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UK's Eurovision entry Michael Rice blames BREXIT for coming last Eurovision's UK entry Michael Rice has blamed Brexit for coming last and scoring just 16 points from Europe. The 21-year-old hoped to turn the UK's success around with track Bigger Than Us during last night's competition. However he received …
Drop support for Theresa May's Brexit deal if you want a general election pact, Nigel Farage tells Boris Johnson Nigel Farage has said that he would find it difficult to work with a future Tory leader who has backed Theresa May’s Brexit deal, ruling out a tie-up with Boris Johnson or Dominic Raab. Tory MPs are openly speculating on whether a future Conservative …
Facebook breakup last resort - EU's Vestager A break-up of US social media company Facebook would be a solution of last resort that would probably generate long judicial procedures, EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said on Friday. The EU antitrust chief was asked about Facebook at the …
Brexit talks collapse as Theresa May's government crumbles - TODAY.NG Britain’s tumultuous divorce from the EU was again in disarray on Friday after the opposition Labour Party declared last-ditch talks dead due to Prime Minister Theresa May’s crumbling government. Nearly three years after the United Kingdom voted 52 per …
Estonian cbank governor: Closure of Versobank might set precedent in Europe The closure of Versobank may set a precedent in European practice, Ardo Hansson, governor of the Estonian central bank said at the Lennart Meri Conference in Tallinn on Saturday, citing LETA/BNS. In his reply to a query why the European Central Bank ( …
The shadow of nationalism in the new populist proposals in Europe (MENAFN - The Conversation) As a political, economic, social and cultural phenomenon, populism has perhaps been one of the most transcendental for the development of Western societies in the second half of the 20th century. It is closely linked to another …
Far-Rights Rally in Bid to Transform Europe Politics
Thousands demonstrate in Europe ahead of European Parliamentary elections With just a week to go before the European parliamentary elections take place, tens of thousands of people, opposed to nationalist agendas, took to the streets in cities right across Europe. Protestors took part in the UK, Poland, Romania, Hungary, Sweden, …
Kevin Maguire: Nigel Farage triumph in EU elections would be treacherous for UK Slithering from under his stone, Thatcherite serpent Nigel Farage triumphing in Thursday’s European elections would be treacherous for everything that’s decent about Britain. This campaign’s about far more than Britain leaving Europe for the scheming Right …
Swiss gun-lovers dealt a setback as voters avoid standoff with EU Zurich — Switzerland on Sunday backed new restrictions on semi-automatic firearms, choosing to avoid a potential standoff with the European Union. While Switzerland has declined to join the 28-country bloc, it is a member of the open-border Schengen area …

Belmont Stakes next for War of Will, but will Derby winner(s) join him? Belmont Stakes next for War of Will, but will Derby winner(s) join him? How did Mark Casse celebrate winning the Preakness? Mark Casse, trainer of Preakness winner War of Will, talks Sunday, May 19, 2019 about how he celebrated the win and a congratulatory …
No intention to launch war - US ambassador to Kuwait KUWAIT CITY, May 19, (Agencies): The US ambassador to Kuwait, Lawrence Silverman, said his country does not intend to launch a war in the region, which officials in Washington have confirmed, but the presence of its troops in the region is to protect its …
Trump tweets threat at Iran: ‘Never threaten the United States again!’ President Donald Trump on Sunday ratcheted up his rhetoric toward Iran, warning that a fight with the United States would “be the official end of Iran.” “If Iran wants to fight, that will be the official end of Iran,” Trump said in a tweet. “Never threaten …

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