Tag: may

May’s Brexit talks with Labour stall, delay request fails to convince...

LONDON/BRUSSELS: Britain’s opposition Labour Party said on Friday that talks with the government on a last-ditch Brexit deal had made no progress, as EU...

Brexit in disarray: May under pressure to go for soft Brexit

LONDON: Parliament will again try to take control of Britain’s departure from the European Union on Monday, with some lawmakers hoping to force Prime...

Second Brexit referendum ‘deserves to be considered,’ senior UK minister says

LONDON: One of Theresa May's most senior Cabinet ministers has raised the prospect of a second referendum to break the Brexit deadlock, as speculation over...

EU leaders keep up pressure on May to take Brexit deal

SALZBURG: EU leaders lined up on Thursday to tell Theresa May she needs to give guarantees on the Irish border before they will grant...

Britain must press EU members to help get Brexit deal: May

  LONDON: Britain must step up contact with members of the European Union to try to get a Brexit deal as talks to leave the...

Fix Irish border or face hard Brexit, EU lawmakers warn May

BRUSSELS: The British government has so far failed to offer a "workable" backstop plan to avoid Brexit border frictions in Ireland and must do...

UK’s May demands new deal from EU on Irish border backstop

  BELFAST: British Prime Minister Theresa May on Friday called on the European Union to strike a new deal to prevent a hard border in...

British PM to propose new plan to ease trade after Brexit

LONDON: Prime Minister Theresa May will propose on Friday a new plan to ease trade and offer Britain more freedom to set tariffs after...

May to talk Brexit with EU leaders impatient for progress

BRUSSELS: British Prime Minister Theresa May is facing a chiding from European Union leaders on Thursday over the UK's slow progress in planning for...

May finds cabinet compromise with Brexit fall-back plan

LONDON: Prime Minister Theresa May revealed plans Thursday for Britain to temporarily align with EU customs rules after Brexit as a fall-back option to...

Iran sets end of May deadline to see EU measures to...

VIENNA: Iran wants European powers to present it with measures by the end of May to compensate it for the decision to abandon...

Britain’s May agrees with France, Germany on upholding Iran nuclear deal

LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May agreed with the leaders of Germany and France on Thursday to uphold the Iran nuclear deal after meeting...

Recalling women of suffragette movement, UK’s May pleas to end online abuse

LONDON: Prime Minister Theresa May will urge companies, lawmakers, and other Britons on Tuesday to fight to stop the “coarsening” of political debate, using...

May to give parliament official analysis before Brexit deal vote

WUHAN: British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Wednesday that lawmakers would be given official analysis on any Brexit deal before they are asked...

I’m not a quitter, says British prime minister

WUHAN:  British Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday defied critics calling for her to resign, saying she was not a quitter and that she...

May, Macron agree on border security deal at UK summit

LONDON: Prime Minister Theresa May and her French counterpart Emmanuel Macron agreed on a new border security deal on Thursday, through which the UK...

Sunken Iranian tanker may be leaking bunker fuel, says China

BEIJING: Bunker fuel may now be leaking from the Iranian oil tanker that sank in the East China Sea last Sunday, China’s State Oceanic...