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- UK Brexit deal points to more distant trade ties with EU
Thursday - 10/17/2019 - 12:13 PMBritain will be on course for more distant economic ties with the European Union, making the country poorer, if Prime Minister Boris Johnson wins parliamentary backing for the Brexit deal he clinched with Brussels on Thursday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - EU leaders seek tough unified message against Turkey's Syria offensive
Thursday - 10/17/2019 - 12:17 PMEuropean Union leaders will seek a common front against their NATO ally Turkey at a summit on Thursday and condemn Ankara's offensive in northern Syria, while considering further ways to pressure it to pull back.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Wall Street advances on upbeat earnings, Brexit deal
Thursday - 10/17/2019 - 12:21 PMWall Street rose on Thursday, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq indexes near one-month highs on upbeat earnings from Netflix and Morgan Stanley, while investors cheered Britain's preliminary last-minute deal with the European Union.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Turkey's operation in northern Syria splits Germany's migrant communities
Thursday - 10/17/2019 - 12:34 PMTurkey's military offensive in neighboring Syria is raising tensions among Germany's large Turkish, Kurdish and Syrian Arab communities, who are bitterly divided over the operation and have made conflicting demands of Berlin on how to respond.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Johnson & Johnson agrees to pay about $117 million to settle vaginal mesh litigation
Thursday - 10/17/2019 - 12:39 PMU.S.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Johnson secures EU approval for 'no delay' Brexit deal
Thursday - 10/17/2019 - 12:47 PMEuropean Union leaders gave their unanimous backing to a Brexit deal with Britain on Thursday, putting the onus on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to secure the British parliament's approval for the deal in a vote in two days' time.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - UK PM Johnson hails 'great' new Brexit deal but DUP says 'no'
Thursday - 10/17/2019 - 06:20 AMPrime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday that Britain and the European Union had agreed a "great" new Brexit deal but still faced resistance from the Northern Irish Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) as he sought support for the deal.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - UK Labour leader Corbyn says 'unhappy' with Brexit deal
Thursday - 10/17/2019 - 06:33 AMBritain's main opposition party is "unhappy" with the new Brexit deal, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said in Brussels.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - UK opposition leader Corbyn says his party can not support Brexit deal
Thursday - 10/17/2019 - 06:44 AMBritain's main opposition Labour Party can not support the Brexit deal agreed on Thursday between the European Union and the British government, its leader Jeremy Corbyn said.
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< - Pence to urge Turkey to halt Syria offensive as threat of further sanctions loom
Thursday - 10/17/2019 - 06:45 AMU.S.
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- EU adopts deal on Brexit, says to be enacted from November 1
Thursday - 10/17/2019 - 12:14 PMEU member states approved the deal on Britain's exit from the bloc on Thursday and agreed it would be enacted from Nov.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Catalan regional chief calls for independence vote after violent unrest
Thursday - 10/17/2019 - 12:18 PMCatalonia should hold a new vote on independence from Spain within two years, the head of the region's government said on Thursday in a fresh challenge to Madrid following days of unrest by pro-separatist protesters.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Observatory: 224 SDF soldiers, 183 Turkish-backed rebels killed in Syria clashes
Thursday - 10/17/2019 - 12:34 PMA Turkish offensive into northeast Syria has led to the death of 224 from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and 183 Turkish-backed rebels after the first eight days of fighting, the Syrian Observatory reported on Thursday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Pence meets Erdogan to urge halt to Turkey's Syria offensive
Thursday - 10/17/2019 - 12:34 PMU.S.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - EU's Tusk says 'very close to final stretch' on Brexit
Thursday - 10/17/2019 - 12:44 PMEuropean Council President Donald Tusk said on Thursday that the EU and Britain were "very close to the final stretch" of Brexit, with approval by the British parliament and the European Parliament the last steps to take.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump will host G7 summit next year at one of his own properties: White House official
Thursday - 10/17/2019 - 12:49 PMU.S.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'We have delivered', Barnier says after agreeing Brexit deal
Thursday - 10/17/2019 - 06:22 AMBritain and the European Commission have agreed a new withdrawal accord that will be presented to European Union leaders later on Thursday, the EU's Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Gaza's growing pet population stretches scant vet resources
Thursday - 10/17/2019 - 06:37 AMPalestinians in Gaza are increasingly turning to domestic pets for emotional comfort from the harsh realities of the economically-depressed enclave but the growing animal population is stretching ill-equipped veterinarian facilities.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Pence arrives in Turkey for talks with Erdogan on Syria offensive
Thursday - 10/17/2019 - 06:45 AMU.S.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Johnson-Varadkar meeting was turning point in reaching Brexit deal: Barnier
Thursday - 10/17/2019 - 06:48 AMAn Oct.
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- Explainer: 'Super Saturday' Brexit showdown in parliament looms for PM Johnson
Thursday - 10/17/2019 - 12:13 PMPrime Minister Boris Johnson faces a Brexit showdown with parliament on Saturday after clinching a last-minute divorce deal with the European Union that his Northern Irish allies oppose.
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< - UAW leaders meet to review tentative deal with GM to end strike
Thursday - 10/17/2019 - 12:19 PMThe leadership of the United Auto Workers was meeting on Thursday to review terms of the union's tentative deal with General Motors Co to end a crippling month-long strike at the No.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Stocks, sterling rise on long-awaited Brexit deal
Thursday - 10/17/2019 - 12:24 PMA deal on Britain's departure agreed with the European Union sent sterling to a five-month high on Thursday and hoisted European stocks to a year-and-a-half peak before doubts about UK parliamentary support hauled them back.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - UK lawmaker Grieve will oppose Brexit deal unless put to referendum
Thursday - 10/17/2019 - 12:36 PMDominic Grieve, one of 21 lawmakers ousted from British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party last month, will oppose Johnson's Brexit deal in a parliamentary vote on Saturday unless it is subsequently put to a referendum.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Startup headed by ex-Apple engineer aims to eliminate smartphone buttons
Thursday - 10/17/2019 - 12:41 PMSentons, a startup led by chip industry veterans, on Thursday began marketing technology that aims to do away with gadget buttons and said it is working with two smartphone makers in addition to an existing contract with Asus Computer Inc .
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Northern Irish DUP says no to PM Johnson's Brexit deal
Thursday - 10/17/2019 - 06:20 AMNorthern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party said on Thursday its position on Brexit had not changed and it could not support the deal being proposed by Boris Johnson and the European Union.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Kurdish-led health authority in northeast Syria says 218 civilians killed in Turkish offensive
Thursday - 10/17/2019 - 06:20 AMA Turkish offensive in northeast Syria has killed 218 civilians, including 18 children since it started a week ago, the Kurdish-led administration in the region said on Thursday
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - UK Labour leader supports referendum on PM Johnson's Brexit deal
Thursday - 10/17/2019 - 06:38 AMBritain's opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said Prime Minister Boris Johnson had agreed a worse Brexit deal than his predecessor Theresa May, which was overwhelmingly rejected by parliament, after Britain and the EU agreed an amended agreement.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - UK PM Johnson confident deal will be ratified by October 31: spokeswoman
Thursday - 10/17/2019 - 06:44 AMBritish Prime Minister Boris Johnson is confident his new Brexit deal can be ratified by the departure date of Oct.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Elijah Cummings, head of U.S. House oversight panel probing Trump, has died
Thursday - 10/17/2019 - 06:49 AMU.S. Congressman Elijah Cummings, the Democratic chairman of a leading congressional committee investigating U.S.
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