European Union

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has lost his majority in the House of Commons, but is pushing ahead with no-deal Brexit plans despite widespread parliamentary opposition.

The British prime minister has been condemned by all sides of the political divide and accused of trying to force through Brexit with no deal by sidelining Parliament.

Bloomberg reported that while America's trade deficit with the E.U.was just 18.7 billion euros a decade ago, it was 75 billion euros, or $83 billion, in the first half of 2019.

Ursula von der Leyen, Germany's defense minister, is nominated to become president of the European Commission, which is negotiating with President Donald Trump over trade.

Matteo Salvini, the far-right interior minister of Italy, said the migrants and refugees aboard the Sea-Watch 3 ship should go to The Netherlands and Germany instead.

A Fox News panel expressed fears President Donald Trump may inflame "leave" Brexit and anti-NATO sentiment during his U.K. visit.

"In short, we have to work together rather than alone," the German chancellor told Harvard alumni.

The president had once suggested that the British prime minister sue the European Union.

Conservative Party Member of Parliament Jacob Rees-Mogg called on Britain to frustrate the European Union if Brexit is long delayed, after Prime Minister Theresa May requested another deadline extension.

As Brexit drags endlessly on, with Prime Minister Theresa May quitting if she succeeds and staying if she fails to pass a Brexit deal, Britons don't even find it darkly funny anymore.

"We, as Europeans, want to play an active part" in China's Belt and Road Initiative, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said.

Russia's top diplomat described the NATO alliance as a bully working to spread its influence across the Balkans.

The European Union's move will place stricter controls on bank transactions with Saudi Arabia.

The 28-country bloc will join the U.S., Canada and Australia in opposition to Nicolás Maduro.

The referendum was "manipulated from the exterior by a lot of what we call fake news," the French president said, arguing that "everything and anything was said."

In a stunning defeat, British Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit proposal was overwhelmingly rejected by Parliament.

The U.K. is set to leave the European Union in March.

"The threat of car tariffs is still on the table," said Eric Schweitzer, president of the Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce.

Leaked diplomatic cables quote Xi as warning that China "would not submit to bullying...even if a trade war hurt everybody."

German Chancellor Angela Merkel "talks about things that you get the impression Trump doesn't fully grasp," a senior German official said of the two leaders.

The "GAFA tax" takes its initials from each of the major big tech companies that will be hit with the new tax—Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon.

"Today everyone starts thinking of how to get rid of the dependence on the dollar," Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.

British Prime Minister Theresa May has traveled to mainland Europe in a bid to rescue her failing Brexit agreement.

About 30 percent of respondents revealed that they had faced racial harassment in the past five years, with 5 percent saying they'd been physically attacked.

"Frankly, they have to start treating our companies better," Trump said of the bloc.

A Brexit that occurs before the United Kingdom has reached an agreement with the European Union could leave the island nation alone, under a blockade of its own making.

The Stand Up to Racism campaign group said Bannon's invitation was "legitimizing racism."

The German chancellor's support of French President Emmanuel Macron's calls for a unified European force came as U.S. President Donald Trump criticized the idea, mocking France's loss to the Nazis in World War II.

Heiko Maas believes the return of Democrats to power in the House of Representatives could lead to greater cooperation from the United States when it comes to international affairs.

"Legalization is happening at a much more rapid pace than expected, even compared to, say, 12 months ago," C21 CEO Robert Cheney said.