Boris Johnson
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Cost of Brexit for UK: $170 Billion and Counting
EghtesadOnline: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants to "unleash Britain's potential." First the economy has to catch back up with the rest of the world.
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Court Strikes Down UK Parliament Suspension
EghtesadOnline: The United Kingdom’s Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision to shut down parliament in the runup to Brexit was unlawful, a humiliating rebuke…
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Ex-PM Cameron Slams Johnson Over Brexit
EghtesadOnline: Former British prime minister David Cameron launched a blistering attack on the UK's current leader Boris Johnson in extracts of his memoirs published Sunday, accusing him of…
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UK Rejects Israeli Call for Tougher Iran Stance
EghtesadOnline: Downing Street on Thursday rejected Israeli calls for Britain to take a harder line against Iran, following Tehran’s decision to announce new reductions in its commitment to the…
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Rebel Lawmakers Launch Bid to Stop No-deal Brexit
EghtesadOnline: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned members of his own party that if they did not vote with the government when the country’s parliament returns on Tuesday from a summer…
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New British Government Signals Continued Support for JCPOA
EghtesadOnline: The new government led by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson expressed continued support for the Iran nuclear deal at an emergency meeting of international powers trying to save…
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Johnson Forms War Cabinet as No-Deal Prospect Rises
EghtesadOnline: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson formed a war cabinet of six senior ministers to plan for exiting the European Union by Oct. 31, as a key adviser said leaving without a deal had…
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Johnson Wins UK PM Race, Vows to 'Get Brexit Done'
EghtesadOnline: Boris Johnson has been elected leader of the United Kingdom's Conservative Party and, by default, the country's next prime minister.
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Philip Hammond Plans to Quit If Johnson Becomes PM
EghtesadOnline: Philip Hammond has told the BBC he intends to resign as chancellor if Boris Johnson becomes the UK's next prime minister.
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UK’s Boris Johnson Calls for Upholding JCPOA
EghtesadOnline: Boris Johnson, the leading candidate to replace British Prime Minister Theresa May, called on Iran to fully adhere to the terms of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on its…
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How does a leadership challenge to a UK prime minister work?
EghtesadOnline: Prime Minister Theresa May has been left exposed at the top of a government unable to unite over Britain’s plans to leave the European Union, after Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson…
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UK PM May appoints Jeremy Hunt as new foreign minister
EghtesadOnline: British Prime Minister Theresa May appointed Jeremy Hunt as foreign minister on Monday after predecessor Boris Johnson resigned in protest at the government’s plans for a close…
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Euroskeptic British ministers quit in blow to May's Brexit plan
EghtesadOnline: Prime Minister Theresa May’s foreign minister and Brexit negotiator quit on Monday in protest at her plans to keep close trade ties with the European Union after Britain leaves…
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Corbyn Is Russia's ‘Useful Idiot’ in Spy Case, Johnson Says
EghtesadOnline: Jeremy Corbyn is playing “Putin’s game” by lending false credibility to Russian propaganda that it has nothing to do with the poisoning of a former double agent on British soil,…
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French and British foreign ministers expected in Iran
EghtesadOnline: Iranian foreign ministry spokesman announced that according to the schedule the French and British foreign ministers will travel to Tehran before the end of the year.
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UK has reservations about diplomatic protection for jailed aid worker in Iran, husband says
EghtesadOnline: British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has reservations about granting diplomatic protection to an Iranian-British aid worker jailed in Iran, her husband said on Wednesday.
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UK foreign minister says 'no doubt' Iran Nuclear Deal will continue
EghtesadOnline: British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said there is 'no doubt' that the 2015 nuclear deal officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) will survive.
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May Could Shake Up Cabinet With Boris Johnson in the Firing Line
EghtesadOnline: U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May could soon be planning an overhaul of her team of top ministers in a bid to reassert her authority and end the government infighting that’s put…
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Johnson Backs Down From Threat to Quit Over May's Brexit Speech
EghtesadOnline: U.K. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson backed away from his threat to quit the government over Theresa May’s Brexit strategy, clearing the path for the prime minister to make a…
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Johnson Taunts May by Refusing to Say If He’ll Quit Over Brexit
EghtesadOnline: As his row with U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May over Brexit escalated, Boris Johnson was ready to contemplate the end of his career as Foreign Secretary, though he stopped short…
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U.K. Joins U.S. in Calling for an End to Boycott of Qatar
EghtesadOnline: Britain has joined the U.S. in calling for an end to the boycott of Qatar after the country pledged to fight terrorism.
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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…
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May Sends Johnson to Labour Heartland as Terror Shapes Campaign
EghtesadOnline: Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May will deploy Boris Johnson to the northeast of England in a bid to conquer Brexit-supporting Labour strongholds, even as the fallout from…
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Boris Johnson Nixes Moscow Trip, Russia Calls Decision `Absurd'
EghtesadOnline: U.K. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson canceled a trip to Moscow over the conflict in Syria, fueling the crisis between Russia and the west after a U.S. missile strike against President…
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Baeedinejad: West should cease supporting terrorists in Syria
EghtesadOnline: Iranian Ambassador to Britain Hamid Baeedinejad on Thursday and after his meeting with British Secretary of State Boris Johnson in relation to Syria's Aleppo renewed his country's…
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UK foreign secretary defends JCPOA
EghtesadOnline: The UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson during his speech at the International Institute for Strategic Studies Manama Dialogue defended the Joint Comprehensive Plan Of Action inked…
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U.K. Will Seek to Soften Trump Opposition to Iran Nuclear Deal
EghtesadOnline: U.K. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said he’ll seek to work with the administration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to “make a success” of the 2015 Iran deal.
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Top Brexiteer Boris Johnson penned arguments for staying in EU: report
EghtesadOnline: Boris Johnson, who campaigned prominently for Britain to leave the European Union ahead of a June referendum, argued in favor of remaining in the bloc in an unpublished newspaper…
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British foreign secretary felicitates Muslims on Eid al-Adha
EghtesadOnline: British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson in a statement on Saturday congratulated all Muslims on the occasion of Eid al-Adha.
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U.S. in front of queue for Britain, says new foreign minister Johnson
EghtesadOnline: Boris Johnson said on Wednesday the United States would be "in the front of the queue" following his surprise appointment as Britain's new foreign minister.