Tag: United Kingdom

• Saturday, June 13th 2020 - 07:03 UTC

  Unilever's Anglo-Dutch structure to become a single holding based in UK

  

  Unilever proposed collapsing its Anglo-Dutch legal structure into a single holding company based in Britain on Thursday, nearly two years after shareholders sank an earlier plan to move its headquarters to the Netherlands.

• Saturday, June 13th 2020 - 07:01 UTC

  British Airways labeled “a national disgrace” by UK lawmakers

  

  British Airways (BA) was labeled a “national disgrace” by lawmakers for its treatment of employees on Saturday, adding to pressure on the airline as it juggles job cuts and new quarantine rules.

• Monday, June 8th 2020 - 09:12 UTC

  Hong Kong: Japan drops out from a US, UK, Australia and Canada critical statement of Beijing

  

  Japan will not join the United States, Britain and others in issuing a statement scolding China for imposing a new security law, Kyodo news agency reported on Sunday, citing officials from countries involved

• Wednesday, June 3rd 2020 - 11:52 UTC

  UK government's lockdown “sex ban” faces widespread mockery

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government faced widespread mockery on Tuesday over coronavirus rules which were cast by some media as a “sex ban”, though a junior minister said the regulations were aimed at keeping people safe.

• Wednesday, June 3rd 2020 - 08:00 UTC

  Virus death toll in UK reaches 48,000, according to National Statistics Office

  

  The number of suspected and confirmed deaths from coronavirus in Britain has risen to 48,000, official data showed on Tuesday. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures tallied all fatalities in which COVID-19 was suspected or mentioned on death certificates up to May 22.

• Saturday, May 30th 2020 - 08:14 UTC

  US-UK clash at UN with China over controversial law for Hong Kong

  

  President Donald Trump said on Friday he would strip several of Hong Kong's special privileges with the United States and bar some Chinese students from US universities in anger over Beijing's bid to exert control in the financial hub.

• Friday, May 29th 2020 - 08:55 UTC

  New Labour leadership confirms support for Falklands and self determination

  

  The British Labour Party this week reaffirmed its commitment to the Falklands and Falkland Islanders’ right to self-determination.

• Friday, May 29th 2020 - 08:43 UTC

  EU admits a post Brexit fisheries agreement with Britain can be achieved

  

  The EU is willing to shift its stance on fisheries in negotiations with Britain next week, in what would be the first major concession from the bloc in talks on their new relationship after Brexit.

• Friday, May 29th 2020 - 07:25 UTC

  Johnson, under growing pressure over Cummings issue, announces easing of lockdown conditions

  

  The coronavirus lockdown will ease next week for most of Britain's population, Boris Johnson announced on Thursday, as a row persisted over the prime minister's closest adviser taking a long-distance journey during lockdown.

• Thursday, May 28th 2020 - 08:13 UTC

  Stubborn Johnson insists in keeping Cummings: 59% believe the advisor should resign

  

  Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged Britain on Wednesday to move on from what he described as a “very, very frustrating episode” when his closest adviser provoked outrage for taking a long-distance drive during the coronavirus lockdown.