The United Kingdom is to hold a December general election for the first time since 1923 in a bid to break the Brexit impasse. On Tuesday evening, lawmakers from parties across the U.K. Parliament voted by 438 to 20 to hold a nationwide poll on December 12. Amendments to the bill, including an alternative Dec. 9 election date and a lowering of the voting age to 16, were earlier rejected. The bill will now go to the House of Lords — Parliament’s upper house — for further debate on Wednesday, although this is unlikely to derail the decision made by MPs (Members of Parliament) in the lower chamber. It was Prime Minister ... (full story)