‘Accidental Americans’ in France file discrimination lawsuit
More than 300 “accidental Americans” in France, French citizens who hold U.S. nationality only because they were born there, filed a discrimination lawsuit on Wednesday.
Around 40 lawmakers switch to support PM May’s Brexit deal, 40 undecided: Times reporter
Around 40 lawmakers have switched to supporting British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit divorce deal but around 40 are still undecided, The Times’ deputy political editor cited a source in the European Research Group (ERG) of lawmakers as saying.
Brexit: Highly unlikely DUP will back May’s deal: UTV
Northern Irish broadcaster UTV on Wednesday reported that the Democratic Unionist Party was very unlikely to give their support to British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal.
UK’s Rees-Mogg says will back May’s Brexit deal if DUP abstain
Jacob Rees-Mogg, a leading Brexiteer in Theresa May’s Conservative Party, said he would back the prime minister’s EU divorce deal if the Northern Irish DUP party that props up the government abstains on the issue.
British PM May’s Brexit statement to Conservative lawmakers
British Prime Minister Theresa May gave the following statement to lawmakers at a meeting of her Conservative Party’s 1922 Committee on Wednesday, according to a text from her office.
UK PM May says ready to quit to save her Brexit deal
British Prime Minister Theresa May said she was prepared to quit in order to get her Brexit divorce deal approved by parliament.
Spanish judge issues warrant for North Korea embassy intruders: source
A Spanish judge has issued international arrest warrants for two of the intruders who forced their way into North Korea’s embassy in Madrid last month and are currently believed to be in the United States, a judicial source said on Wednesday.
Grindr defeats appeal over harassment on gay dating app
A U.S. federal appeals court refused to hold Grindr liable to a New York man who said his former boyfriend used the gay dating app to post fake profiles, in a harassment campaign that caused more than 1,000 men to approach the victim for sex.
UK PM May pursuing new vote on her Brexit deal on Friday: lawmaker
British Prime Minister Theresa May is pursuing a new vote on her Brexit deal on Friday but it will depend on parliament’s Speaker allowing it, a Conservative lawmaker said on Wednesday citing the party’s chief whip.
Russia to keep former minister Abyzov in jail on fraud charges
A court in Russia on Wednesday ruled that former government minister Mikhail Abyzov, an ally of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, be held in pre-trial detention for two months ahead of his trial for fraud and organizing a criminal group.
