Tag Archives: Britain

London, UK | Xinhua | King Charles III was formally proclaimed Britain’s new monarch at a meeting of the Accession Council at St James’s Palace on Saturday. Charles assumed the throne following the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, on Thursday, aged 96. The accession ceremony introduced the new monarch …

The Northern Ireland Protocol, part of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement, is meant to avoid a hard border between Ireland and Northern Ireland Brussels, Belgium | Xinhua | The European Union (EU) on Friday launched four new infringement procedures against Britain for not implementing the Northern Ireland Protocol. “Despite repeated calls by …

London, UK | Xinhua | Another 104 cases of monkeypox have been recorded in England, taking the national count to 470, the Health Security Agency said Monday in a statement. The agency told people in Britain to contact a sexual health clinic if they have a rash with blisters, and if …

London, UK | Xinhua | A new law declaring monkeypox as a legally notifiable disease came into force across Britain on Wednesday, meaning all doctors in England are required to notify their local council or local Health Protection Team about any suspected monkeypox cases. Laboratories must also notify the U.K. Health …

London, UK | Xinhua | The World Health Organization (WHO) issued an alert Wednesday night warning that more cases of the monkeypox virus could be reported in Britain. An investigation is underway by British health officials to detect the cause of the outbreak which has hit mainly London, now affecting nine …

London, UK | Xinhua | Britain’s Westminster Magistrate’s Court issued a formal order on Wednesday to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States to face espionage charges. The decision on whether to approve the extradition now rests with British Home Secretary Priti Patel, although Assange’s lawyers may still appeal …

London, UK | Xinhua | While prices in Britain already rose at a pace never seen for decades this winter, a flare-up of the Russia-Ukraine conflict is expected to push the inflation even higher, with millions of households feeling the pinch. Many have slashed the forecasts for the country’s economic growth …

Beijing, China | Xinhua | The so-called British National Overseas (BNO) passport is not recognized by China, and Britain should stop meddling in Hong Kong affairs in any form, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said in Beijing on Friday. It has been reported that Britain will in October put forward a new …

The disillusion of imperial nostalgia only exposes its hypocrisy and declining power COMMENT | Xin Ping | At the just-concluded Munich Security Conference, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson willfully pointed his finger at others over the issue of Ukraine by saying, “people would draw the conclusion that aggression pays, and that …

Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | China is expected to bag its first Summer Olympic sprinter medal after Britain’s men’s 4x100m relay team was stripped of its silver medal at Tokyo 2020 after team member Chijindu Ujah was confirmed to have violated anti-doping regulations. Ujah underwent an in-competition doping test after the …