Tag: United Kingdom

• Wednesday, July 22nd 2020 - 07:54 UTC

  Johnson holds his first face-to-face cabinet meeting since March 17

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was holding his first face-to-face Cabinet meeting of top ministers since Mar 17 on Tuesday, underlining his push to encourage others to go back to work and boost an economy hurt by the coronavirus crisis.

• Tuesday, July 21st 2020 - 11:37 UTC

  Cruise & Maritime Voyages placed into administration in UK; affiliate in Germany faces similar scenario

  

  Cruise & Maritime Voyages (CMV) has been placed into administration in the UK, while TransOcean Tours (owned by CMV) is facing the same scenario in Germany. All departures have been cancelled for CMV and TransOcean.

• Tuesday, July 21st 2020 - 07:26 UTC

  China will “resolutely respond” UK's interference in Hong Kong internal affairs

  China will resolutely respond to acts of interference in its internal affairs, a spokesman for the country's embassy to the United Kingdom said on Tuesday, after Britain announced it would suspend its extradition treaty with Hong Kong.

• Monday, July 20th 2020 - 09:29 UTC

  Record migrant crossing of the English Channel on Sunday

  

  Five boats carrying 65 migrants have been intercepted while attempting to cross the English Channel. The Home Office said 58 males and seven females were picked up between 07:30 and 22:30 BST on Saturday.

• Monday, July 20th 2020 - 09:28 UTC

  Foreign Office claims Russian hackers trying to steal information on Covid-19 vaccine

  

  British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Sunday he was “absolutely confident” in allegations by the UK and its allies that Russia targeted labs conducting COVID-19 research, branding the behavior “outrageous and reprehensible”.

• Monday, July 20th 2020 - 09:25 UTC

  UK/China souring relations continue to escalate; warning from Beijing ambassador

  

  Britain will on Monday suspend its extradition treaty with Hong Kong in a further escalation of its dispute with China over the introduction of security law in the former colony, British newspapers reported.

• Monday, July 20th 2020 - 09:14 UTC

  Half of UK's biggest companies estimate business recovery in the second half of 2021, Deloitte

  

  Nearly half of Britain's biggest companies think it will take until the second half of 2021 before business recovers from the coronavirus pandemic, according to a survey on Monday that cast doubt on hopes for a speedier rebound.

• Saturday, July 18th 2020 - 09:10 UTC

  A George Floyd similar incident video-taped in London: “get off my neck” cried the black man

  

  London's police force suspended an officer on Friday after video footage emerged of him appearing to kneel on the head and neck of a Black man they had detained who cried out, “Get off my neck!”

• Saturday, July 18th 2020 - 07:27 UTC

  UK and US warn Guyana to respect election results and “avoid frustrating the will of the people”

  

  United Kingdom expressed disappointment with the current authorities of Guyana which so far have not recognized the results of elections held four months ago, frustrating the will of the people.

• Saturday, July 18th 2020 - 06:51 UTC

  Planning for the worst and hoping for the best, Boris Johnson's Christmas wish list

  

  Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he hoped Britain could return to normality before Christmas, setting out a phased removal of lockdown restrictions, but warned the country still needed to prepare for the worst.