By a majority of 48, MPs have refused to protect unilaterally the rights of EU nationals living in the UK. The vote on Monday evening allows Theresa May to negotiate over the rights of EU nationals in the UK, in exchange for the rights of British citizens in the EU.
It’s not just flights that are being grounded on Monday.
Shares in major US airlines are also getting their wings clipped as cities up and down the mid-Atlantic and northeast coast brace for a paralyzing blizzard that could bring as much as two feet of snow to some areas.
The future of Charlotte Hogg, the incoming deputy governor of the Bank of England, is in the balance with a committee of MPs poised to release a critical report about her suitability for the post.
A winter storm that is expected to wallop the northeastern US with snow, ice and wind has already caused more than 4,400 flight cancellations across the country.
Polish state-run energy company PGNiG, which has previously threatened to take the European Commission to court if it did not impose a fine on Gazprom, said it judged Monday’s settlement with the Russian gas company to be “highly insufficient.”
The state prosecutor in Egypt has ordered the release of Hosni Mubarak, the president ousted in 2011, after a court cleared him in a retrial over ordering the killing of hundreds of protesters during the revolt that ended his 30-year rule.
In an unfortunate case of bad timing, the Commonwealth Games Federation has marked the annual celebration of Commonwealth of Nations by stripping Durban of its rights to hold the 2022 Commonwealth Games, leaving the event without a host.
Theresa May has described Nicola Sturgeon’s decision to call a second independence referendum as “deeply regrettable” in her first comments on the shock announcement by the Scottish nationalist leader.
The Icelandic krona is on track for its biggest one-day drop since the financial crisis, chipping away at a long rally after the government announced the country would finally return to international financial markets with the lifting of capital controls tomorrow.
A measure of skittishness in the US stock market has climbed to the highest level since the aftermath of the presidential election, even as equities have charted a mostly smooth path to fresh all-time highs in recent weeks.
With just two days to go before voters in the Netherlands decide whether they want to follow the anti-establishment path set by the UK and US, financial assets are showing no obvious signs of stress.
Hot on the heels of Snap’s frenzied debut, Yext, a New York-based location data management company, has filed paperwork with the US securities regulators on Monday to raise as much as $100m in an initial public offering.
Mario Draghi has cautioned against gloom on the longer-term growth prospects of Europe, saying there were several ways to boost productivity in the ways seen in the past.
Gazprom is inching closer to resolving its European antitrust case without a fine, as Brussels seeks comment on the gas giant’s proposals to create a more competitive Central and Eastern European gas market.
Raphael Bostic, a professor at the University of Southern California and former housing official in the Obama administration, has been selected as the new president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, becoming the first African-American ever to head one of the Fed’s 12 regional banks.
Nato has called for calm in the escalating diplomatic row between Ankara and the Hague over the refusal of the Dutch authorities to allow Turkish ministers to campaign in the Netherlands for a constitutional overhaul in Turkey.
The leaders of the Labour and Conservative parties in Scotland have lashed out what they call the “divisive” moves by the Scottish National party to hold a second independence referendum, while Number 10 said it was seeking “a future partnership with the EU that works for the whole of the United Kingdom.”
Vista Equity Partners, the private equity fund specialising in software acquisitions has agreed to acquire DH Corp for C$4.8bn, including debt, in order to merge the business with British banking software developer Misys.
Maybe it’s the clock change, maybe it’s the busy week of data and news ahead, but US equities markets are in no rush to choose a direction on Monday morning.
The release in Malaysia of Walt Disney’s live-action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast has been postponed “until further notice”, the country’s largest cinema chain announced on Monday.
The pound is holding on to its daily gains this morning, remaining steady after Scotland’s First Minister confirmed she would be seeking a second referendum on Scottish independence as the UK gets ready to begin its Brexit process.