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Johnson in election mode as he visits Scotland after Brexit setbacks
Shawdesh desk: Prime Minister Boris Johnson heads to Scotland on Friday in campaign mode despite failing to call an early election after MPs this week thwarted his hardline Brexit strategy.ReadMore
US, China to start trade talks again in next month
Shawdesh Desk: China and the United States will resume trade talks in Washington in early October, Beijing said on Thursday, allaying fears that new punitive tariffs would lead to aReadMore
Johnson’s hardline Brexit strategy stands in tatters
Shawdesh Desk: British prime minister Boris Johnson’s hardline Brexit strategy stood in tatters on Thursday after a humiliating week left him without a working majority but unable to call anReadMore
British PM faces rebellion over Brexit strategy
Shawdesh Desk: British prime minister Boris Johnson faces a rebellion by his own lawmakers on Tuesday over his Brexit strategy, despite warning he would respond to any defeat by callingReadMore
Iranian chief rules out possibility of talks with US
Shawdesh Desk: Iran’s president Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday ruled out holding any bilateral talks with the United States, saying that the Islamic republic is opposed to such negotiations in principle.ReadMore
‘Catastrophic’ Dorian pounds Bahamas, US evacuates coast
Shawdesh Desk: Hurricane Dorian battered the Bahamas with ferocious wind and rain on Sunday, the monstrous Category 5 storm wrecking towns and homes as it churned on an uncertain pathReadMore
US and China will meet in September, Trump says, but tariff hikes remain
Shawdesh Desk: Trade teams from China and the United States continue to talk and will meet in September, but tariff increases on Chinese goods set to go in place onReadMore
White House aide fired after leaks on Trump family
Shawdesh Desk: The personal assistant to US President Donald Trump has been forced to resign from the White House after leaking intimate information about his family. Madeleine Westerhout, 29, wasReadMore
