British members of parliament voted on Thursday to extend the Brexit deadline, which is widely considered a preferable alternative to a messy, no-deal Brexit on 29 March. But an extension – which ...

Parliament does not get to decide on its own whether the United Kingdom crashes out of the European Union with no deal at the end of this month. The EU’s 27 other member states have a say as well.

Listen on the go! A daily podcast of Wall Street Breakfast will be available by 8:00 a.m. on iTunes, Stitcher and SoundCloud (click the highlighted links). The European Union decided to give the ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Anti-Brexit campaigners said they would ask a Scottish court on Monday to delay its ruling on a legal challenge that sought to force Prime Minister Boris Johnson to comply with a ...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Will the other members of the European Union grant Britain an extension to leave the bloc beyond its Oct. 31 deadline and if they do, what will the delay look like? European ...

The Bank of Russia has reduced its benchmark interest rate to 6.5% from 7%, the sharpest cut in two years, and the EU has granted a Brexit extension to the UK. Mildly interesting. The U.S. saw ...

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson prepares a pie at the Red Olive catering company while on the campaign trail, in Derby, England, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019 Britain goes to the polls on Dec. 12.

Super Saturday, as we keep being informed, is make or break for Boris Johnson's Brexit deal. Unless it isn't. An amendment to Johnson's deal has the potential to shake everything up. The measure has ...

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Parliament sits for first Saturday in 37 years to vote on a new Brexit deal MPs vote by 322 to 306 in favour of the Letwin amendment It requires a delay to Brexit until necessary UK legislation is ...