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UK economy to slip to 7th biggest in world in 2019: PwC

PwC projected economic growth in 2019 of 1.6 percent for Britain — assuming the country manages to avoid the shock of a no-deal Brexit in March — versus 1.7 percent for France and 7.6 percent for India.

Dec 19, 2018

Alpine World Ski Championships on February 8, 2017 in St Moritz, Switzerland.

Portugal: Medical helicopter crashes in Porto, 4 feared dead

A medical helicopter crashed in a mountainous area near Porto, Portugal's second biggest city, with all four onboard feared dead, local media and the country's INEM emergency service reported on Saturday.

Dec 16, 2018

French aerospace contractor Thales to hire 2,000 engineers for Bangalore centre

Thales is a French headquartered multinational company that designs systems and provides services for the aerospace, defence, transportation and security markets

Dec 14, 2018

The British Prime Minister Wins The Vote Of No Confidence In Her Leadership

May survives no-confidence vote triggered by Conservative MPs

After winning 200 votes to 117 or 63 per cent of the total ballots on Wednesday night, May is now immune from a leadership challenge for a year.

Dec 13, 2018

Anti-Brexit demonstrators protest opposite the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain, June 12, 2018

UK can unilaterally cancel Brexit, rules EU court

The court in a statement said: "When a member state has notified the European Council of its intention to withdraw from the EU, as the UK has done, that member state is free to revoke unilaterally that notification."

Dec 10, 2018

UK PM Theresa May expected to delay Brexit vote, demand better deal: Report

Theresa May's spokesman said on Friday the vote would go ahead next week despite calls from some lawmakers for a delay.

Dec 10, 2018

EU approves Theresa May's Brexit deal; UK Parliament to vote in December

The UK Parliament is expected to vote on the deal in early December but its approval is by no means guaranteed, with Labour, the Lib Dems, the SNP, the DUP and many Conservatives MPs set to vote against.

Nov 26, 2018

Theresa May seeks backing from cabinet for Brexit deal

Theresa May said the cabinet had had a long, detailed and impassioned debate and the draft withdrawal agreement was the best that could be negotiated with Brussels.

Nov 15, 2018

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India suffers WTO setback in Japan's steel tariff dispute

India fears a WTO ruling on safeguard tariff following a Japanese challenge on steel import duty will have an impact on import from other sources

Nov 8, 2018

Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries, smiles as he attends the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 23, 2018.

Mukesh Ambani sets up Estonian JV for e-governance; takes up e-residency

There are just about 2,000 Indians who have opted to become e-residents of Estonia so far, primarily to access the business opportunity presented by the European Union.

Nov 4, 2018

Olive branch to Iran? Trump says US ready for a new deal

The statement is completely opposite to the American hawkish policy against Iran in recent times.

Nov 4, 2018

Europe urges China to open up at Asia summit

China restricts foreign investment more than the EU in every sector except real estate, according to a report by the Rhodium Group consultancy.

Oct 19, 2018

Macedonians vote on whether to change country's name

Macedonians go to polls on Sunday to vote on whether to change their country's name to Republic of North Macedonia, urged by a pro-Western government to pave the way for NATO and EU membership by resolving a decades-old name dispute with Greece.

Sep 30, 2018

Pope Francis celebrates Holy Mass in Kaunas

Snuff out 'any whiff' of resurgent anti-Semitism, says Pope Francis

Pope Francis said on Sunday that society should be vigilant for "any whiff" of resurgent anti-Semitism, calling for new generations to be taught the horrors of the Holocaust.IN

Sep 24, 2018

Germany aims to achieve full employment by 2025; targets debt reduction

Merkel said the government would use its 2019 budget - due to be debated in parliament next week - to invest in helping the long-term unemployed get back to work with a view to achieving full employment by 2025.

Sep 8, 2018

Hundreds of anti-brexit protesters march on Labour party conference

UK trade minister Fox says EU is pushing Britain to no-deal Brexit

British trade minister Liam Fox said "intransigence" from the European Union was pushing Britain towards a no-deal Brexit, in an interview published on Saturday by the Sunday Times.

Aug 5, 2018

An election worker hangs a banner outside a classroom at a school in Phnom Penh

Cambodia prepares for election marred by criticism

The sixth election in the history of Cambodia is set to begin on Sunday and preparations are on in full swing despite the UN and US threatening sanctions over the unfair elections after the main opposition party was dissolved last year.

Jul 28, 2018

New deal sees an end to the US and EU trade war

EC head Jean-Claude Juncker and US President Trump announce an end to the US-EU trade war with a new deal that will see Brussels import soybeans and liquefied natural gas.

Jul 26, 2018

After EU fine on Google, mobile industry might face a huge shake-up

The European Union has fined Google for illegally forcing its applications on hardware manufacturers. The ruling could allow makers such as Microsoft and Amazon to launch its own software, without affecting sales in the EU.

Jul 19, 2018

European Union's approach to Trump's trade war – quotas and tariffs

The EU will launch tariffs on steel imports from the US along with introducing a quota system in response to Trump's tariffs on steel and aluminium imports to the US from the bloc.

Jul 18, 2018

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