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'Domestically, the perceived likelihood of a no-deal Brexit has risen' since May, the BoE said in a statement after its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) kept the central bank's main borrowing cost at 0.75 %.

Sri Lanka's former government borrowed heavily to rollout ports, highways and railroads, but several ambitious infrastructure projects ended up as white elephants and left the country facing a mountain of debt -- mainly to China.

The song may not be a greatest hit, but is classified by marine biologists as an underwater call using a distinct pattern of sounds.

The Chinese President will visit North Korea on Thursday and Friday at the invitation of Kim Jong Un as both men face their own protracted negotiations with US President Donald Trump.

Stable inflation, combined with the lowest unemployment rate in 44 years and rising wages, has taken the edge off the uncertainty about Brexit for many households whose spending drives Britain's economy.

On June 2, authorities say 19-year-old Hoffman was lured to a hiking trail where she was bound with duct tape and shot once in the back of the head.

At least 13 people were killed and more than 122 injured after China's Sichuan province was hit by two strong earthquakes since Monday night, according to the state media. The first 6.0 magnitude quake shook Changning County of Yibin City at 10:55 pm on...

With passenger traffic slowing this year, the atmosphere at the fair, where arch-rivals Boeing and Airbus vie for aircraft orders, was markedly less self-congratulatory than in recent years.

The Taliban's unwillingness and refusals on attending meetings on peace so far has created doubts among critics and some lawmakers, who say the group does not seem "interested in peace".

Turkish officials were the first to report the murder and have continued to press Saudi Arabia for information on the whereabouts of his dismembered body of Khashoggi.

Berlin was heavily bombed by the Allied forces in the spring of 1945 with a third of its houses destroyed and tens of thousands killed.

The services, which will begin by the month-end, will be a boon not only for families in Mussafah, but also for population spread-out in Shabia, Shahama, Al Mafraq, Bani Yas, and Mohammed Bin Zayed City.

Hundreds of thousands of people marched through Hong Kong last Sunday to protest the extradition bill, the demonstration being the biggest political protest since its return to Chinese rule in 1997.

Trump is pushing Mexico to agree to a deal in which migrants entering Mexican territory would have to apply for refugee status there, not in the United States.

South Korea remains a conservative society, where until 2015, anyone indulging in extramarital sex risked a two-year prison sentence.

In the last four decades, 387 murders and 58 suicides took place in Brazil because of "transhomophobia", according to national statistics. The legislation comes after various Latin American countries passed similar laws.