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Scotland Election Results Complicate Hopes for Independence Referendum

LONDON — Hopes for a swift path to independence in Scotland were tempered on Saturday, as the dominant Scottish nationalist party fell one seat short of a majority in the country's Parliament. The Scottish National Party's results, though impressive, ...

Scottish election 2021: Nicola Sturgeon celebrates 'historic' SNP election win

Nicola Sturgeon has hailed the SNP's "historic and extraordinary" fourth consecutive victory in the Scottish Parliament election. With all the results in, the SNP has finished on 64 seats - one short of a majority but one more than it won in 2016. Ms Sturgeon said ...

Covid-19 Live Updates: More Vaccines Near Approval, but Global Campaign Remains Stalled

U.S. states turned down hundreds of thousands of vaccine doses this week. Climbers are making the ascent toward the summit of Mount Everest, despite reports of cases at base camp. RIGHT NOW. Spain is set to lift most of its lockdown restrictions.

Scotland's pro-independence leader promises another bid to break from UK after election boost

LONDON — Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon promised Saturday to push ahead with another independence referendum after her party gained a strong showing in Scottish Parliament elections, setting up a potential clash with Prime Minister Boris ...

Scottish government sets stage for another independence vote

LONDON — The Scottish National Party won its fourth straight parliamentary election on Saturday and insisted it will push on with another referendum on Scotland's independence from the U.K. even though it failed by one seat to secure a majority.

The Chinese policy that makes Uyghurs feel like hostages in their own homes

CNN

CNN

Hong Kong (CNN) A woman raises a toast in a photo that appears to show four friends enjoying dinner together. The reality couldn't be more different. The woman in the white ruffled shirt is Zumrat Dawut, an ethnic Uyghur from Urumqi, who fled China in 2019 ...

Elections 2021: Labour's deputy leader Angela Rayner sacked as party chair

The party lost control of several councils and suffered defeat to the Tories in the Hartlepool by-election. Leader Sir Keir Starmer is expected to reshuffle his frontbench team in the next few ...

Lyn Macdonald, Who Preserved Voices of World War I, Dies at 91

"The recording angel of the common soldier," she chronicled the war in seven books from the soldiers' perspective, drawing on 600 interviews with veterans.

Student who stood up to Hitler and inspires Germany

Her name is not widely known outside Germany, but Sophie Scholl is an iconic figure in her native country and her story is extraordinary. This weekend many will commemorate the 100th anniversary of ...

Sturgeon Says Independence Vote Is Coming: UK Elections Update

Bloomberg

Bloomberg

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon warned U.K. leader Boris Johnson he can't stop a new referendum on Scottish independence, after projections put her party on course to win the Edinburgh parliament elections. The BBC said results so far suggested ...