Britain insisted on Sunday that the European Union should shift position to open the way for a breakthrough in post-Brexit trade talks. The Health Minister Matt Hancock said the bloc should drop its “unreasonable demands”. With less than two weeks before Britain leaves the EU’s orbit, both sides are calling on the other to move […]
Britain has shuttered its embassy in North Korea and all its diplomats have left the country, its ambassador said on Thursday as Pyongyang maintains strict entry controls to try to prevent a coronavirus outbreak. The North has closed its borders and insists it has not had a single case of the virus that emerged in […]
Britain’s 1st coronavirus medicine has been approved by regulators. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency have signed off on remdesivir being handed to Covid-19 patients over 12 while trials with Gilead Sciences continue. The drug, according to reports, was initially intended for use on Ebola victims. Clinical trials suggest remdesivir can shorten recovery time […]
The European Union and Britain are to finish a third round of negotations on a post-Brexit trade deal on Friday after a week of video conferences. The last two rounds yielded little progress, with Brussels’ lead negotiator Michel Barnier accusing London of refusing to seriously engage with the discussions. Britain left the EU at the […]
Confirmed coronavirus cases approached one million around the world on Thursday as Europe reeled from the pandemic and the United States reported record numbers of people out of work. The virus claimed thousands more lives in its relentless march across the globe, with Spain and Britain seeing the highest number of daily deaths yet, despite […]
Britain reported another jump in deaths from Covid-19 on Tuesday as the country began a lockdown designed to curb the rapid spread of the disease. The Health Ministry said hospitals nationwide reported 87 more deaths, taking Britain’s total to 422 out of more than 8,000 confirmed infections. Medical authorities have tested more than 82,000 people, […]
The British government is expected to announce another package to protect jobs and help businesses survive the severe economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak is scheduled to outline the measures at a joint press conference with Prime Minister Boris Johnson over the weekened Johnson has promised further measures to […]
Britain said it would force social media companies such as Facebook, Twitter and Snap to do more to block or remove harmful content on their platforms. Following a consultation, the UK government said on Wednesday it planned to legislate to ensure companies had systems in place to tackle harmful content such as child abuse, cyber […]
Britain and the European Union are due to outline competing visions, on Monday, of the trade deal they will seek to negotiate, following Britain’s formal departure from the bloc. On Friday, Britain ended its 47-year membership of the EU. Vietnam confirms its eighth case of the coronavirus The two sides now have until the end […]
Brexit Day is to be set in stone Wednesday when the European Parliament in Brussels casts a vote ratifying the terms of Britain’s divorce deal from the EU. The historic legislative act — the last for the 72 remaining British MEPs who will leave afterwards — will allow Brexit to officially take effect on Friday […]
Britain on Tuesday called for calm after the U.S. killed Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani and said a war with Iran would only benefit Islamist militants across the Middle East. “What we’re looking to do is to de-escalate the tensions with Iran and make sure in relation to Iraq that we don’t lose the hard-won […]
Britain’s general election campaign officially started on Wednesday after Prime Minister Boris Johnson had an audience with Queen Elizabeth II to formally ask her permission to dissolve parliament. The Houses of Parliament closed its doors at midnight and will not re-open until after the Dec. 12 election. The dissolution essentially fires the starting-gun on campaigns […]
Asian stocks and the pound gained on Tuesday as investors held out hope that Britain still had a chance of avoiding a messy exit from the European Union (Brexit) at key negotiations this week. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up 0.1 per cent. Australian shares were up 0.17 per cent, while […]
The Iranian ship (Adrian Darya-1) has been denied help by Greece on the suspicion of shipping oil to Syria, prior to this denial the said ship was earlier detained in Gibraltar. In the words of Deputy foreign minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis as he spoke to broadcaster ANT1 that his country was “not willing to facilitate the […]
Michael Hunter intends to earn his world title shot at Anthony Joshua after coming close to being confirmed as a replacement opponent for the British star’s US debut. The American was included on a shortlist for Joshua before Andy Ruiz Jr was named as the next challenger for the WBA ‘super’, IBF and WBO heavyweight […]
Tyson Fury has called on heavyweight rivals Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder to fight each other in order to crown an undisputed champion. Several boxing fans have been calling for the heavyweights to fight each other since 2016 when all three men held versions of the world title. Wilder recorded an emphatic first round knockout […]
Prime Minister Theresa May said Wednesday that Britain wants Zimbabwe to rejoin the international community following the resignation of Robert Mugabe. “We want to see that country rejoining the international community,” May told parliament. The African Union (AU) early Wednesday welcomed the resignation of Zimbabwean President Mugabe. Moussa Mahamat, Chairperson of the AU Commission in […]
Two suspected militants who took part in the kidnapping and killing of a British optician, Dr Ian Squire, in Burutu area of Delta State, have been arrested by operatives of the Inspector General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team, IRT, while another member of the gang was killed during an exchange of gunfire which occurred […]
Britain is sending a military vessel to assist victims of Hurricane Irma in the Caribbean and is assigning £12 million ($15.7 million, 13 million euros) in aid, the government said Thursday. Hurricane Irma — one of the most powerful Atlantic storms on record — has hit the Caribbean, claiming at least nine lives and turning […]
The Indigenous People of Biafra has accused the British government of helping Nigeria to suppress the Igbo’s move for self-determination. The group, in a statement on Wednesday by Emma Mezu and Clifford Iroanya, wondered why Britain, which recently conducted a referendum that led to its exit from the European Union is against Biafra’s move to […]