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May Bids for Government Deal After Damping Tory Rebellion

EghtesadOnline: U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May bought herself a stay of execution by apologizing to her own lawmakers for the election debacle as she prepared to meet Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionists to secure the votes needed to prop up her minority government.
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Publish Date:13/June/2017 | 04:46

Who Could Be New Conservative Leader With May Under Fire?

EghtesadOnline: A shocking U.K. election result threw the Conservative Party into turmoil and has Theresa May scrambling to shore up her position. If history is any indication, the Tories will waste little time in seeking a new leader. So who can lay claim to the Tory crown?
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Publish Date:10/June/2017 | 07:12

May Apologizes to Fellow Tories, Tries to Keep Her Team Intact

EghtesadOnline: U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May kept her top five ministers in place as she tried to shore up her position among Conservatives after a devastating electoral blow that wiped out their parliamentary majority.
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Publish Date:10/June/2017 | 07:04

UK PM May says EU repeal bill best way to avoid Brexit 'cliff edge'

EghtesadOnline: Prime Minister Theresa May warned lawmakers on Saturday that Britain could be faced with a Brexit “cliff edge” if they fail to back her EU repeal bill, as reports suggest momentum is growing within the ruling Conservative party to unseat her.
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Publish Date:03/September/2017 | 06:16

May Suspends Lawmaker From Tories Over Racist Language

EghtesadOnline: Theresa May was forced to suspend one of her own lawmakers from the Conservative Party after she used “offensive and racist language” to describe the possibility of leaving the European Union without a trade deal.
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Publish Date:11/July/2017 | 05:10

May Resumes Talks on Keeping Power Amid Calls to Soften Brexit

EghtesadOnline: Theresa May is under growing pressure to abandon her plan for a hard Brexit as she tries to stitch together a deal with Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party that will keep her Tories in power.
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Publish Date:14/June/2017 | 06:22

May's Authority Tested After Rivals Promoted to Save Premiership

EghtesadOnline: U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May will face furious lawmakers from her Conservative Party on Monday in a showdown that could signal the end of her premiership a day after she was forced to promote prominent Brexit hardliners in her bid to cling to power.
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Publish Date:12/June/2017 | 04:22

May Scrapes Together Government as Tory Backlash Begins

EghtesadOnline: Embattled U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May scraped together a government by reaching a deal with a Northern Irish party, while one newspaper said Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is preparing to vie for her job after the Conservative party’s disastrous election showing.
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Publish Date:11/June/2017 | 04:20

Tech Selloff Wrecks Record Day for U.S. Stocks

EghtesadOnline: A selloff in technology shares spoiled an otherwise buoyant day in the U.S. stock market as companies from Apple Inc. to Nvidia Corp. tumbled. The British pound dropped as the U.K.’s ruling Conservative Party lost its parliamentary majority, plunging the country into uncertainty just days before Brexit negotiations were due to start.
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Publish Date:10/June/2017 | 05:57

U.K. Brexit Minister Seeks to Avert Tory Revolt Before Vote

EghtesadOnline: U.K. Brexit Secretary David Davis is seeking to avert a rebellion within the ruling Conservative Party that could complicate government efforts to trigger divorce negotiations with the European Union by the end of this month.
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Publish Date:13/March/2017 | 05:15

May’s Winning Offer to Brexit Rebels: A Vote on Final EU Deal

EghtesadOnline: Prime Minister Theresa May kept her plan to trigger Brexit on track after defeating a rebellion from some of her own Conservative Party colleagues by promising them a vote on the final deal with the European Union.
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Publish Date:08/February/2017 | 10:01