in May and is seen recovering only modestly in the next three months, a Reuters poll found, in a sign the yen's rise is taking its toll on exporters of cars and electronics.
The first imported case of Zika virus infection in Beijing was reported on Sunday, the capital's health and family planning commission said in a statement.
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