Tag Archives: United Kingdom

• Johnson locks down England as UK virus cases pass 1 million 1 November 2020 | Andrew MacAskill and Guy Faulconbridge This post has no comments yet

  Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered England back into a national lockdown after the United Kingdom passed the milestone of one million COVID-19 cases and a second wave of infections threatened to overwhelm the health service. ...

• US, UK raise Hong Kong at UN as pressure mounts on China 29 May 2020 This post has one comment

  The United States and Britain on Friday defied China's anger by raising Hong Kong's autonomy at the UN Security Council as President Donald Trump prepared new measures against Beijing. ...

• British PM Johnson tests positive for COVID-19 27 March 2020 | Joe Jackson and David Harding This post has no comments yet

  The two men leading Britain's fight against the coronavirus -- Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Health Secretary Matt Hancock -- both announced Friday they had tested positive for COVID-19. ...

• Prince Charles tests positive for Coronavirus 25 March 2020 | Alice Ritchie and Phil Hazlewood This post has one comment

  Prince Charles, 71, the eldest son and heir to Queen Elizabeth II, is showing mild symptoms of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) and is self-isolating in Scotland. His wife, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, 72, tested negative. ...

• Britain leaves the European Union, leaps into the unknown 1 February 2020 | Jill Lawless and Raf Casert This post has no comments yet

  With little fanfare, Britain left the European Union on Friday after 47 years of membership, taking a leap into the unknown in a historic blow to the bloc. The UK’s departure became official at 11 pm (2300GMT), midnight in Brussel ...

• Boris Johnson vows to get Brexit done after big election win 13 December 2019 | Alice Ritchie, Robin Millard and Phil Hazlewood This post has no comments yet

  UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson proclaimed a political "earthquake" Friday after his thumping election victory cleared Britain's way to finally leave the European Union after years of damaging deadlock over Brexit. ...

• May steps down as party chief, igniting leadership race 7 June 2019 | Elizabeth Piper This post has no comments yet

  British PM Theresa May steps down as leader of the governing Conservatives, officially triggering a contest to replace her that could see her party embrace a tougher stance on Brexit. ...

• Theresa May resigns as UK Prime Minister over Brexit failure 24 May 2019 | Elizabeth Piper, William James and Kylie MacLellan This post has no comments yet

  Fighting back tears, Theresa May said on Friday she would quit, setting up a contest that will install a new British prime minister who could pursue a cleaner break with the European Union. ...

• Julian Assange jailed for 50 weeks for breaking UK bail 1 May 2019 | Edouard Guihaire and Alice Ritchie This post has no comments yet

  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was sentenced Wednesday to 50 weeks in jail for breaching a British court order seven years ago, when he took refuge in Ecuador's London embassy. ...

• Julian Assange arrested in London after 7 years in Ecuador embassy 11 April 2019 | Guy Faulconbridge, Kate Holton and Costas Pitas This post has 3 comments

  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested by British police and carried out of the Ecuadorean embassy on Thursday after his South American hosts abruptly revoked his seven-year asylum. ...