EU demands access to UK waters in order to sign trade deal
BRUSSELS — The European Union will link any access to its market for British products directly to the access that EU boats will be given to U.K. water...
After NPR dust-up, Pompeo defends press freedom abroad
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan — For the past four days, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has been calling for authoritarian governments in eastern Europe an...
Emails show the fallout from Trump’s claims about Dorian
WASHINGTON — A flurry of newly released emails from scientists and top officials at the federal agency responsible for weather forecasting clearly ill...
Let’s move on: EU wants to keep big role after Brexit
BRUSSELS — As the United Kingdom prepared to bring to an end its 47-year EU membership, the bloc's top officials on Friday pledged to continue playing...
US economy grew modestly last quarter against a hazy outlook
WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy expanded at a moderate 2.1% annual rate in the final three months of 2019, capping a year when a weak global landscape a...
The end is nigh: European Parliament to approve Brexit
BRUSSELS — The European Parliament on Wednesday is set to overwhelmingly approve the departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union — the fin...
Ringing in Brexit? Plans to celebrate UK exit divide country
LONDON — With Brexit just days away, Britons are fighting over the chimes of Big Ben. And the White Cliffs of Dover are a battleground.
Spirit Tourism: Britain sees spike in visits to distilleries
Many people these days are thirsting not just for a drink but for knowledge about where it comes from. ``Spirit tourism’’ is booming across the United...
Soccer players union promises to defend Olympic protesters
GENEVA — Soccer players who defy Olympic rules by making protest gestures at the 2020 Tokyo Games will be supported by their global union.
India’s top court orders review of all curbs in Kashmir
NEW DELHI — India’s top court on Friday ordered the government to review all restrictions, including suspension of internet service, in Indian-control...
Archives reveal details of alleged informers killed by IRA
LONDON — Rory Finnis was only 21 when he was killed in 1991 by the Irish Republican Army. Accused of informing the Northern Ireland government of the ...
Moroccan YouTuber sentenced to prison, journalist detained
RABAT, Morocco — Moroccan authorities have sentenced a Youtuber who criticized the king to prison, and detained a journalist-activist who defended ant...
Stocks rise on Wall Street as rally stretches to fourth day
NEW YORK — U.S. stocks rallied in morning trading on Monday, rising with European and several Asian markets after China reported surprisingly strong s...
Johnson’s win may deliver Brexit but could risk UK’s breakup
LONDON — Leaving the European Union is not the only split British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has to worry about.
Independence not on ballot but on voters’ minds in Scotland
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Ask voters in this picturesque university town in eastern Scotland how they're voting in next week's election, and they’re lik...
Broadway’s Leslie Odom Jr. shows off his songwriting skills
NEW YORK — He’s sung Broadway tunes and he’s done jazz standards. He’s sung Christmas classics and a commercial jingle for Nationwide. Leslie Odom Jr....
Missouri fires football coach Barry Odom after 4 seasons
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Missouri fired football coach Barry Odom on Saturday, ending the four-year stay of a respected former player who took over a progra...
China raises estimate of economy’s size following census
BEIJING — China has raised its estimate of the size of its economy by 2.1% following a census, raising its gross domestic product for 2018 to 91.93 tr...
Study: Half Europe’s unauthorized migrants in Germany, UK
BERLIN — At least 3.9 million unauthorized migrants — and possibly as many as 4.8 million — lived in Europe in 2017 with half of them in Germany and t...
Tech companies rush to fight misinformation ahead of UK vote
LONDON — Facebook is opening up a war room to quickly respond to election hoaxes. Twitter is banning political ads. Google plans to crack down on bogu...
US economy grows at modest 1.9% rate in third quarter
WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy slowed to a modest growth rate of 1.9% in the summer as consumer spending downshifted and businesses continued to trim t...
Early elections in UK have mixed fortunes for key parties
LONDON — After more than three years of Brexit stasis, stalemate, gridlock and increasingly toxic divide since the United Kingdom narrowly voted to le...
Johnson’s NIreland allies vow to keep rejecting Brexit deal
LONDON — Boris Johnson's allies in Northern Ireland vowed Saturday to keep rejecting the British prime minister's divorce deal with the European Union...
Global shares mixed amid uncertainty over trade, Brexit
TOKYO — Global shares were mixed Friday, with U.S.-China trade tensions and Britain's unruly process toward leaving the European Union weighing on inv...
Judge tells State Dept. to begin producing Ukraine records
WASHINGTON — A judge on Wednesday ordered the State Department to begin producing within 30 days documents related to the Trump administration's deali...
Harris, colleagues seek Ukraine info via public records law
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Presidential hopeful Kamala Harris and two of her Democratic Senate colleagues are trying to force the Trump administration to re...