Boris Johnson, favorite to succeed Prime Minister Theresa May, will commit Wednesday to taking Britain out of the European Union on Oct. 31, warning the governing Conservatives that "delay means defeat" at a campaign launch. In a crowded race to replace May, Brexit has become the touchstone...

French President Emmanuel Macron denounced "capitalism gone mad" in an address Tuesday to the UN's International Labour Organization, while urging enhanced social protections in a global economy plagued by inequality. Macron made the comments at a conference marking the ILO's 100th...

Boris Johnson, the favorite to succeed British Prime Minister Theresa May, was criticized Tuesday by a rival who said the former foreign minister was avoiding public scrutiny in the contest. After three years of political deadlock over Brexit, the ruling Conservative Party is picking a new...

Hungarian police Tuesday began lifting a sightseeing vessel that sank in the river Danube in Budapest last month in an accident that has claimed at least 20 lives with eight people still missing. An hour after the lifting operation began at around 6am the command bridge and upper deck of...