Tag: Britain
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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 -
Amid anti-racism protests Boris Johnson to set up commission to probe ‘inequality’
There have been Black Lives Matter demonstrations in cities across the United Kingdom and Europe since the police killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, in the United States on May 25.
June 15, 2020 -
UK’s airlines oppose government’s two-week self-quarantine move for arrivals
The UK had reported 287,621 cases of infections and has the second-highest death toll in the world at 40,625 according to Johns Hopkins University tracker.
June 8, 2020 -
Anti-racism protesters topple slave trader Edward Colston’s statue in UK
Colston grew up in a wealthy merchant family and joined a company in 1680 that had a monopoly on the west African slave trade.
June 8, 2020 -
UN Security Council to meet today to discuss Hong Kong issue
On Wednesday, Beijing had refused to allow a formal Security Council meeting called by Washington on the same subject to proceed.
May 29, 2020 -
Cry (HK) Freedom!
Last Thursday, the National People’s Congress made the announcement that it would force a law banning subversion, separatism, and acts of foreign interference on Hong Kong ~ in what critics and legal observers say is one the most blatant violations of the “one, country, two systems” framework since the handover of Hong Kong from UK to Chinese control in 1997.
May 27, 2020 -
Invisibility to Frontline
With health care systems stretched globally because of the present crisis, women's burden increases in view of the fact that many persons with Covid-19 will have to depend on care at home itself. This also puts them at greater risk of becoming infected.
May 19, 2020 -
‘Never give up’: Queen Elizabeth to Britain in tribute to World War II generation
In 1945, the queen -- then a 19-year-old princess -- left Buckingham Palace to join the celebrations on the streets of London with her younger sister Margaret and a group of friends.
May 9, 2020 -
‘Tough old moment’, Boris Johnson says doctors had a plan if he died of COVID-19
British PM Boris Johnson's fiancee, Carrie Symonds, on Saturday said they had named their newborn son after their grandfathers and the hospital doctors who treated the British prime minister for COVID-19.
May 3, 2020 -
British PM Boris Johnson returns to Downing Street after recovering from COVID-19
Sunday's figures also showed another 4,463 people had tested positive for the virus, bringing the total to almost 153,000.
April 27, 2020 -
The African Tragedy
The World Health Organization has warned that Africa may soon face “a huge peak” in coronavirus infections.
April 17, 2020 -
Labour’s new leader
In the immediate perspective, the outcome of the pregnant election signifies the eclipse of Jeremy Corbyn, in itself the end of a chapter in the history of the Labour party.
April 7, 2020 -
Britain reports 381 Coronavirus deaths in 24 hours, highest in one day
Britain initially took a gradual approach to containing the virus compared with European countries such as Italy.
April 1, 2020 -
‘You are a fighter, you will overcome’: PM Modi’s get-well-soon message to COVID+ Boris Johnson
Johnson in a video message on Twitter announced that he is self-isolating due to the disease, and also thanked workers in Britain’s state-run National Health Service (NHS) for their efforts in battling the spread of coronavirus.
March 27, 2020