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2:44am, 19th March, 2019

American fans eagerly expect Meghan and Harry's baby

Fascination, pride and the best soap opera in the world have many Americans eagerly awaiting the impending birth of Prince Harry and Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle's first child.

Don't expect details from Mueller probe: senior U.S. Republican

3:57pm, 8th March, 2019

Politics

Don't expect details from Mueller probe: senior U.S. Republican

President Donald Trump's Justice Department is unlikely to grant Democrats in Congress access to underlying evidence from Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe of Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election, a top congressional Republican s...

Trump dislikes congressional deal but does not expect shutdown

2:34pm, 12th February, 2019

US

Trump dislikes congressional deal but does not expect shutdown

President Donald Trump expressed displeasure on Tuesday with a deal by congressional negotiators on border security spending that offered no funds for his promised U.S.-Mexican border wall, but did not reject it outright and indicated he did not expe...

U.S. lawmakers expect votes on steps to crack down on Saudi Arabia

9:35pm, 13th November, 2018

World

U.S. lawmakers expect votes on steps to crack down on Saudi Arabia

U.S. lawmakers said on Tuesday the Senate could vote within weeks on legislation to punish Saudi Arabia over the war in Yemen and the death of a journalist at its consulate in Istanbul.

Iowa senator says expect fewer biofuel waivers from Wheeler's EPA

11:33am, 13th November, 2018

US

Iowa senator says expect fewer biofuel waivers from Wheeler's EPA

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may issue fewer biofuel waivers to small refineries under Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler than it did under its previous leadership, Republican Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa said on Tuesday.

May cannot expect Labour to save her Brexit vote - Thornberry

2:32pm, 11th November, 2018

UK

May cannot expect Labour to save her Brexit vote - Thornberry

British Prime Minister Theresa May cannot expect the opposition Labour Party to save her in a parliamentary vote on any Brexit deal, Emily Thornberry, Labour's foreign affairs policy chief, said on Sunday.

Irish foreign minister does not expect commitment to new Brexit summit date

3:26am, 17th October, 2018

UK

Irish foreign minister does not expect commitment to new Brexit summit date

Irish foreign minister Simon Coveney said he did not expect a meeting of EU leaders later on Wednesday to agree a date for a special Brexit summit in mid-November.

We expect progress at October EU meeting - Dominic Raab

12:57pm, 9th October, 2018

UK

We expect progress at October EU meeting - Dominic Raab

British Brexit minister Dominic Raab said on Tuesday he expected to make some progress in negotiations at a summit of European Union leaders next week, describing it as an important milestone in the process of leaving the bloc.

Reasonable to expect couple more rate hikes - BoE's McCafferty

11:27am, 7th August, 2018

UK

Reasonable to expect couple more rate hikes - BoE's McCafferty

Bank of England interest rate-setter Ian McCafferty said on Tuesday it was reasonable for financial markets to expect a couple more small rate hikes over the next two years.

Cambodia sets up polling stations, officials expect 60 percent turnout

11:44pm, 27th July, 2018

World

Cambodia sets up polling stations, officials expect 60 percent turnout

At the Toul Kork Primary School in Phnom Penh volunteers swept classrooms and laid out wooden desks on Saturday, transforming the rooms into polling stations a day ahead of a general election which Prime Minister Hun Sen is expected to comfortably wi...

Exclusive: After discouraging year, U.S. officials expect review of Afghan strategy

4:09pm, 10th July, 2018

World

Exclusive: After discouraging year, U.S. officials expect review of Afghan strategy

The United States is preparing to undertake a review of its strategy in Afghanistan, U.S. officials told Reuters, a year after President Donald Trump begrudgingly agreed to extend America's involvement in the 17-year-old war.

UK Conservative lawmakers don't expect confidence vote against PM May after crunch meeting

1:50pm, 9th July, 2018

World

UK Conservative lawmakers don't expect confidence vote against PM May after crunch meeting

Prime Minister Theresa May is likely safe from a leadership challenge despite losing two senior ministers, several Conservative lawmakers said Monday after she held a crunch meeting to sell her parliamentary party on her Brexit plan.

Huawei says does not expect U.S. sanctions: press

6:21pm, 7th July, 2018

Business

Huawei says does not expect U.S. sanctions: press

China's Huawei, the world's largest maker of telecommunication network equipment, does not see itself becoming the target of U.S. sanctions and will keep buying U.S. chips this year, one of its three rotating chairmen told a French newspape...