Tag: Boris Johnson

• Thursday, July 8th 2021 - 18:09 UTC

  UK: Labour challenges Boris on China, but the PM is “instinctively” against boycotts

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was “instinctively” against boycotts after the main opposition Labour Party urged ministers and the royal family to snub the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics over human rights claims.

• Tuesday, June 15th 2021 - 09:10 UTC

  UK will not return to normal life on 21 June as announced

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Monday that he will not be able to keep his promise to return to life as it was before the coronavirus pandemic by 21 June and the UK will now have to wait until 19 July.

• Wednesday, June 9th 2021 - 09:26 UTC

  Biden first overseas trip: G7 summit in the UK, meetings with EU, NATO leaders and Putin

  

  United States President Joe Biden and his wife Jill are expected to land on Air Force One at UK's RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk this Wednesday to kick off an eight-day trip to Europe, which includes meetings with Queen Elizabeth, PM Boris Johnson, and equally significant Russian president Vladimir Putin in Geneva.

• Wednesday, June 2nd 2021 - 09:47 UTC

  UK reports “zero deaths” of covid-19 as summer season looms over

  

  The United Kingdom has registered a total of “zero deaths” of covid-19 in the last 24 hours, which would signal that vaccines do work, according to optimistic health care analysts.

• Monday, May 31st 2021 - 08:09 UTC

  British PM Boris Johnson gets married in private ceremony

  

  In a private ceremony with guests not exceeding 30 people to abide by the current covid-19 restrictions in force, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his fiancee have tied the knot, it was announced Sunday.

• Wednesday, May 26th 2021 - 06:21 UTC

  UK MoD purchases noisy light tanks that can't shoot while moving, The Times

  

  UK has spent £3.2 billion (US$ 4.5 billion) on noisy tanks that can’t shoot while moving, according to a Time report. The news comes after critics called on the government to upgrade its “deplorable” armored fleet.

• Monday, May 10th 2021 - 21:36 UTC

  Boris Johnson announces further restrictions to be lifted May 17

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson Monday announced the gradual lifting of mobility restrictions against coronavirus spreading as he confirmed stage three will go ahead as planned on May 17.

• Friday, May 7th 2021 - 09:01 UTC

  Warlike tensions between UK, France over Jersey fisheries subside, for now

  

  The Royal Navy late Thursday withdrew two vessels off Jersey Island, thus easing tensions with France over fishing rights and a demonstration by trawlers in demand of access to waters under a different legal status since Brexit.

• Thursday, May 6th 2021 - 08:36 UTC

  London has a new, logical post-Brexit foreign ambassador

  

  The British government of Prime Minister Boris Johnson finally agreed to grant the representative of the European Union the diplomatic status held by all foreign ambassadors, which seemed natural after Brexit, but not for those who claimed the EU is not a nation-state.

• Tuesday, May 4th 2021 - 21:26 UTC

  The long shadow of the Troubles in Northern Ireland: no celebrations on its hundredth anniversary

  

  On Monday, May 3, Northern Ireland marked its centenary under coronavirus restrictions, growing post-Brexit unrest and a leadership crisis marring the anniversary in the British-ruled province.