Tag: Britain
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No-go nation
The British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, and a few other British officials have been barred from entering Russia because of their support for Ukraine.
April 21, 2022 -
Britain must shed its elitist past
Many a story has come to light of individuals being obliged to maintain a distance from a dying parent around the same time that Johnson’s staff were busy socialising. Particularly cringeworthy, perhaps, was No.10’s abject apology to Buckingham Palace for a well-attended farewell do last April on the eve of Prince Philip’s funeral — where Queen Elizabeth notably sat alone in a pew. (Mind you, the farewell wasn’t for Philip.)
January 20, 2022 -
Reprieve for Johnson
The Treasury chief, Rishi Sunak, a potential rival for the PM’s office, tweeted, ”I stand behind the PM hundred per cent as he takes our country forward. The PM was right to apologise and I do support his request for patience while Sue Gray, a public service veteran with a reputation as a straight-shooter, carries out her enquiry.”
January 15, 2022 -
India seeks early end to COVID quarantine row with Britain
The meeting with the British foreign minister came a day after the UK announced new COVID-related travel restrictions which have caused a furore in India.
September 21, 2021 -
G-7 grapples with Afghanistan, an afterthought not long ago
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said she expected questions about the Afghanistan evacuation timeline to be part the G-7 meeting.
August 24, 2021 -
Britain to decarbonise domestic transport by 2050
Cleaner transport will create and support highly skilled jobs, with the production of zero emission road vehicles alone having the potential to support tens of thousands of jobs worth up to 9.7 billion pound GVA in 2050.
July 14, 2021 -
Covid 3rd wave in UK ‘definitely underway’: Scientist
Epidemiologist Mike Tildesley said he is "cautiously hopeful" that hospital admissions in Britain will not be on the same scale as in January
June 20, 2021 -
British lawmakers to use legislative power to prevent Super League
Six of Britain's Premier League clubs have joined forces with six other big clubs from Italy and Spain to plan the new league.
April 21, 2021 -
Britain to increase nuclear stockpile in foreign policy reverse
A total of 191 states, including Britain, have joined the treaty.
March 17, 2021 -
India to take up racism issues with Britain when required: Jaishankar
External Affairs Minister was responding to concerns raised by a BJP MP over racism that forced Indian-origin Rashmi Samant to resign as president of the Oxford University Students Union
March 16, 2021 -
United States expected to approve low-cost AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine in April: Report
Moncef Slaoui, the chief advisor to Operation Warp Speed, the military-led US effort for vaccines, told reporters that US trials and assessments would be complete for approval "sometime in early April."
December 31, 2020 -
‘The deal is done’: Boris Johnson after Britain, European Union struck post-Brexit trade deal
'We have finally found an agreement,' the president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said.
December 25, 2020 -
New coronavirus variant discovered in Britain is not yet out of control: WHO
British Health Secretary Matt Hancock had earlier claimed the new variant was "out of control", with British officials saying it was 70 per cent more transmissible than the main strain.
December 22, 2020 -
Saudi Arabia halts international flights, suspends entry through land, sea ports amid fast-spreading strain of Covid
The suspension does not apply to international aircraft currently in the kingdom, which will be allowed to leave, SPA said.
December 21, 2020 -
Merkel helms EU
The Brexit trade talks are likely to be treated as but one dimension of a bigger problem ~ shoring up the single market during a period of economic turmoil.
July 1, 2020 -
Good to Poor Economics
That’s no coincidence: a form of nationalism, particularly the corrosive idea of a munificent Britain being taken for a ride by foreigners, fuelled both campaigns.
June 22, 2020 -
Blunderbuss in UK
During February and March, opportunities to suppress the spread of the infection by introducing travel restrictions and quarantine requirements were missed, allowing the infection to be brought into the UK on at least 1,300 occasions.
June 17, 2020