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SAJID JAVID has shut down any hope of the government agreeing a post-Brexit trade deal with the EU in his latest announcement. Daily Express :: News Feed
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‘Tough luck France, we’re going!’ Britons furious at Macron plot to block Brexit deadline
BRITONS have reacted furiously after France warned Britain the European Union was prepared to block the Brexit deadline beyond December 2020. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »China’s population now over 1.4 billion as birthrate falls
China’s population has crept past 1.4 billion last year for the first time, even as the birthrate continues to fall. CBC | World News
Read More »Hondurans, others forming migrant caravan presently in Guatemala
More than 3,500 Central Americans had poured into Guatemala by Friday in U.S.-bound gatherings known as caravans, officials said, posing a headache for the leaders of Guatemala and Mexico amid fierce U.S. pressure to curb migration. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. to screen passengers for new China coronavirus at 3 airports
Thailand has found a second case of a new Chinese coronavirus, a 74-year-old woman from China’s central city of Wuhan. CBC | World News
Read More »Officials, activists say 2 Iraqi protesters killed amid renewed violence in Baghdad
Two protesters were killed and more than a dozen wounded in central Baghdad on Friday in renewed violence between anti-government demonstrators and Iraqi security forces, activists and officials said. The deaths follow weeks of calm. CBC | World News
Read More »Mexico’s Obrador considering raffling off presidential jet
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced Friday the latest in a series of desperate ideas to sell off his predecessor’s official jet, which he says is too luxurious for a country where half the people live in poverty. CBC | World News
Read More »Trump responds to Iran’s supreme leader, says he should be ‘very careful with his words’
U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei should be very careful about what he says after Khamenei harshly criticized the United States in a Friday prayers sermon in Tehran. CBC | World News
Read More »Brexiteers demand urgent Commons vote to force Parliament into chiming Big Ben on exit day
TORY MPs last night demanded a Commons vote on making Big Ben bong for Brexit after parliamentary officials admitted sounding the chime cost a fraction of their £500,000 estimate just weeks ago. Brexiteer backbenchers urged the Government to table a motion next week calling for Westminster’s Great Bell to sound as the UK quits the EU at 11pm on January ...
Read More »Boris unveils plans for massive Brexit day celebration to mark freedom from EU’s shackles
BORIS JOHNSON is to celebrate Brexit with Union flags, a commemorative coin and a massive projected countdown clock on the facade of 10 Downing Street, the Government announced last night. The Prime Minister will also directly address the nation on the need to “heal the divisions” left by the 2016 EU referendum campaign on the night of the UK’s departure ...
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