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Shamima Begum, the teenager who travelled from east London to Syria to join Islamic State in 2015, has described Home Office plans to strip her of citizenship as “kind of heart-breaking”. “I don’t know what to say,” she...

Vladimir Putin has said that Russia will develop new weapons and aim them at western “centres of decision-making” if the west deploys new short and medium-range missiles in Europe. The threat, which appears to describe Washington and...

Jeremy Hunt, the British foreign secretary, will visit Berlin on Wednesday after urging Germany to exempt big defence projects from its efforts to halt arms sales to Saudi Arabia, or face damage to both its economic and...

The Duchess of Sussex is making headlines for a stateside appearance over Presidents Day weekend, what’s believed to be her first trip to the U.S. since moving across the pond to marry into the British royal family. The...

Whether you’re a fan of the “Back to the Future” films or maybe you just really love sneakers, you’ll love this news: Nike just released a somewhat affordable self-lacing sneaker. The Nike Adapt BB shoe was released on Sunday, and it’s already sold...

Georgian toy company Dadari doesn’t just make wooden toys it also makes a point of employing people with disabilities. Three of the firm’s seven employees have special learning needs. Established in the 1990s, Dadari sells its...

The European Union has convened a wide-ranging industrial group to work on promoting the euro and fighting the monopoly of the U.S. dollar in oil and commodities trading, reflecting broader tensions with Washington over trade and...

The UK parliament is debating Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal with the European Union, as the date for the country to leave the bloc nears. May is seeking changes to her deal with Brussels after...

LONDON (Reuters) – A “small number” of Irish firms are likely to see their credit ratings cut if neighbouring Britain – Ireland’s biggest trade partner – leaves the European Union next month without a transition deal,...

  LONDON (Reuters) – HSBC has reduced the cost of settling foreign exchange trades by a quarter through its blockchain-based system, an executive overseeing the project told Reuters, offering a glimpse of the savings the technology...