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Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May leaves Downing Street in London, Friday, November 16, 2018. (Dominic Lipinski/PA via AP)
November 17, 2018, 3:23 am
Allies rally to UK’s May amid leadership woes over Brexit
In a tumultuous week, Britain’s PM finally clinches a divorce deal with EU — only for it to be savaged by opposition, parliamentary partners, and members of her own party
By Jill Lawless
People from the "Yes" campaign react, as the results of the votes begin to come in the Irish referendum on the 8th Amendment of the Irish Constitution at the RDS count centre, in Dublin, Ireland, Saturday May 26, 2018. Ireland appeared to move away from its conservative Roman Catholic roots and embrace a more liberal view Friday as two major exit polls predicted voters had repealed a constitutional ban on abortion. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
May 26, 2018, 3:14 pm
‘Yes’ voters jubilant as anti-abortion campaign concedes defeat in Ireland
As final votes counted, polls show almost 70% say yes to repealing amendment which has made termination of pregnancy illegal except in cases where it endangers mother’s life
By Agencies
President Reuven Rivlin (R) and Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney during a working meeting at the president's residence in Jerusalem on July 12, 2017. (Mark Neiman/GPO)
July 12, 2017, 7:15 pm
Rivlin meets with Irish FM who was rebuked by Netanyahu
Simon Coveney tells president that Ireland’s interest in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is due to a similarly violent past
By TOI staff
Fine Gael TD for Dublin West and Minister for Social Protection, Leo Varadkar celebrates victory, after winning the party leadership election, at the National Count Centre in Mansion House, Dublin on June 2, 2017. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos/AFP)
June 3, 2017, 6:37 am
Ireland set for youngest PM, an openly gay son of immigrants
Governing Fine Gael party elects Leo Varadkar, marking watershed moment in country once overwhelmingly Catholic, socially conservative
By Douglas DALBY
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