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British foreign secretary to visit Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia
Reuters, Published on 07/11/2021
» LONDON: British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss will travel to Malaysia on Sunday as part of a week-long visit to Southeast Asia aimed at deepening economic and security ties in the region, her office said.
UK gets green light to start talks on joining Pacific trade deal
Reuters, Published on 02/06/2021
» TOKYO/LONDON: Member nations of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) on Wednesday agreed to allow Britain to start the process of joining the pact, Japan's economy minister said.
British PM vows tougher prison sentences after London attack
Reuters, Published on 01/12/2019
» LONDON: Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday he would strengthen prison sentences, vowing to boost security after an attack in the British capital by a man convicted of terrorism who was released early from prison.
Boris's brother resigns from cabinet portfolio over Brexit
Reuters, Published on 05/09/2019
» LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's younger brother, Jo, has resigned as a junior minister and said he would also step down as a lawmaker, citing a conflict between family loyalty and the national interest.
Collapse us if you can, government dares Brexit opponents
Reuters, Published on 29/08/2019
» LONDON: Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government on Thursday challenged opponents of Brexit in parliament to collapse the government or change the law if they wanted to thwart Britain's exit from the European Union.
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.
Filling 'Brexodus' gap, Filipino nurses stymied by English tests
Reuters, Published on 08/04/2019
» MANILA: Bracing for life after Brexit, British hospitals badly need more nurses like Filipino Jobie Escalona, but she twice flunked a mandatory English language test that asked her to write up the merits of immigration and computer education in school.
Brexit to help Thai trade, scrap unfair tariffs
Reuters, Published on 26/02/2019
» LONDON: Sweetcorn from Thailand and tinned mandarins from China are among the goods Britain will scrap higher tariffs on after it leaves the European Union, the British government said on Monday.
Central bank seen hiking key rate for first time since 2011
Reuters, Published on 17/12/2018
» Thailand's central bank is expected on Wednesday to hike its key interest rate from near-record lows for the first time in more than seven years, a Reuters poll survey showed.
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.