Tag: United Kingdom

• Friday, August 28th 2020 - 08:55 UTC

  UK and Argentine ambassadors present credentials to Uruguayan president Lacalle Pou

  

  Six new ambassadors, including Faye O'Connor from UK, presented their Letters of Accreditation to Uruguayan president Luis Lacalle Pou, during a ceremony at Government House on Thursday.

• Wednesday, August 26th 2020 - 08:50 UTC

  “Rule Britannia!!” controversy in this year's BBC's Promenade concerts

  

  Every year millions tune in to watch a pomp-laden celebration of all things British with flag-waving music lovers boisterously singing along to patriotic anthems performed on the last night of the BBC's Promenade concerts.

• Tuesday, August 25th 2020 - 07:31 UTC

  London Tower Bridge suffered “technical issues” and was unable to close

  

  London's iconic Tower Bridge suffered “technical issues” on Saturday when it was raised to let a ship through - and was unable to close. Traffic around the area became deadlocked after the bridge was closed to vehicles for several hours during the afternoon and evening.

• Monday, August 24th 2020 - 08:31 UTC

  Illegal and unregulated fishing costs Argentina “one to two billion dollars”: Falklands the main culprit

  

  Illegal, unregulated fishing mainly in the waters adjacent to the disputed South Atlantic islands of the Falklands, South Georgia and South Sandwich costs Argentina an estimate of anywhere from one to two billion dollars, according to CEO Eduardo Pucci, from OPRAS, an Organization for the Protection of Fishery Resources.

• Monday, August 24th 2020 - 08:13 UTC

  UK chief medical officers: “Children should return to school, missing is a bigger risk”

  

  The chief medical officers of the United Kingdom have said children should return to school after the summer holidays, warning that missing out on their education posed much bigger risks to them than catching COVID-19.

• Friday, August 21st 2020 - 08:30 UTC

  UK/EU Brexit talks now include the unwanted migrants crossing the English channel

  

  The European Union has so far rebuffed British calls for talks on a deal to allow London to send unwanted migrants back to Europe from 2021, and could use the issue as potential leverage in wider Brexit negotiations, diplomats and officials said.

• Thursday, August 20th 2020 - 10:05 UTC

  Oil industry's recovery is incomplete but sustainable

  

  Throughout the summer, oil’s recovery from its devastating crash has looked somewhat dubious. While the price of crude rebounded somewhat, it did not wholly regain its pre-pandemic strength. And while the nations of OPEC+ put measures in place to cut production and close the gap between supply and demand, certain nations involved hinted at the reluctance to keep cuts in place. These factors, coupled with the lingering potential of fresh “waves” of the coronavirus, have kept us from being overly optimistic about the state of oil.

• Thursday, August 20th 2020 - 07:42 UTC

  Most people catch Covid-19 in house to house transmission, UK Health secretary Hancock

  

  Britain is unlikely to follow France in ordering people to wear face coverings at work because its test and trace scheme shows most people catch COVID-19 in house-to-house transmission, health secretary Matt Hancock said on Wednesday (Aug 19).

• Wednesday, August 19th 2020 - 09:55 UTC

  Falklands or Malvinas? Market-based referendum proposal

  

  By Steve Hank (*) – On August 4, Argentina, the world’s biggest deadbeat, announced that it had reached a deal with its creditors on its US$ 65 billion worth of defaulted debt. The next day, the United Nations Decolonization Committee — the C24 — unanimously passed a resolution urging the United Kingdom and Argentina to resolve their differences over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands. Or, are they the Malvinas?

• Wednesday, August 19th 2020 - 07:09 UTC

  Diabetes Type 1 among children in UK almost doubled during Covid-19 peak, Imperial College

  

  Cases of type 1 diabetes among children in a small UK study almost doubled during the peak of Britain's COVID-19 epidemic, suggesting a possible link between the two diseases that need more investigation, scientists said on Tuesday.