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Britain's net zero emissions target becomes law
Reuters, Published on 27/06/2019
» LONDON: Britain's new target to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 became law on Thursday, making it the first among the major G7 countries to set such a goal.
Voters punish both Britain's main parties for Brexit chaos
Reuters, Published on 03/05/2019
» LONDON: English voters used local elections to punish both Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservatives and the opposition Labour Party for the deadlock over Brexit, partial results showed on Friday.
May battles confidence vote
Reuters, Published on 12/12/2018
» LONDON: Prime Minister Theresa May vowed to win a vote of no confidence triggered by angry Brexit supporters in her Conservative Party on Wednesday, saying her ouster would jeopardise Britain's divorce from the European Union.
Britain calls for immediate release of journalists
Reuters, Published on 03/09/2018
» LONDON: Britain on Monday called for the immediate release of two Reuters jailed in Myanmar for their reporting of the Rohingya crisis, saying that the verdict undermined press freedom in Myanmar.
PM May hosts reception for UK cave-diver rescuers
Reuters, Published on 25/07/2018
» LONDON: Prime Minister Theresa May hosted a reception on Tuesday for the British divers who were involved in the rescue of 12 schoolboys and their football coach from a flooded cave in Thailand earlier this month.
Trump backs Putin on election meddling
Reuters, Published on 17/07/2018
» HELSINKI: US President Donald Trump said after meeting Vladimir Putin on Monday he saw no reason to believe his own intelligence agencies rather than trust the Kremlin leader on the question of whether Russia interfered to help him win the 2016 election.
Furious Scots walk out of UK parliament over Brexit
Reuters, Published on 14/06/2018
» EDINBURGH/LONDON: Lawmakers from the Scottish National Party (SNP) staged a dramatic walkout from the British parliament on Wednesday after their leader was ordered to leave the House of Commons in a row over Brexit.
UK 'very concerned' by Facebook data abuse
Reuters, Published on 20/03/2018
» LONDON: Britain is very concerned by allegations that the British data firm Cambridge Analytica exploited data on millions of Facebook users without their authorisation in election campaigns, a spokesman for Prime Minister Theresa May said on Monday.
Soros 'plotting to halt Brexit'
Reuters, Published on 09/02/2018
» LONDON: George Soros, the billionaire who earned fame by betting against the British pound in 1992, contributed £400,000 ($554,840, about 17.66 million baht) through his foundations to a campaign group which is seeking to halt Brexit, the group's chairman said on Wednesday.
Britain appoints minister for loneliness
Reuters, Published on 17/01/2018
» LONDON: Britain has appointed a minister for loneliness to take forward the work of murdered lawmaker Jo Cox and tackle the isolation felt by more than one in ten people in the UK.