The Bank of England cut its benchmark interest rate to a new low and said it would buy government and corporate bonds as part of a broad package of measures to stimulate the U.K. economy in the wake of the Brexit vote.
There is no evidence that a 19-year-old man who killed an American woman and injured five other people in a stabbing attack in central London had been radicalized or motivated by terrorism, U.K. police said Thursday.
The Bank of England has signaled it is preparing to ease policy to support the British economy in the wake of the U.K.’s vote to leave the European Union. Here are five things to watch for.
The battle-lines have been drawn over the future of the U.K. countryside outside the EU as a conservation charity called for the present farm subsidy system to be overhauled to protect the environment.
Prices of U.K. corporate bonds have soared as investors bet the Bank of England will start snapping them up in a stimulus effort. But some fret the central bank’s impact on the market will be hard to predict, if the intervention happens at all.
Scotland Yard said that police arrested a man in connection with the attack in Russell Square and that terrorism hadn’t been ruled out as a motive.
The surge in terror attacks across France is draining a fund for compensating victims faster than the insurance industry can replenish it.
Germany’s spate of violent attacks has spurred a debate about whether to let the military help the police fight terrorists, challenging a post-World War II taboo on deploying soldiers at home. Authorities are to decide this month what role the army could play.
Authorities in Portland, Maine, arrested a 28-year-old Norwegian traveler at a local hotel Wednesday on allegations he threatened to kill local police officers.
As scores of Russian athletes await clearance to participate in the Olympics, one of the great riddles of the Rio Games looms: Can the Russians still win?
Violent protests here targeting emblems of wealth, especially foreign money, are complicating the German capital’s hopes of attracting businesses looking to leave London after the U.K. vote to quit the European Union.
Some expect the Bank of England to resume bond buying as soon as Thursday to support the U.K. economy after the country voted to leave the EU in June, but there are doubts about how effective it will be.
A woman was killed and as many as five others were wounded in a knife attack in central London late Wednesday, hours after more armed police officers were deployed on the city’s streets under measures to prepare the country for the types of attacks by Islamic extremists seen elsewhere in Europe.
Britain’s government should do more to resettle Syrian refugees as well as strengthen border controls to clamp down on people-smuggling as part of Europe’s migrant crisis, a committee of U.K. lawmakers said.
Thousands of people attended the funeral of the Rev. Jacques Hamel, the Roman Catholic priest slain by Islamic State followers in an attack that has cast a pall over France and heightened tensions with its Muslim minority.
Most analysts believe Brexit will drive the U.K. economy to either flatline or fall into a recession. Property prices could determine whether this will be a dip or slump.
Corporate investors are starting to cool on Poland, a long-favored destination for foreign money, as new taxes and political uncertainty prompt companies from across Europe to rethink the country’s appeal.
A small coterie of mainly British-based economists say leaving the European Union will give the U.K. greater scope for growth.
Tensions between two key players in Europe’s migrant crisis deepened as Turkey summoned one of Germany’s top diplomats there after the handling of a large demonstration in Cologne angered Turkish officials.
British manufacturing activity tumbled to its lowest level since 2013 in the wake of the U.K.’s decision to exit the European Union, according to a closely watched survey.