Seven PMs in 10 years – Britain’s decade of ‘chaos’
Britain will have its seventh prime minister in a decade this year after Labour leader Keir Starmer was ousted on Monday by his own party.
UK locks down over virus surge despite new vaccine rollout
Schools and colleges across the United Kingdom closed on Tuesday ahead of a national lockdown as the country battled to control surging coronavirus cases that are threatening to overwhelm its healthcare system. The tough new measures were announced Monday even as Britain began rolling out the Oxford-AstraZeneca shots, a possible game-changer in fighting Covid-19 worldwide, […]
Storm wreaks havoc across France, Britain
A major storm swept across Britain and into northern France on Sunday, leaving thousands of households without power. Around 18,000 households in northern France are without electricity, with coastal regions of Brittany and Normandy worst affected, the AFP news agency reported, citing the network operator Enedis. The weather service Meteo France warned of strong gusts […]
Canada, Britain sign interim deal to avoid tariff increase after Brexit
Canada and Britain have signed a temporary agreement to avoid an increase in tariffs between the two countries after the British exit from the European Union in early 2021, Ottawa said Tuesday. At the end of November, the two countries announced they had concluded a provisional post-Brexit trade agreement that would reflect, as of January […]
List of EU countries banning flights from Britain over new strain grows
The list of European Union (EU) countries stopping flights from Britain continued to grow on Sunday as alarmed officials reacted to a new, highly contagious variant of the Coronavirus that has sent London and south-eastern England into lockdown. The Netherlands was the first on Sunday to announce an immediate ban on flights, with similar advisories […]
India, Poland, others suspend all flights to Britain due to new coronavirus strain
India, Poland, Norway, Finland and Denmark have suspended all direct flights from Britain with immediate effect, citing a quickly spreading variant of the coronavirus that was detected the country. All flights from Britain to India will be suspended, starting onTuesday and lasting until Dec. 31, says India. Flights from India to Britain will also be temporarily suspended during the time. In […]
