Tag: Boris Johnson

Monday, September 2nd 2019 - 09:32 UTC
Tens of thousands in UK cities protest the suspension of parliament

Tens of thousands of protesters hit the streets across the UK on Saturday to show their opposition to government moves to close parliament ahead of the Brexit deadline on October 31.
Monday, September 2nd 2019 - 08:57 UTC
EU reiterates: no changes to the divorce deal agreed with Britain

EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said the bloc will not change the divorce deal agreed with Britain and that he is “not optimistic” of avoiding a no-deal outcome.
Monday, September 2nd 2019 - 06:40 UTC
Petition calling to stop UK Parliament suspension has collected 1.4 million signatures

An online petition calling to stop the UK Parliament being suspended until Brexit has been delayed or cancelled has garnered more than 1,4 million signatures. “Parliament must not be prorogued or dissolved unless and until the Article 50 period has been sufficiently extended or the UK's intention to withdraw from the EU has been cancelled,” the document read.
Friday, August 30th 2019 - 09:29 UTC
Johnson at G7 summit led the way in ocean protection; Ascension island declares 100% of its waters an MPA

During remarks at the close of the recent G7 summit in Biarritz, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that the Aichi targets—goals set nearly a decade ago as part of the United Nations’ Strategic Plan for Biodiversity—must be “replaced with new, more ambitious targets to help us get back the biodiversity that this planet is losing, and has lost.”
Friday, August 30th 2019 - 08:57 UTC
Court bids in London, Edinburgh and Belfast to stop the “coup”, suspension of parliament; more street protests programmed

Prime Minister Boris Johnson's suspension of parliament just weeks before Britain's EU departure date faced legal challenges on Thursday amid a furious outcry from pro-Europeans and MPs opposed to a no-deal Brexit.
Thursday, August 29th 2019 - 10:00 UTC
Furious reactions, political and in the streets to the suspension of Parliament

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson manoeuvred on Wednesday to give his political opponents even less time to block a chaotic no-deal Brexit before the Oct. 31 withdrawal deadline, winning Queen Elizabeth II’s approval to suspend Parliament, but his critics were outraged.
Wednesday, August 28th 2019 - 10:51 UTC
Brexit or no Brexit: Boris Johnson asks the Queen to suspend Parliament

The United Kingdom government has asked the Queen to suspend Parliament just days after MPs return to work in September - and only a few weeks before the Brexit deadline.
Tuesday, August 27th 2019 - 08:18 UTC
Questioned at G7, Trump defends his negotiating style with China: “Sorry it's the way I do it”

Crushing off concerns about global economic instability, US President Donald Trump on Monday defended the way he is trying to squeeze a trade deal out of China, saying it's what worked for him in business.
Tuesday, August 27th 2019 - 07:38 UTC
PM Johnson pledges £10 million to restore Amazon rainforest; UK wants to host 2020 climate change conference

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday pledged £10 million (US$12.3 million) to help restore the Amazon rainforest that has been ravaged by fires, sparking a wave of global concern. The money would be made available immediately to help restore the habitat, including areas that have been hit by the fires, the British government said in a statement released at the G7 summit in the French resort of Biarritz.
Saturday, August 24th 2019 - 09:08 UTC
Climate activists protest outside Brazil embassy in London; PM Johnson described fires as “an international crisis”

Climate change activists chanting slogans and waving banners demonstrated outside Brazil's embassy in London on Friday, urging President Jair Bolsonaro to do more to halt the fires in the Amazon rainforest.