Tag: United Kingdom

• Monday, January 31st 2022 - 21:40 UTC

  British PM wants to scrap EU red tape incorporated to UK legislation

  

  The Government of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is devising a so-called “Brexit Freedoms” bill to scrap European Union regulations which were introduced into local legislation before departing from the bloc, it was announced Monday.

• Monday, January 31st 2022 - 12:55 UTC

  Argentina decries British “show of force” in South Atlantic

  

  Argentina's Foreign Ministry has labeled a new military deployment by the United Kingdom in the Falkland Islands as “a new and unjustified show of force and a deliberate departure from the calls of the numerous resolutions of the United Nations and other international organizations.”

• Friday, January 28th 2022 - 09:20 UTC

  New £2 coin to commemorate 60th Anniversary of British Antarctic Territory

  

  The British Antarctic Territory and Pobjoy Mint have announced the release of a brand new £2 coin to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the formation of the British Antarctic Territory in 1962.

• Wednesday, January 26th 2022 - 20:18 UTC

  British PM shall not resign despite Labour and popular pressure

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson Wednesday refused to resign despite calls from the opposition that such a move was necessary after scandals hit 10 Downing Street.

• Tuesday, January 25th 2022 - 20:57 UTC

  Johnson warns Russian mothers their sons will not return if Putin attacks Ukraine

  

  United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson Tuesday launched a warning to Russian mothers, saying that their sons were not likely to return home if President Vladimir Putin chose to invade Ukraine, as tensions in the region escalate.

• Tuesday, January 25th 2022 - 09:35 UTC

  UK attempts to dismantle nuclear submarine in a world first

  

  Nicknamed 'the silent service', nuclear submarines are used to patrol the oceans and seas – armed with numerous weapons and capable of spending months underwater. However, one question has been grappled with for decades. What do you do with a nuclear submarine when it has gone out of service?

• Tuesday, January 25th 2022 - 09:33 UTC

  UK to lift all restrictions for fully vaccinated tourists next month

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson Monday called on all foreign tourists to visit the country as testing and quarantine restrictions will end shortly for fully vaccinated visitors.

• Tuesday, January 25th 2022 - 09:24 UTC

  Assange may appeal his extradition before the UK's Supreme Court

  

  British magistrates Ian Burnett and Tim Holroyde Monday ruled there was a legal technicality in Julian Assange's case worth reviewing by the country's highest court and therefore cleared the way for the latter's extradition to the United States to be appealed against.

• Saturday, January 22nd 2022 - 09:44 UTC

  Boris Johnson polling is now so bad that it makes sense for Conservative MPs to get rid of him

  

  By Paul Whiteley, Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex – Things just keep getting worse for Boris Johnson. On the same day that one of his MPs defected to the Labour party, former Brexit minister David Davis stood up in parliament to call for Johnson’s resignation.

• Friday, January 21st 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  19-yr-old becomes youngest woman to fly solo around the world

  

  At age 19, Zara Rutherford has become the youngest woman ever to fly solo around the world, after landing back at her Belgian point of departure following a journey of more than 52,000 kilometers (28,000 nautical miles) across several countries and five continents