BREXIT
COMMENTARY / WORLDMAY 31, 2019
BY DAVID HOWELL
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. is preparing major job cuts in London, another sign
of the deepening troubles Japanese banks face at their overseas operations. MUFG,
Japan's largest lender, is offering voluntary redundancy packages to about 500 directors
WORLD / POLITICSMAY 30, 2019
Boris Johnson, considered the front-runner to become Britain's next prime minister, must appear in court over allegations that he knowingly lied during the Brexit referendum campaign, a judge ruled Wednesday. Johnson, the former foreign secretary, will be summoned to appear over allegations of misconduct in ...
EDITORIALS MAY 28, 2019
COMMENTARY / WORLDMAY 28, 2019
BY THERESE RAPHAEL
WORLD / POLITICSMAY 27, 2019
Brexit wrought more havoc on Britain's main political parties in European Parliament elections, with both Conservatives and Labour scoring their worst results in decades as voters opted for politicians with clear pro- and anti-European Union messages. With nearly all the vote counts complete, Nigel Farage's ...
WORLD / POLITICSMAY 25, 2019
At 10:11 a.m., a devastated Theresa May walked back in through the black door of No. 10 Downing St., tears in her eyes. Once inside she found her husband, Philip, and the couple went through to the prime minister's private study together for a ...
WORLD / POLITICSMAY 25, 2019
For European leaders watching Theresa May's political death throes, a sense of inevitability has been replaced by one of fear. Rather than break the deadlock over Brexit, the departure of the British prime minister raises the prospect of what they've long considered their worst nightmare: ...
U.K. election authorities acknowledged Thursday that some EU citizens were turned
away at U.K. polling stations while trying to cast ballots in the European Parliament
polls. The hashtag #DeniedMyVote began trending in Britain as voters cast their
WORLD / POLITICSMAY 15, 2019
Theresa May has set a date for her final Brexit showdown, promising to bring her deal back to Parliament at the start of June. Talks with the opposition Labour Party haven't yielded an agreement, but she is hoping members of Parliament, stung by voter ...
NATIONAL | AMBASSADOR VISITMAY 10, 2019
BY MAGDALENA OSUMI
WORLDMAY 5, 2019
Britain's governing Conservatives and the Labour main opposition took a drubbing
Friday in English local elections as voters vented their frustration with the Brexit
deadlock. Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservatives lost control of several local
BUSINESSMAY 1, 2019
Britain's car output under a no-deal Brexit could collapse to a level last seen in "the dark days of the 1980s," the nation's industry body forecast on Tuesday. The warning came as Jaguar Land Rover said its new Land Rover Defender model would be assembled ...
BUSINESS APR 30, 2019
Facebook announced Monday it would make its data available to academics studying
the impact of social media on elections, part of an effort to prevent manipulation of
social platforms. The leading social network said some 60 researchers from 30
academic institutions across 11 countries were ...
