LONDON, ENGLAND | Xinhua | The British economy has entered a recession following two successive quarters of contraction in the second half (H2) of 2023, official data showed Thursday. Britain’s gross domestic product (GDP) fell by 0.3 percent in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2023 after shrinking by 0.1 percent …
Read More »Britain’s King Charles III diagnosed with cancer – Buckingham Palace
The diagnosis came shortly after the 75-year-old monarch was treated for an enlarged prostate. LONDON, ENGLAND | Xinhua | Britain’s King Charles III has been diagnosed with cancer and has started receiving treatment, Buckingham Palace announced on Monday. The diagnosis came shortly after the 75-year-old monarch was treated for an …
Read More »Britain is turning its back on international law
The UK, long famed for exporting its values of liberty, is about to cross the Rubicon with the Rwanda Bill COMMENT | GORDON BROWN | Last month, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak made an astonishing admission: the United Kingdom would have all but abandoned the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) …
Read More »Supporters of Yemen’s Houthis rally after US-Britain airstrikes
SANAA, YEMEN | Xinhua | Thousands of supporters of the Yemeni Houthi rebel group held a rally in Yemen’s capital Sanaa on Friday to protest the U.S.-Britain joint retaliatory airstrikes on the group’s camps. The protesters demanded a response to Friday’s pre-dawn airstrikes that heavily bombed over 60 training sites …
Read More »British king calls on Britain, France to reinvigorate friendship
Paris, France | Xinhua | Britain’s King Charles III on Wednesday evening called on Britain and France to “reinvigorate” their friendship to tackle the challenges of the 21st century. Arriving in France Wednesday afternoon for a three-day state visit, Charles III made the remarks during a state dinner organized by …
Read More »Britain’s turn against media freedom
It’s failed to produce an internationally coordinated and funded strategy to support public-interest media COMMENT | JAMES DEANE | In July 2019, the United Kingdom’s foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt, launched a global campaign for media freedom at a London conference co-organised by the Canadian government. “Today, we are joined by delegations …
Read More »Rishi Sunak’s wife’s business links tell the story of Britain’s broken childcare system
Koru Kids is one of many digital platforms positioning themselves as ‘technofixes’ to costly and oversubscribed providers COMMENT | Dalia Gebrial | Rishi Sunak is being investigated over a potential breach of rules for failing to declare the financial interest of his wife, Akshata Murthy, in Koru Kids, one of six …
Read More »British PM sacks party chairman after tax probe
London, UK | XINHUA | British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Sunday fired chair of the ruling Conservative Party Nadhim Zahawi from the government after an investigation into his tax affairs found “a serious breach” of the ministerial code. Zahawi, who last year was briefly Britain’s chancellor of the exchequer, …
Read More »Iran vows retaliation after EU, Britain slap sanctions
Tehran, Iran | Xinhua | Iran on Tuesday strongly condemned new sanctions imposed by the European Union (EU) and Britain and vowed to take retaliatory measures. Iran reserves the right to take retaliatory measures against such “failed policies” and will soon announce its new list of sanctions against the “human rights …
Read More »Britain’s King Charles III speaks of ‘weight of history’ in speech to parliament
London, UK | Xinhua | Britain’s King Charles III said he felt “the weight of history” and vowed to follow the example set by his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II, in his first address to the parliament on Monday. “As I stand before you today, I cannot help but feel …
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