Tag: Britain
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UK PM Boris Johnson to hold talks with Irish leader to avoid no-deal Brexit
The EU is concerned that the UK wants to leave too many details about customs and regulatory checks to be agreed during the transition period after Brexit.
October 9, 2019 -
Hypoxia researchers from US and Britain win Nobel Prize for Medicine
The mechanism has given researchers new insights into treatments for anaemia, cancer and other diseases, beyond describing a fundamental physiological process that helps animals to thrive in some of the highest regions on Earth.
October 7, 2019 -
Iran nuclear deal: EU nations warn Tehran over breaches
Iran has already taken three separate calibrated steps away from the deal and has warned it will take a fourth in November unless the US lifts economic sanctions.
September 27, 2019 -
Triumph of Certitudes
The lame duck Prime Minister has no majority in Parliament, has lost control of the Commons, is unable to command its confidence, and is forced to accept laws drafted by his opponents.
September 26, 2019 -
No Brexit breakthrough in New York, says Boris Johnson
Johnson will meet European Union leaders on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York including Germany's Angela Merkel and Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar.
September 23, 2019 -
Iran releases British Oil tanker Stena Impero, legal case against ship still open
The British vessel, with 23 crew members on board, was seized on July 19 by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards in the Strait of Hormuz while on its way from the United Arab Emirates to Saudi Arabia.
September 23, 2019 -
Shutting Westminster
This is a forbidding challenge for a Prime Minister who helms a divided party.
September 12, 2019 -
Iraq discusses Iranian n-file with Britain, France, Germany
The meeting came amid tensions in the Middle East region between the US and Iran, as Iraq previously offered mediation in the crisis.
September 8, 2019 -
Lame duck in Britain
Which explains his provocative barb against his opponents as collaborators who would “surrender” the sovereignty of the Unted Kingdom.
September 5, 2019 -
Amid security concerns Prince William and Kate Middleton may call off their maiden visit to Pak
Tensions have been simmering between India and Pakistan ever since New Delhi on August 5 revoked the special status of Jammu and Kashmir.
August 19, 2019 -
Post-Brexit vote
Downing Street has refused to deny that a snap election would need to take place in the beginning of November if MPs forced a vote on a no-confidence motion against Mr Johnson in early September, but said the Prime Minister would ensure the UK had left the EU on 31 October.
August 11, 2019 -
‘No-deal Brexit could lead to united Ireland’, says Irish PM Leo Varadkar
A no-deal Brexit could lead to a united Ireland as more people in Northern Ireland would “come to question the Union” with Britain, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has said. His comments came after new British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the current Brexit deal was unacceptable and set preparations for leaving the EU without …
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July 27, 2019 -
‘No ifs or buts, will leave EU on 31 Oct’, says new UK PM Boris Johnson
In his first speech as the leader outside 10 Downing Street, Johnson warned that there would be a no-deal Brexit if Brussels refuses to negotiate.
July 25, 2019 -
Infosys co-founder’s son-in-law in Boris Johnson’s cabinet
Sunak has been appointed Chief Secretary to the Treasury in the new cabinet.
July 25, 2019 -
A Leviathan in chains
Unlike Britain, Indias parliament is not sovereign, writes Nirmalendu Bikash Rakshit.
July 18, 2019 -
Sri Lanka expecting 100,000 tourists in July: PM
India, Britain and China are the leading markets for Sri Lanka's tourism.
July 15, 2019 -
One score and more
It was more than obvious on Monday that Hong Kong’s citizenry has little or no faith in the assurances of the chief executive, Carrie Lam, vis-a-vis the extradition bill.
July 3, 2019