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Digital currencies such as Facebooks Libra will disrupt the financial system, either by forcing central banks to innovate or by grabbing a global role that could challenge the dominance of the dollar, ECB board member Benoit Coeure said on Tuesday.

Spooked by Libra, EU pledges to regulate digital currencies

Lawmakers had previously considered regulation of cryptocurrencies a marginal issue, until the emergence of talks about...

9 Oct 2019 12:24 PM IST

Boris Johnson (Photo: AP)

Boris Johnson to unveil new Brexit plan in closing address

Johnson has pledged to renegotiate the exit terms May agreed with Brussels, which MPs rejected three times.

2 Oct 2019 3:10 PM IST

Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Photo: AP)

Cruising majority for Boris Johnson's Conservative party: UK election...

Britain votes on Dec 12, with Johnson hoping to secure a majority to be able to push through his Brexit deal to take the...

28 Nov 2019 12:33 PM IST

Prime Minister Boris Johnsons Conservative Party lost a by-election in Wales, cutting his parliamentary majority to just one. (Photo: AFP)

Boris Johnson apologises for Islamophobia in his party, seeks inquiry

Johnson was asked if he would apologise for the Islamophobia that has taken place in his party.

28 Nov 2019 12:21 PM IST

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Boris Johnson vows to table 'Get Brexit Done' deal before Christmas

There would also be more spending on infrastructure, science, and education, while at the same time controlling debt.

25 Nov 2019 10:35 AM IST

Huawei, which is the worlds largest supplier of telecom networking equipment, is at the center of trade tensions between Beijing and Washington. (Photo: AP)

EU countries back tough line on 5G suppliers in potential blow to...

Ambassadors meeting in Brussels agreed to the approach, a spokeswoman for Finland, which currently holds the rotating EU...

23 Nov 2019 4:06 PM IST

US President Donald Trump has offered British Prime Minister Boris Johnson a boost, saying hes the right man to deliver Brexit. (Photo: PTI)

Johnson urges Trump to lift Scotch whisky tariffs

Boris Johnson also urged Trump not to impose tariffs on car exports, the statement added.

6 Nov 2019 12:43 PM IST

Lindsay Hoyle replaces Bercow as Speaker of House, vows to restore UK Parls reputation

Lindsay Hoyle replaces Bercow as Speaker of House, vows to restore UK...

Hoyle, a Labour MP for 22 years and Bercow's deputy since 2010, beat out 6 other contenders in protracted day of voting...

5 Nov 2019 10:01 AM IST

Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Photo: AP)

Will Boris' gamble work? Anything might happen after Dec 12 UK vote

The greater the number of Labour-held constituencies which voted for Brexit that the Tories can win, the bigger the...

1 Nov 2019 12:08 AM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that Moscow had grounds to appeal a decision by the World Anti-Doping Agency to bar Russia from major sporting events, a move he said violated the Olympic charter. (Photo: AP)

Polish PM accuses Putin of lying about WWII, says attempt to 'conceal'...

'President Putin has lied about Poland on numerous occasions, and he has always done it deliberately,' Prime Minister...

30 Dec 2019 9:11 AM IST

US President Donald Trump has offered British Prime Minister Boris Johnson a boost, saying hes the right man to deliver Brexit. (Photo: PTI)

Donald Trump invites UK PM Boris Johnson to White House: report

The White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the reported invitation to Johnson.

23 Dec 2019 8:56 AM IST

Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Photo: AFP)

Will work '24 hours a day, flat out' to make Brexit happen: UK PM

Britain has an option to extend the transition but Johnson refuses to, and intends to enshrine the 2020 date in...

18 Dec 2019 9:57 AM IST