MPs will a hold a three-hour emergency debate today on Prime Minister Theresa May’s decision to delay a planned vote on her Brexit deal. You can watch the debate on this page from 13.30 CET. Speaker John Bercow announced the debate after a request by the opposition Labour Party. The debate comes a day after […] Read more
Aa Aa To infinity and beyond. That is the fate of NASA’s Voyager 2 probe, which left Earth in 1977. After more than 41 years floating through space, it has now become only the second human-made object to leave our Solar System. Now, more than 18 billion kilometres away, it no longer feels the solar […] Read more
French President Emmanuel Macron unveiled a series of measures in a bid to quell the anger of “gilets jaunes” (“yellow vest”) protesters. The concessions included a €100 monthly rise in the minimum wage, the abolition of taxes on overtime pay in 2019, a promise that end-of-year bonuses will be tax-free and the scrapping of a […] Read more
The anti-government protests convulsing France will slow growth to close to a standstill in the final quarter, the central bank said on Monday, complicating President Emmanuel Macron’s task of finding concessions to placate the “yellow vest” movement. The Bank of France on Monday forecast the euro zone’s number two economy would eke out growth of […] Read more
The growing ranks of stock market Eeyores now have another reason to stay glum: Next year’s profit picture is darkening fast. Corporate earnings forecasts are eroding as the tailwind from the tax cut fades and as investors worry the U.S.-China trade dispute could upend global commerce more than it already has. Even after the second […] Read more
The French government is appealing for calm as they brace for more protests this weekend after weeks of violence. The Eiffel Tower and other landmarks will be shut down in Paris and nearly 90,000 police are being deployed in cities across France. What began as demonstrations against fuel tax rises, have become an anti-government movement […] Read more
Protesters in Athens marking the 10th anniversary of the killing of a teenage boy by a police officer clashed with authorities on Thursday, with masked youths throwing firebombs and stones at officers. Hundreds gathered in the Greek capital to take part in an annual demonstration to commemorate Alexandros Grigoropoulos who was shot dead at 15 […] Read more
Karolina Valantiniene hugged her teenage daughter Viktorija Sokolova in bed at their Wolverhampton home before she went to sleep, a court heard The mum of a teenager, who was found raped and murdered in a park, said she gave her child a final kiss goodnight before she disappeared. Karolina Valantiniene also hugged her daughter Viktorija […] Read more
By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN Disasters and nasty weather shut down portions of several California highways Thursday, according to officials. A mudslide and flooding closed a 10-mile stretch of the Pacific Coast Highway, aka State Route 1, in both directions from western Malibu to the Ventura County line, the California Department of Transportation said. The closure […] Read more
Walmart is doing its best to keep prices unaffected by the U.S.-China trade war, but if things escalate it could be a different story, CEO Doug McMillon said Thursday. “We worry about next spring, next summer, next fall what customers will have to pay if tariffs do escalate,” McMillon said in an interview with CNBC’s […] Read more
