Brexit

Britons vote by 52 percent to 48 percent to become the first nation to leave the EU bloc.

As a permanent member of the UN Security Council, London wields veto power equal to Paris, Washington, Moscow and Beijing.

He will represent Queen Elizabeth II at the Church of Scotland's General Assembly from May 16 to 22.

The head of state's ceremonial approval of the withdrawal legislation allows Britain to leave its closest neighbours and trading partners.

The unelected upper House of Lords made some changes this week, including on the rights of EU citizens and child refugees after Brexit.

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said that Britain knows it has to align itself with single market rules if it wants to be close to it.

In the UK Africa Investment Summit 2020, Johnson made a clear pitch for business less than two weeks before Britain leaves the European Union.

Britain's exit from the European Union should take effect at the end of this month.

The two sides have until the end of the year to secure an agreement.

The momentous day on which Johnson effectively won permission to abandon the European integration project was all but ignored in Thursday's media.

The Brexit deal covers separation issues such as EU citizens' rights and Britain's financial settlement.

Lawmakers begin debate on legislation to enshrine Johnson's divorce deal.

Many blamed Labour's defeat on Corbyn's leadership and ambivalent stance on Brexit.

Boris Johnson will hold his first meeting with the new European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, in London on Wednesday.

Investors remain upbeat about the global outlook after Washington and Beijing eventually reached a trade agreement to ease tensions between the two.

Key European markets showed increases of 25 percent or more for the year.

Brazilian authorities began investigating after reports that users in the country could also have been victims of data misuse.

Tourism Australia said the Aus$15 million ($10 million) campaign was its largest investment in the British market for more than a decade.

The two sides will have just 11 months to settle that agreement following Britain's formal departure from the EU on January 31.

BoE governor, Mark Carney will handover on January 31 after six years in the role.

A final vote on Johnson's separation terms will come when lawmakers return from their Christmas break early next month.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants to embrace Brexit and kick-start growth in Britain's stalling economy.

Around 50 MPs, led by Mark Francois of the hardline anti-EU European Research Group, are backing the request.

Top of Johnson's to-do list is a bill to ratify the terms of Britain's exit from the European Union.

Britain is due to leave the European Union on January 31, but will remain in a transitional arrangement until the end of the year.

Queen Elizabeth II will open parliament in a lavish ceremony on Thursday.

Johnson plans to pass a law guaranteeing that Britain's Brexit transition period cannot run beyond the end of 2020.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised to "get Brexit done" by taking Britain out of the European Union by January 31.

The removal of uncertainty surrounding Brexit allowed markets to breathe a huge sigh of relief.

The veteran socialist blamed the media for helping to cause his century-old party's worst finish since before World War II.