Brexit

Nigel Farage, the leader of Britain’s upstart Brexit Party, said on Sunday he would not stand in the next month’s election, choosing instead to campaign countywide against Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s EU divorce deal. “I have thought very hard about this: …

By William James LONDON (Reuters) - Nigel Farage opened his election campaign on Friday by telling Prime Minister Boris Johnson that his Brexit Party will contest every seat in Britain unless he ditches his EU divorce deal and agrees to an electoral alliance…

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn will embark on their first full day of election campaigning on Thursday, pitching their starkly different visions for the country ahead of a highly unpredictable Decem…

The last time the United Kingdom held a general election in December—when some parts of the country have just seven hours of daylight—was in 1923. Then, the country’s third-biggest party, the Liberals, took more than 100 seats, leading to a hung Parliament. I…

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson talks during the debate on the Early Parliamentary General Election Bill in the House of Commons, London, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019. UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/AP Still in turmoil over if, when or how to leave the Europ…

Image copyrightGetty Images The UK parliament has voted in favour of an early general election, with a majority of MPs agreeing the vote should take place on 12 December. Tuesday's motion - Prime Minister Boris Johnson's fourth attempt to secure a general e…

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday he wanted to call an early general election to resolve deadlock in parliament over Brexit. Johnson said he would ask parliament on Monday to approve a national election and wanted it t…

At a research lab in California, a mathematical calculation that the largest supercomputers could not complete in under 10,000 years was done in 3 minutes 20 seconds, Google said in a paper in the science journal Nature. Background: Our reporter Dennis Overb…

Even by the standards of recent months, Tuesday was a particularly confusing day in the United Kingdom's Brexit saga. Within the space of 30 minutes, members of Parliament went from approving in principle the deal Boris Johnson has agreed with the European U…

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Will the other members of the European Union grant Britain an extension to leave the bloc beyond its Oct. 31 deadline and if they do, what will the delay look like? European Council President Donald Tusk said on Tuesday he would recomme…