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Trump to Make State Visit to UK June 3-5: Palace

US President Donald Trump will make a state visit to Britain hosted by Queen Elizabeth II on June 3-5 during which he will also meet Prime Minister Theresa May, officials said on Tuesday. “The President of the United States of America, President Donald J. Trump, accompanied by Mrs. Melania Trump, ...

April 23, 2019

World

Oil Prices Shoot to 2019 Highs on Iran Crackdown

World oil prices struck fresh 2019 peaks on Tuesday, boosting energy shares prices. Crude futures extended Monday’s sharp rally, which was triggered by a US crackdown on Iranian oil exports. Brent North Sea crude reached $74.70 per barrel Tuesday, the highest point since early November. WTI hit a similar near ...

April 23, 2019

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MPs Urge UK to Cooperate with Sweden in Assange Case

More than 70 British lawmakers have urged their government to prioritize any extradition bid Sweden might make for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is also wanted in the United States. Assange was arrested on Thursday at Ecuador’s London embassy on allegations of skipping bail, and on a US extradition warrant ...

April 13, 2019

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Assange’s Arrest is Example of Double Standard: Ex-Ecuadorian President

Ex-Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa has told Sputnik that the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was yet another example of double standards because while Assange was accused of leaking classified data, no one was talking about legal charges against major media outlets who published that very information. “There are horrible ...

April 12, 2019

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Assange’s Alleged Aide Reportedly Arrested Trying to Leave Ecuador

A collaborator of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested Thursday in Ecuador while trying to flee to Japan, the South American country’s interior minister Maria Paula Romo said, cited by AFP. The minister did not name the person or give their identity. She stressed, however, the detained person was very ...

April 12, 2019

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Russia Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova

Moscow Says Britain Strangling Freedom with Assange Arrest

Russia on Thursday slammed Britain’s arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as a move against democratic freedoms. “The hand of ‘democracy’ is strangling freedom,” foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Facebook after British police arrested Assange at Ecuador’s embassy in London.

April 11, 2019

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May Says Wants Britain to Leave EU ‘as Soon as Possible’

UK Prime Minister Theresa May insisted Wednesday she wanted Britain to leave the European Union “as soon as possible”, even as she arrived at a Brussels summit to ask fellow leaders to delay Brexit. “I’ve asked for an extension to June 30 but what is important is that any extension ...

April 10, 2019

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UK Set to Deploy F-35s Just 250 km Off Syria’s Coast

The UK announced that the first of its F-35B STOVL fifth-generation fighter aircraft had become ‘combat ready’ earlier this year amid Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson’s fears of a “resurgent Russian threat.” The Royal Navy plans to deploy its brand new F-35B fighter jets in Cyprus this summer, with the ...

April 8, 2019

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British MPs Reject Brexit Deal for Third Time

British MPs on Friday rejected Prime Minister Theresa May’s deal for leaving the European Union for a third time, raising the specter of a “no deal” exit or a long delay to the process. Sitting in an extraordinary session in the House of Commons, MPs rejected the text negotiated with ...

March 29, 2019

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British PM Seeks Brief Brexit Delay from Hesitant EU

Britain will write to the EU on Wednesday to seek a short delay to Brexit, but Brussels has warned any decision may only come next week just before the scheduled departure date. Exactly a thousand days on from the seismic 2016 referendum decision to leave the European Union, a divorce ...

March 20, 2019