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May 19, 2022

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Scotch whisky makers welcome suspension of costly US tariffs

June 22, 2021 Pan Pylas, Associated Press

LONDON — Scotch single malt whisky makers breathed a sigh of relief Thursday after the United States agreed to suspend tariffs on one of Scotland’s main exports in the wake of the resolution of a […]

Article

COVID-19 overshadows independence in key Scottish election

May 6, 2021 Jill Lawless and Renee Graham, Associated Press

EYEMOUTH, Scotland — James Cook was an enthusiastic supporter of Scottish independence, but now he’s not so sure. As Scotland holds an election Thursday that could be a stepping stone to the breakup of the […]

Article

In split vote, probe says Scottish leader misled lawmakers

March 23, 2021 Jill Lawless, Associated Press

LONDON — A Scottish parliamentary investigation concluded in a split decision Tuesday that First Minister Nicola Sturgeon misled lawmakers about sexual harassment allegations against her predecessor. The finding came a day after a separate inquiry, […]

Article

Scottish leader under fire after lawmakers fault testimony

March 20, 2021 The Associated Press

LONDON — Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon has dismissed suggestions that she misled lawmakers, saying opposition members of a legislative panel had made up their minds before they heard her evidence. Sturgeon told Sky News that […]

Article

Justice Dept. charges bombmaker in 1988 Pan Am explosion

December 21, 2020 Eric Tucker and Michael Balsamo, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Justice Department announced new charges Monday against a Libyan bombmaker in the 1988 explosion of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, an attack that killed 259 people in the air […]

Article

Scottish leader says she could seek 2021 independence vote

December 3, 2020 Jill Lawless, Associated Press

LONDON — Scotland’s leader said Monday that she hopes to hold an independence referendum as soon as next year, setting up a political showdown with a U.K. government that refuses to countenance another secession vote. […]

Article

Sean Connery, the ‘original’ James Bond, dies at 90

October 31, 2020 Jill Lawless and Bob Thomas, Associated Press

LONDON — Sean Connery, the charismatic Scottish actor who rose to international superstardom as the suave secret agent James Bond and then abandoned the role to carve out an Oscar-winning career in other rugged roles, […]

News

Police not treating Glasgow stabbings as terrorism

June 26, 2020 Pan Pylas and Danica Kirka, Associated Press

LONDON — A male suspect stabbed and wounded a police officer before he was shot dead in Glasgow on Friday. Authorities are not treating the incident that left five other men wounded as terrorism, Scottish […]

Opinion

TUCKER: R.I.P. Adam Smith

September 27, 2017 admin

In preparation for a recent holiday in Scotland, I re-read some Scottish history. The father of modern economics, Adam Smith, looms large in any study of Scottish thought, and it was not long before I […]

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