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Bush told the UK’s envoy in the US he knew little about foreign policy, in a candid admission, unsealed documents reveal Former US president George W. Bush revealed in a 1998 conversation with the then-UK ambassador that he knew little about international issues, according to documents released by the National Archives. Bush, who was Governor […]
Strategy to confront ‘racist legacies’ at Kew Gardens risks violating legal obligations, think tank warns A controversial plan by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew to “decolonise” its plant collections has been slated in a new report that accuses the taxpayer-funded UK body of engaging in “non-scientific” political activities. In the report, titled ‘Politicising Plants’, published […]
The British government is struggling to find permanent homes for the refugees, who were evacuated in the summer Some 12,000 Afghan refugees will start 2022 in a hotel in the UK, despite having arrived months ago during the evacuation of Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, as the British government reportedly struggles to find homes for them. The Guardian […]
Private PCR testing firms are using exclamation points and numbers to bypass filters on the official site listing Covid testing providers Covid testing providers are “alphabet hacking” the UK government’s list of approved firms by using punctuation and numerals to beat the site’s filters and promote their products as the preferred choice, an investigation has […]
The UK government has made plans to re-legalize the pint-size bottle of sparkling wine, a favorite of wartime leader Winston Churchill, following Britain’s exit from the imperial-measurement-hating EU, according to reports. The Telegraph reported on Thursday that British ministers had set their sights on removing an EU-imposed ban on pint-sized bottles of sparkling wine. The […]
While Covid-19 booster shots provide more protection against severe disease from the new Omicron variant, even this starts to wane after 10 weeks, the UK Health Security Agency has announced amid talk of post-Christmas lockdowns. The agency’s data on Omicron in comparison to the previously dominant Delta variant of the virus shows that people infected […]
The High Court in London has ordered Dubai’s ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, to pay £554 million ($733 million) to settle a custody battle with his ex-wife, Princess Haya bint al-Hussein, over their two children. On Tuesday, the court said that the princess, who is a half-sister to Jordan’s King Abdullah, should receive an […]
The French government has said it will call on the EU to open legal proceedings against the UK over London’s alleged withholding of fishing licenses. Paris says 73 licenses are now outstanding. Speaking on Friday, Minister for European Affairs Clement Beaune told reporters that France had obtained 93% of the post-Brexit fishing licenses it claims […]
Paris has said it will ban UK tourists from entering France in an attempt to slow the spread of the more contagious Omicron variant on Covid-19, which is already rampant in Britain. Speaking on Thursday, French government spokesman Gabriel Attal said applying tougher rules on people traveling from the UK would give France more time […]
It’s “shameful in every respect” that the UK wants to extradite Julian Assange to the US, the nation where top officials had purported plans to snatch or even assassinate him, the editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks told RT. “We are dealing here with a nation where individuals on the top level … at the CIA and the […]
France will ask the European Commission to launch legal action against the UK unless Britain agrees to provide “a few dozen” licenses to French fishermen today, Secretary of State for European Affairs Clément Beaune said. Admitting that the UK will not be able to provide all the licenses that France is requesting by Friday’s deadline, […]
Marea Britanie va cere teste COVID pentru călătorii care intră în țară, indiferent dacă sunt sau nu vaccinați Măsura se aplică pentru toate persoanele cu vârsta de cel puțin 12 ani și intră în vigoare de marți Guvernul britanic consideră că infectările cu varianta omicron din UK sunt legate direct de călătoriile din țări precum […]
A UK government minister has blamed the “pantomime season” and upcoming French election for “unhelpful” remarks allegedly made by President Emmanuel Macron about the British prime minister. According to the weekly satirical newspaper Le Canard Enchaîné, President Macron recently called Boris Johnson “a clown” and a “proud knucklehead”. “I think we are in pantomime season, […]
The European Union should take measures against the UK in case the dialogue on fishing rights between Paris and London brings “no fruits” by the December 10 deadline, French minister Clement Beaune said. Admitting that “there are tensions and difficulties, and it is normal,” Secretary of State for European Affairs Clement Beaune said that French […]
France’s Europe minister has accused the UK of practicing an economic model that allows for “quasi-modern slavery,” as Paris called on London to change its policy on legal migration to prevent more Channel crossings. France has hit back at the UK over the ongoing English Channel crossing row after London urged Paris to do more […]