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Britain urged China on Thursday to open dialogue with Hong Kong protesters and respect the commitments it made 35 years ago in the Sino-British Joint Declaration.more

The last Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, told Russian media on Thursday that he is being treated in hospital for pneumonia.more

The British government wants the House of Commons to complete the work on the agreement on withdrawal from the European Union by January 9, according to the schedule that the House of Commons leader Jacob Rees-Mogg presented yesterday evening. Earlier, a modified version of this law was published the same day.more

Her Majesty has delivered, on behalf of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, what he says is the "most radical Queen's Speech in a generation", setting out the government's main priorities.more

The pro-independence leader of Catalonia's regional government has been barred from holding public office for 18 months over his refusal to order the removal of separatist symbols from buildings, the Spanish region's highest court said on Thursday.more

Brexit and the NHS have dominated the Conservative government's agenda set out in the Queen's Speech. The government's "priority" is the UK's exit from the EU on 31 January, and a commitment that extra NHS funding will be enshrined in law was announced.more

Scotland's first minister has called on the UK government to negotiate a transfer of powers to Holyrood to allow another referendum on independence.more

'I have not heard of the law that discriminates against LGBT people in Poland. On the contrary, we see various reports and cross-sectional data that show that huge amounts of money flow into these organizations', a governmental plenipotentiary for demographics Barbara Socha said today.more

Shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry has become the first MP to officially enter the race to replace Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader.more

Donald Trump has become the third US president in history to be impeached by the House of Representatives, setting up a trial in the Senate that will decide whether he remains in office.more

The government should not select judges on the basis of their political views as they do in the US, the outgoing president of the supreme court, Lady Hale, has warned.more

The government will appoint a plenipotentiary for Poles abroad - Rzeczpospolita said. It was a blow to the opposition chamber, because for many years the Senate was dealing with the affairs of Polonia.more

A political activist known as "Brexit man" has decided to stop protesting after two years in the wake of the Conservative Party's landslide election win. more

The newly elected House of Commons, which met for the first time after the election on Tuesday, is the most diverse in the history of British parliamentarism.more

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has banned his ministers from participating in the World Economic Forum in Davos, where next month, as every year, the global financial elite will gather - said Reuters on Tuesday evening citing sources from Downing Street.more

Poland is not threatened by Polexit, similar to what happened in Great Britain, but for several years we have been consistently "systematically and sweepingly moving" from the European Union - said on Tuesday in Wroclaw the former President of the European Council Donald Tusk.more

The Crime Prevention Board, which reports to the Swedish Ministry of Justice, manipulated data in its reports to cover up the scale of immigrant crime, writes the daily Goeteborgs-Posten.more

The newly elected House of Commons met on Tuesday afternoon for the first meeting. In the first parliamentary speech after the election, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the completion of Brexit and called for opposition to attempts to break up the United Kingdom.more

The British government plans to amend the draft law on the withdrawal from the EU, which is to be put to the first vote in the House of Commons so as to formally exclude the possibility of extending the transition period by two years - the ITV station said.more

peaking at a leadership event in Singapore on Monday, former President Barack Obama said there would be "significant improvement across the board" if countries were led by women, and that "old men" needed to get "out of the way.more

Boris Johnson will tell the next generation of more than 100 new Tory MPs that they have a responsibility to change the party for good, as he sets out plans for a first vote on his Brexit bill before the festive season.more

Major political parties in Northern Ireland have resumed talks about restoring autonomy in this province, where there has been no functioning government or parliament due to the political crisis that has lasted for almost three years.more

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and US President Donald Trump said during yesterday's telephone conversation that they expect further close cooperation and negotiations on an "ambitious free trade agreement," Downing Street spokesman said.more

The British House of Commons selected in the December 12 election is "the most homosexual parliament in the world," reports the Sunday Times. A total of 50 people with different sexual orientation won the election in the House of Commons.more

The British financial sector is able to withstand large shocks and disruptions, whether caused by chaotic Brexit or worsening of the situation during global trade wars - said the Bank of England.more