Tag: United Kingdom government
UK hits vaccine milestone, warns of ‘deadly’ misinformation
LONDON — Three-quarters of Britain's adult population has received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, the government said Wednesday, as it warned...
Review: A familiar adventure story in ‘Edge of the Word’
If the new adventure film “ Edge of the Word,” about a British explorer and soldier in 1840s Borneo, seems suspiciously like “The Man...
London school fights COVID fallout with laptops, bean bags
LONDON — Nik Geraj’s voice fills with pain as he talks about how he struggled to help his daughter study during the coronavirus lockdowns...
Trudeau: Residential schools part of Canada’s colonial past
TORONTO — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday that residential schools for Canada's Indigenous children were part of a larger colonial policy designed to...
UK to resettle more Afghan interpreters as NATO troops leave
LONDON — Britain said Monday it will make it easier for Afghans who worked with British troops to settle in the U.K., amid rising...
UK offers mass jabs in rugby arena to counter virus variant
LONDON — British health authorities were aiming to vaccinate 15,000 people at London’s Twickenham rugby stadium on Monday as part of a race to...
UK PM Boris Johnson marries fiancee in private ceremony
LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his fiancée Carrie Symonds married Saturday in a small private ceremony in London, his Downing Street...
UK may require NHS workers to take COVID-19 vaccine
LONDON — The British government may require National Health Service workers to be inoculated against COVID-19 — a contentious proposal that was immediately criticized...
Rule Britannia? Critics question Johnson’s flagship plans
LONDON — Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants to build a national flagship to travel the world’s oceans promoting British trade and investment. But critics...
Reports: Boris Johnson, fiancée Carrie Symonds wed in London
LONDON — U.K. newspapers are reporting that Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his fiancée Carrie Symonds married Saturday in a small private ceremony in...