Tag: EU
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Dominic Raab resignation: Brexit Secretary’s letter to Theresa May
Britain’s Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab has resigned in protest at Prime Minister Theresa May’s deal for leaving the European Union. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Dominic Raab wrote May on Thursday saying he “cannot in good conscience support the terms proposed for our deal with the EU”. The letter reads: “It has been an honour to serve…
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Breaking: Britain’s Brexit Secretary, Dominic Raab resigns
Britain’s Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab has resigned in protest at Prime Minister Theresa May’s deal for leaving the European Union. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Dominic Raab wrote May on Thursday saying he “cannot in good conscience support the terms proposed for our deal with the EU”. Today, I have resigned as Brexit Secretary. I cannot in…
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Peter Obi meets with EU, WEF delegations on 2019 election, economic cooperation
Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Peter Obi on Wednesday in Abuja met with delegations from European Union (EU) and World Economic Forum (WEF) to discuss the need to conduct free and fair elections in 2019 and how to grow the nation’s economy through collaboration. Obi who represented the Presidential candidate…
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2019: We still don’t have confidence in INEC – PDP tells EU
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Prince Uche Secondus, says the party does not have confidence in the activities of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) especially as the 2019 election year approaches. Rather than reducing, he said that the lack of confidence in the commission was getting deeper. Speaking when he received…
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Former British PM advises party to vote down May’s possible Brexit deal
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Thursday said he would advise Labour Party lawmakers to vote down a Brexit divorce deal that Theresa May is trying to clinch with the EU. Nearly six months before the United Kingdom’s exit from the EU, there is little clarity about how the world’s fifth largest economy and…
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Merkel welcomes Brexit progress, says devil is in detail
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, on Wednesday welcomed progress in negotiations on a Brexit deal and said she wanted a close relationship with Britain after it leaves the European Union, especially on security matters. “I hope there is progress, apparently there is progress, but sometimes the devil is in the detail so everything is only worked…
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40 UK lawmakers willing to vote down Brexit deal
At least 40 lawmakers in Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party are willing to vote down her possible Brexit deal if it leaves European Union (EU), a senior lawmaker said on Tuesday. A lawmaker, Steve Baker told BBC radio that there are possibilities for the 40 lawmakers to vote down the Brexit if it leaves…
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Microsoft’s $7.5bn GitHub deal set for EU approval
United States software giant Microsoft is set to win unconditional EU antitrust approval for its 7.5 billion dollars purchase of privately held coding website GitHub, official sources said on Monday. Microsoft announced the deal in June, its largest acquisition since it bought LinkedIn for 26 billion dollars in 2016. The GitHub deal is expected to…
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Google makes progress in addressing competition concerns
European Competition Commissioner, Margrethe Vestager on Friday said Google’s proposals to increase competition in online shopping are bearing fruit. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Europe’s antitrust chief suggested that the Internet giant may be able to avoid further fines by so doing. Vestager said she saw further improvement since Google’s first report in June showed some rivals…
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Facebook’s lead EU regulator opens probe into data breach
Facebook’s lead regulator in the European Union, the Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC), continued on Thursday an investigation into a massive cyberattack on the social networking site that the company disclosed last week. Facebook said on Friday that hackers had stolen login codes that allowed them to access nearly 50 million Facebook accounts. This is…