Tag: United Kingdom

• Friday, July 31st 2020 - 10:30 UTC

  Ian Duddy arrives to lead the British Embassy team in Chile

  

  Mr. Ian Duddy has been appointed Ambassador to the Republic of Chile in succession to Mr Jamie Bowden. Mr Duddy’s priorities will be focused on UK-Chile co-operation in response to the Coronavirus crisis, including efforts for a clean, resilient global economic recovery and promoting meaningful action to tackle climate change in the lead-up to the COP26 UN climate conference hosted in Glasgow in November 2021 by the UK in partnership with Italy.

• Tuesday, July 28th 2020 - 08:22 UTC

  Madrid disappointed with Britain for slapping a quarantine on people traveling from Spain

  

  Britain made a mistake when it decided at the weekend to slap a quarantine on people travelling from Spain, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Monday, adding most of the Mediterranean country had a lower coronavirus infection rate than the UK.

• Tuesday, July 28th 2020 - 08:00 UTC

  Johnson promotes walking and cycling to tackle UK's obesity time bomb

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised to spend £2 billion on walking and cycling projects in England, seeking to improve public health and capitalize on a shift away from cars during the coronavirus pandemic.

• Tuesday, July 28th 2020 - 07:58 UTC

  UK pet cat tested positive for Covid-19: owners infected the animal

  

  A pet cat has tested positive in England for the new coronavirus that causes Covid-19, the government said on Monday, in the first confirmed case of an animal being infected with the virus in Britain.

• Monday, July 27th 2020 - 09:37 UTC

  Tempest combat aircraft for the defense of UK and Falklands' airspace

  

  British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace has delivered an update on the £1.9bn project to replace the Royal Air Force's Eurofighter Typhoon jet. The RAF Typhoon, a multi-role combat aircraft is the mainstay of the UK Military's Quick Reaction Alert provision for UK and Falkland Islands airspace.

• Thursday, July 23rd 2020 - 09:47 UTC

  Pompeo confided to UK lawmakers that China had “bought” the head of WHO post

  

  US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo told a group of British lawmakers that China had “bought” the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), according to reports in the British media and news agencies.

• Thursday, July 23rd 2020 - 08:51 UTC

  Beijing warns UK granting British citizenship to Hong Kong residents violates international law

  

  A new British policy allowing Hong Kong residents to claim British citizenship is a violation of international law and interferes with China's internal affairs, China's embassy in London said on Thursday.

• 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.