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Xenophobic British citizens who believe that immigrants threaten their values and way of life were more likely to have voted in favour of the UK to leave the European Union, a study has found.(Photo: Pixabay)

Xenophobia made British citizen's vote for Brexit: study

The research also found that people who just thought it was great to be British or just valued their British identity.

27 Nov 2017 6:55 PM

Dublin wants a written guarantee that there will be no hard border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. (Photo: AFP)

Continue to play tough: Ireland EU Commissioner on blocking Brexit talks

British Prime Minister Theresa May has said Britain will leave the single market and the customs unions after Brexit.

26 Nov 2017 6:52 PM

Theresa May sidestepped questions about how much Britain would pay to settle its EU financial accounts, saying talks will look ‘ahead to the future deep and special partnership that I want with the European Union.’ (Photo: AP)

Theresa May increases efforts to broaden Brexit negotiations

May said Friday that she will hold meetings in Brussels, including with EU Council President Donald Tusk.

24 Nov 2017 4:05 PM

Ciaran Martin’s stark warning comes after Prime Minister Theresa May on Monday said Russia was ‘weaponizing information.’ (Photo: AP)

Britain’s cyber security alerts about possible Russian meddling in Brexit

The Times of London reported that Russian accounts posted almost 45,000 Brexit messages in 2016 referendum.

15 Nov 2017 8:33 PM

Self-proclaimed psychic, Craig Hamilton-Parker has predicted among other things, an attack on North Korea, decline of world economy. (Photo: Youtube/Craig Hamilton-Parker)

Psychic who predicted Trump, Brexit makes interesting revelations for 2018

Craig Hamilton-Parker, the self-proclaimed prophet who predicted Hillary Clinton's resignation has some pretty glum predictions for 2018.

14 Nov 2017 1:29 PM

The latest to go is the Indian-origin international development secretary Priti Patel — who has been accused of carrying out a “freelance foreign aid policy” in West Asia, while ostensibly on holiday.

X’mas has come early for UK Labour

Ms Patel could definitely be a potential foreign secretary whenever a new Tory government is in power.

13 Nov 2017 12:23 AM

Ms May formally notified the European Union of Britain's intention to leave the EU by triggering Article 50 of the treaty on March 29, setting the clock ticking on a two-year exit process, which has so far failed to yield a divorce deal. (Photo: AP)

Brexit can be revoked, Britain can back-track, says Article 50 author

The day Ms May triggered Article 50, she told the British parliament that there was ‘no turning back.’

10 Nov 2017 5:34 PM

Mordaunt lists India among her countries of interest, having worked with the charity ‘Diabetes UK’ in India. (Photo: AFP)

Pro-Brexit MP Penny Mordaunt replaces Priti Patel in UK cabinet reshuffle

Mordaunt, 44, is a pro-Brexit Conservative party MP for Portsmouth North who has held a number of junior ministerial posts.

10 Nov 2017 4:02 PM

A visiting dual Kashmiri and British citizenship holder exchanging British pounds at a remittance shop in the Azad Jammu and Kashmir city of Mirpur, which is known as "Little England." (Photo: AFP)

In Mirpur, Pak’s ‘Little England’emigrant families fear economic impacts of Brexit

Many Mirpur residents are counting less and less on support from their relatives in Britain.

29 Oct 2017 4:27 PM

Damian Collins, the chairman of the digital, culture, media and sport committee, said the information he requested was similar to that already provided by the social media giant to US Senate committees looking into last year's US presidential election. (Photo: Damian Collins/Twitter)

British MP requests Facebook for information on possible meddling with Brexit, elections

This inquiry will also focus on the role of foreign actors abusing social platforms to interfere in the political discourse of nations.

25 Oct 2017 12:52 PM

British Prime Minister Theresa May Theresa May speaks during a media conference at an EU summit in Brussels. (Photo: AP)

EU leaders approve first steps to Brexit trade talks

The toughest sticking point has been the bill Britain will pay as it leaves the EU club.

21 Oct 2017 4:43 AM

'A no deal will be a very bad deal,' Barnier said.

Britain and the EU are stuck in a 'disturbing' deadlock over the Brexit divorce bill

The possibility of Britain leaving without a deal has suddenly become a reality in recent days.

12 Oct 2017 6:09 PM

Satire on EU bureaucracy wins German book prize

Menasse accepted the prize in Frankfurt.

10 Oct 2017 7:54 PM

British Prime Minister Theresa May (Photo: AP)

Leadership battles conquer Brexit

Johnson is supposed to use the Manchester conference to assert his leadership — while it appears that May will try to hang onto hers.

07 Oct 2017 4:35 AM

British PM apologises for her Mayday poll gamble

Theresa May says has right strategy to lead UK, win Brexit deal.

02 Oct 2017 3:50 AM

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (Photo: AP)

Could Japanese PM Abe’s snap election gamble backfire as of Theresa May?

Polls show voters generally approve of Abe's hawkish policy on Pyongyang.

26 Sep 2017 3:38 PM

Gurus & shishyas on first-name terms

British schools only stopped the practice, through legal means, in the last three decades.

23 Sep 2017 12:32 AM

UK PM Theresa May said that the UK will cease to be an EU member in March 2019. (Photo: AP)

UK will cease to be EU member in March 2019, says PM Theresa May

Prime Minister Theresa May said that a Brexit implementation period would last for around two years.

22 Sep 2017 9:42 PM

Brexit row exposes tension in UK govt, top official shifted

Head of Brexit department Oliver Robbins shifted to Cabinet Office as PM Theresa May’s EU adviser.

19 Sep 2017 6:18 AM

A police vehicle blocks traffic after an incident on a tube train at Parsons Green subway station in London. (Photo: AP)

Technology is what you make of it

The bomb is suspected to have been placed by someone who was given shelter as a refugee by a well-meaning British couple.

18 Sep 2017 12:12 AM

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