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Growing up can be hard to do, so many questions and expectations to weed through. This book, a memoir-in-letters, takes a look at identity and the coming of age. Authors, Claire Sicherman and Nicole Breit have collaborated one letter at a time to bring us “Bloom: Letters on Girlhood”. Jennifer Palma has more on “Palma’s...

King Charles welcomed French President Emmanuel Macron to Britain on Tuesday in the first state visit by a European leader since Brexit. The pair took a horse-drawn carriage procession through Windsor castle alongside their wives Brigitte and Queen Camilla as well as Prince William, and his wife Princess Catherine.

Mark Carney prevailed over the other three Liberal leadership candidates in Ottawa Sunday and was elected as the party leader and successor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. But who is Carney? David Akin gives us a rundown of the economist’s rich professional background – including his time as the governor of Canada’s central bank and...

Boris Johnson, the leading candidate in the race for U.K’s prime minister, said on Monday that the impact of a no-deal Brexit would be “very small indeed” as there are already deals in place to ease the transition.

Jeremy Hunt, one of two contenders for U.K. prime minister, said Tuesday that there was no Brexit deal possible if the Irish backstop is still in place.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has demanded the Irish backstop – an insurance policy for the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland – be removed from any Brexit deal in a four-page letter to EU Council President Donald Tusk.

U.K. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Wednesday his country will leave the European Union in October “come what may” but said there is a “deal to be done” with the E.U.

Britain’s Supreme Court will decide this week whether Prime Minister Boris Johnson broke the law when he suspended parliament for five weeks in the run-up to Brexit.

Dozens of Britons marched through the southern Spanish city of Malaga on Sept. 22 to register their concerns about their uncertain status as Britain prepares to leave the European Union.

Sir Kim Darroch, Britain’s ambassador to the United States, has resigned after leaked diplomatic cables revealed he called President Donald Trump’s administration “dysfunctional” and “incompetent.” The incident is now testing the relationship between the two countries, while threatening to upend efforts to reach a post-Brexit trade deal. Jackson Proskow reports.

British prime minister Theresa May is officially stepping down from her role July 24, a day after the British Conservative Party leadership election. Redmond Shannon looks at how May’s legacy will be marred by Brexit.

London residents reacted to Boris Johnson’s win in the race, with some expressing concern over his election and at least one person believing he will experience the same difficulties as Theresa May in getting Brexit done.

Speaking outside 10 Downing Street for the first time as Prime Minister of England, Boris Johnson said critics of Brexit both in England and in Europe must respect the results of the earlier vote.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson cautioned the European Union on Saturday that the Irish backstop, which he said was undemocratic, needed to be ditched if they were to strike a Brexit divorce deal.

A man was arrested by police on Friday evening after being stopped as he attempted to scale the security gates to Downing Street, the residence of the British Prime Minister. The arrest comes on a day when thousands of people opposed to Britain delaying its departure from the European Union marched through central London as...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday promised Britain a “phenomenal” post-Brexit trade deal and pledged to work out any differences with London on the role of China’s Huawei in building 5G networks.

Michael Gove, one of the contenders in the UK prime minister race, said Sunday that he recognizes his past cocaine use 20 years ago was a “crime” but he was “fortunate” he didn’t go to jail, while also stating he would be open to delaying Brexit again if a deal could be passed shortly after.

Boris Johnson, one of the lead candidates for prime minister, threatened this weekend that he would withhold a nearly US$50 billion agreed upon Brexit payment to the European Union until the EU gives Britain better withdrawal terms.

Boris Johnson, who has pledged to deliver Brexit on October 31, edged closer to power on June 13 when he won by far the most support from UK Conservative Party lawmakers in the first round of the contest to replace British Prime Minister Theresa May.

On the second day of U.S. President Donald Trump’s state visit to the United Kingdom, protesters filled London’s Trafalgar Square to voice their anger against him. And as Redmond Shannon reports, Trump was taking aim at British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn and stirred up controversy with Brexit.