Tag: British
Venezuela central bank wins right to appeal British ruling
Venezuela’s central bank said they won right to appeal a ruling by English Court which recognised Venezuela’s opposition leader as the country’s president.
The decision...
Norway arrests suspected of Ryanair plane bomb threat
Norway has arrested a 51-year-old British man who is suspected of issuing a bomb threat midair during a Ryanair flight from London to Oslo.
Norwegian...
Foreign doctors in Canada hopes fading for fast-track licenses
Foreign doctors hopes fading as only about two dozen licenses approved in Ontario and none in British Columbia, according to medical colleges.
Canada’s effort to...
To avoid gaining weight during lockdown, no need to stop eating
The researchers found that the resulting stress, anxiety, tiredness and boredom of lockdown are the main causes of unhealthy eating and sedentary behaviour.
The novelty...
Hong Kong released additional details of controversial China law
Hong Kong released additional details of China’s new national security law for former British colony,security forces can stop people from leaving the city.
Hong Kong...
British historian quits Cambridge over slavery remarks
British constitutional historian David Starkey quit at Cambridge University after he drew criticism for his remarks saying slavery was not genocide.
The comments from Professor...
Jeffrey Epstein ex-girlfriend arrested, accused of luring girls
Jeffrey Epstein former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell arrested and accused of luring girls that Jeffrey Epstein sexually abused.
Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend and longtime associate...
British rockers threaten to sue Trump over song use
British rockers Rolling Stones warned President Donald Trump against use of You Can't Always Get What You Want at his campaign rallies.
British rock legends...
French authorities arrests six over stolen Banksy artwork
French authorities have arrested six people over theft of an artwork by British street artist Banksy that was stolen from Bataclan concert hall in...
Tourism ‘air bridge’ talks going well between UK-Portugal
Tourism 'air bridge' negotiations between Portugal and Britain that would allow British tourists to dodge a quarantine upon returning home in progress.
Portugal’s tourism-dependent economy...
Prince Andrew’s lawyers hit back over US inquiry
Prince Andrew's lawyers hit back at claims the royal was not cooperating with US prosecutors investigating late financier Jeffrey Epstein.
“The Duke of York has...
Beijing warns UK interfering HK affairs will backfire
Beijing has warned United Kingdom after Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised sanctuary for three million who may flee Hong Kong.
China has warned the United...
Fourth round of post-Brexit trade talks kicked off
Fourth round of post-Brexit trade talks started,trade negotiators from UK and EU begin four-day video conference to forge deal on future relations.
The European Union...
British FM defends lockdown easing as the ‘right step’
British foreign minister defended the government’s careful loosening of the coronavirus lockdown, saying it was the “right step to be taking” at this time.
Prime...
Sources says US to cancel visas of Chinese students
Sources says United States is planning to cancel the visas of thousands of Chinese graduate students,which could impact 3,000 to 5,000 Chinese students.
The United...
British PM Explanation of aide’s lockdown trip made Britons bristle
British PM says people should make up their own minds about the decision of his senior aide to drive 250 miles from London during...
Oxford University vaccine trial 50% chance of success
Oxford University in charge of developing a Covid vaccine said a decline in the infection rate will make it difficult to prove whether it's...
British PM resists calls to sack senior adviser
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson resisted calls from opposition parties to sack Dominic Cummings after he travelled 400 km to northern England.
Cummings, who masterminded...
Irish FM says Brexit trade talks timeline ‘virtually impossible’
Irish FM has said that coronavirus pandemic has made an already difficult timeline for a British-European Union trade deal “virtually impossible”.
Tortuous Brexit talks, now...
British govt had contingency plan for PM Johnson’s death
British government had a contingency plan for Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s death as he battled COVID-19 in intensive care last month, he said.
Johnson, 55,...
Top British hospital trials blood plasma treatment for COVID-19
Top British hospital will use for COVID-19 patients as part of a trial that transfuses plasma from recovered people into sick people.
Since the novel...
Covid 19 exposes UK low-wage essential workers to exploitation
Covid 19 exposes people working in United Kingdom vulnerable sectors falling through cracks of government rescue packages.
Landmark structures in London are virtually lifeless now...
