European stocks looked set for a flat open on Thursday with European leaders set to meet as the U.K. and EU scramble to finalize a Brexit deal.
The FTSE 100 was seen opening around 8 points higher at 7,176, the DAX was expected to edge 7 points (...)
Dollar nursed losses on Thursday amid gathering doubts about a mooted U.S.-China trade deal, while the volatile pound was on edge as Britain and the European Union scrambled to secure a last-minute Brexit deal.
As the greenback steadied on most (...)
Efforts are continuing to hammer out a Brexit deal Thursday as European Union leaders gather for a summit at which they could approve a tentative withdrawal agreement.
But that could prove very difficult with the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), a (...)
Belgium has received a third arrest warrant request from Spain's Supreme Court for Catalonia's former pro-independence leader Carles Puigdemont, a spokeswoman for the Brussels prosecutor said on Wednesday.
Belgium turned down the first two requests, (...)
British and European Union officials resumed talks to clinch a Brexit deal on Wednesday just a few hours after late-night negotiations wound up, but it was far from clear they would reach an agreement before a leaders' summit on Thursday.
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British and EU officials were to resume talks to clinch a Brexit deal on Wednesday just a few hours after late-night negotiations wound up, but it was far from clear they would reach an agreement before a leaders' summit on Thursday.
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French President Emmanuel Macron was headed for a clash with German Chancellor Angela Merkel this week after Paris was isolated on Tuesday in opposing starting membership talks with North Macedonia.
Denmark and the Netherlands sided with the French (...)
Agreeing a Brexit divorce deal has become "more and more difficult" this week but was still possible, the bloc's Brexit negotiator said on Tuesday, while Finland's EU minister said the bloc's leaders would discuss another delay.
EU ministers gather (...)
President Donald Trump imposed sanctions on Turkey on Monday and demanded the NATO ally stop a military incursion in northeast Syria that is rapidly reshaping the battlefield of the world's deadliest ongoing war.
Trump, who gave what critics say was (...)
Dollar held near a 2.5-month high against the yen on Monday on signs of progress in U.S.-China trade talks, while sterling's rally ran out of steam after touching a 3-month peak on hopes for an orderly British exit from the European Union.
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UK opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said he is unlikely to support a deal agreed between Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the European Union, Sky News reported early on Sunday.
"I think the problem areas are of regulation and (...)
The leaders of Britain and Ireland were meeting Thursday in an attempt to find common ground for an elusive Brexit deal, with just three weeks until the U.K. is set to leave the European Union.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Irish (...)
The leaders of Britain and Ireland said they spotted a "pathway'' to an elusive Brexit deal Thursday, as hopes for a breakthrough dimmed just three weeks before the U.K.'s deadline to leave the European Union.
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Britain will take an aggressive stance towards the European Union if Brexit talks break down, threatening to withhold security cooperation to convince the bloc not to allow any further delay, a British source was quoted as saying.
With just 23 days (...)
The European Union accused Britain of playing a "stupid blame game" over Brexit on Tuesday after a Downing Street source said a deal was essentially impossible because German Chancellor Angela Merkel had made unacceptable demands.
With just 23 days (...)
The pan-European Stoxx 600 edged fractionally below the flatline in early trade, autos falling 1% while health care stocks led gains, rising 0.8% as most sectors and major bourses slipped into the red.
Stocks were buoyed Friday by a positive jobs (...)
Boris Johnson urged French President Emanuel Macron to "push forward" to secure a Brexit deal and told him the EU should not be lured into the mistaken belief that the UK would stay in the bloc after Oct.31, the British prime minister's office (...)
Dollar eased on Thursday, sliding to fresh one-week lows against the euro and yen as investor anxiety deepened over fresh signs of slowing U.S. economic growth and a broadening of global trade frictions.
The greenback fell overnight after data (...)
The European Union's highest court ruled Thursday that individual member countries can force Facebook to remove what they regard as unlawful material from the social network all over the world _ a decision experts say could hinder free speech online (...)
Prime Minister Boris Johnson will on Wednesday unveil his final Brexit offer to the European Union and say that, if Brussels does not engage with it, Britain will stop talking and leave on Oct. 31 regardless.
In his closing speech to his (...)
Britain's latest British proposal on Brexit, as reported by media, is "fundamentally flawed" and "won't fly", EU diplomats and officials said on Wednesday, adding that another delay to Britain's departure is likely if this is London's final (...)
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has defended his government's proposals for an amended Brexit deal after extracts of the plan were reported by media outlets and criticized by the Republic of Ireland.
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Boris Johnson vowed on Sunday to stay on as Britain's prime minister even if he fails to secure a deal to leave the European Union, saying only his Conservative government can deliver Brexit on Oct. 31 no matter what.
At the beginning of his party's (...)
The trade exchange between Egypt and the European Union countries reached €14.2 billion during the first half of 2019 compared to €12.5 billion a year earlier with an increase of about 13 percent, Egypt's Commercial Services (ECS) office in Brussels (...)
U.S. dollar rose against a basket of currencies on Friday, putting it on track for its first weekly increase in three, prompted by hopes of progress in U.S.-China trade talks and that the Federal Reserve would not lower rates aggressively.
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