Brexit Is One Step Closer As EU Agrees To Talk About U.K. Trade
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit RAY SUAREZ, HOST: Last year, the United Kingdom kicked off an era of uncertainty in the Western world when it voted to leave the European Union. Yesterday, the...
View ArticleCase Of The Missing London-Based Professor With Ties To Russia Investigation
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The investigation into Trump associates' connections to Russia has some colorful characters. Among them, Joseph Mifsud, a Maltese professor...
View ArticleBrexit Puts London's Finance Jobs At Risk
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: This next story is about fear and opportunity - fear that Brexit could damage one of the world's top banking centers - we're talking about...
View ArticleTrump's Relationship With NATO, 1 Year Into His Presidency
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: During his first year in office, President Trump used NATO as a punching bag. He portrayed the members of the American-led security alliance...
View ArticleBritish Monarch Recognizes Citizens' 2017 Contributions To Public Life
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Each year at this time, the British monarch recognizes citizens who have made big contributions to public life. Among the new knights are Sir...
View ArticleCulture Is Shifting in Socially Conservative Ireland
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Ireland used to be one of the most socially conservative nations in Europe. Lately that's been changing. In 2015, voters legalized same-sex...
View ArticleTrump Cancels U.K. Visit Over 'Bad Deal' For New U.S. Embassy
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit DAVID GREENE, HOST: President Trump has canceled a visit next month to the United Kingdom. And this is a pretty big deal because the U.K. is considered America's...
View ArticlePresident Trump 'Wrong' To Call London Embassy Area An 'Off Location,'...
When President Trump announced Thursday that he was canceling his visit to the United Kingdom next month to open the new U.S. Embassy in London, he sounded less like the leader of the world's most...
View ArticleBehind The Genius Of Guinness, Ireland's Most Popular Tourist Attraction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcE-UEvnYSg When it comes to tourism, Ireland punches well above its weight. Last year, the tourists who visited the island outnumbered residents by about 3 million....
View ArticlePHOTOS: To Brighten Dreary Winter Nights, A Festival Lights Up London
Winters in London can be damp and dreary. The British capital sits at 51.5 degrees latitude north – roughly equivalent to the Canadian city of Calgary – and in December, the British capital can descend...
View ArticleRoyal Wedding Reflects A Changing Britain
When millions of people tune in Saturday morning for the British royal wedding, there will be talk of fairy tales and plenty of cinematic shots of Prince Harry and his bride, Meghan Markle, riding in a...
View ArticleBritons React To Trump Visit
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: If British Prime Minister Theresa May is feeling the effects of some diplomatic whiplash, you might understand. Before touching his plane...
View ArticleWhere Does The U.S.-U.K. Relationship Stand Now?
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Ever since President Trump landed in the U.K. yesterday, there have been a number of diplomatic ups and downs. One hour, he's criticizing the...
View ArticleCar Crashes Into A Traffic Barrier Outside U.K. Parliament
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit DAVID GREENE, HOST: I want to turn now to London, where there were some tense moments this morning. A car crashed into a traffic barrier outside Parliament. At...
View ArticleAt Mass In Dublin, Pope Apologizes For Clergy Sex Abuse Scandals
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: While speaking at a Mass in Dublin yesterday, Pope Francis made his most abject apology yet for clerical sex abuse and the church's...
View ArticlePope Ends Visit To A Disillusioned Ireland, Where Church Authority Has Plunged
Back in 1979, Pope John Paul II arrived in Ireland to an outpouring of love, affection and enormous crowds, including an estimated 1.2 million people for a Mass in Dublin's Phoenix Park. Among the...
View ArticleLabour Party To Adopt International Definition Of Anti-Semitism
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: This summer, the British Labour Party got a lot of flak for refusing to adopt a full, international definition of anti-Semitic speech. After...
View ArticleU.K. Charges 2 Russians In Poison Attack On Former Spy
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit DAVID GREENE, HOST: British Prime Minister Theresa May said this morning that two officers with Russian military intelligence known as the GRU flew to England...
View ArticleNews Brief: Kavanaugh Latest, Brexit, Koreas Summit
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The lawyer for Christine Blasey Ford wants something more than a she-said, he-said hearing. RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Which is pretty much what...
View ArticleHow The Chinese Government Works To Censor Debate In Western Democracies
It used to be that the Communist Party focused on censoring free speech primarily inside of China. In recent years, though, China's authoritarian government has tried to censor speech beyond its...
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