Johnson bows to Rashford’s pressure to provide summer food fund

By Reuters,

Prime Minister Boris Johnson will provide a summer food fund for struggling families in England, bowing to pressure from England forward Marcus Rashfo...

Boris Johnson , Marcus Rashford

Coronavirus: Cameroon and Togo confirm first cases

By Reuters,

Cameroon’s health ministry on Friday confirmed its first case of coronavirus, a 58-year-old French citizen who arrived in the capital Yaounde on Feb...

British Airways

UK faces food, fuel and drugs shortages in no-deal Brexit: Sunday Times

By CNN,

Britain will face shortages of fuel, food and medicine if it leaves the European Union without a transition deal, jamming ports and requiring a hard b...

Britain , European union , Prime Minister Boris Johnson

Hong Kong activists defy police ban to protest triad attack

By Reuters,

Several thousand protesters defied a police ban on Saturday to converge on a rural Hong Kong town where suspected triad gangsters attacked protesters ...

chinese , hong kong , Police ban , triad attack protests

Britain’s new leader Johnson: ‘We are going to get Brexit done’

By Reuters,

Boris Johnson, the Brexiteer who has promised to lead Britain out of the European Union with or without a deal by the end of October, will replace The...

Boris Johnson , brexit , BRITISH PM , Theresa May

Boris Johnson is UK’s next Prime Minister

By Agencies,

Boris Johnson has defeated Jeremy Hunt in the race to be the Conservative party leader and will be Britain's next prime minister. The frontrunner w...

Boris Johnson , brexit , Britain , Theresa May

PM favourite Johnson reiterates desire for October 31 Brexit

By Reuters,

Boris Johnson, the favourite to be the next British Prime Minister, reiterated his desire to leave the European Union in October with or without a dea...

Boris Johnson , brexit , British prime minister , European union

UK politician suspended after grabbing Greenpeace protester

By CNN,

UK Prime Minister Theresa May has suspended senior politician Mark Field from office after video emerged of him grabbing and manhandling a protester a...

Greenpeace UK , Mark Field , UK Prime Minister

Then there were two – Johnson and Hunt fight for British PM job

By Reuters,

Brexit campaigner Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt, once an opponent of leaving the European Union who has now promised to exit with a deal, are the fina...

Boris Johnson , brexit , British prime minister , European union , Jeremy Hunt , Theresa May

Boris Johnson gets boost in race to become Britain’s new PM

By Reuters,

Boris Johnson got a boost in his campaign to replace British Prime Minister Theresa May on Monday when one of his former rivals and EU supporter Matt ...

Boris Johnson , brexit , British prime minister , Theresa May

Hong Kong media say controversial extradition bill may be suspended

By Reuters,

Hong Kong media reported on Saturday the city’s government would suspend a proposed law on extradition bill to mainland China that sparked widesprea...

china , Controversial , Extradition bill , hong kong , media

End of May: British PM steps down as Conservative leader

By Reuters,

British Prime Minister Theresa May steps down as leader of the governing Conservatives on Friday, officially triggering a contest to replace her that ...

brexit , Theresa May

U.S. President Trump speaks to UK PM candidate Boris Johnson

By Reuters,

U.S. President Donald Trump waded into Britain’s political crisis on Tuesday by telephoning Boris Johnson, the Brexit-supporting favorite to succeed...

Brexit deal , China’s Huawei , Trump UK Visit

EU tells Britain: There will be no renegotiation of Brexit deal

By Reuters,

The European Union will not renegotiate the Brexit deal that Prime Minister Theresa May agreed, Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said on Tuesd...

Boris Johnson , brexit , European union , President Jean-Claude Juncker , Theresa May

British PM Theresa May expected to announce that she will quit: The Times

By Agencies,

British Prime Minister Theresa May is expected on Friday to announce her departure from office, The Times reported, without citing a source. May wi...

brexit , Theresa May

Britain’s May should set resignation date next week: senior lawmaker

By Reuters,

British Prime Minister Theresa May should set a date for her departure next week when she meets leaders of an influential group of Conservative lawmak...

Facebook executive meets with U.S. lawmakers to discuss privacy

By Reuters,

With a multibillion-dollar settlement looming for Facebook over user privacy violations, Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg met with U.S. lawmake...

UK’s May steps up calls for Labour to agree a Brexit deal

By Reuters,

British Prime Minister Theresa May has stepped up calls on Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn to agree a cross-party deal to leave the European Union, ...

brexit , European union , JEREMY CORBYN , Prime Minister Theresa May

UK PM May under fire after Huawei leak sacking

By Reuters,

Theresa May hoped firing her defense secretary over a leak would put her latest government scandal to rest. But it seems only to have unleashed yet an...

Huawei , Theresa May , UK

UK’s May fires defense secretary over Huawei leak

By Reuters,

British Prime Minister Theresa May fired her defense minister on Wednesday over a leak of discussions in the National Security Council about Chinese t...