IMF: Britain set to be worst-performing major economy this year
LONDON, Jan 31 — Britain’s economy will slam into reverse this year as the cost-of-living crisis hits households hard and will see the worst performance...
Rishi Sunak fined for failing to wear seatbelt
LONDON, Jan 21 — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been issued with a fixed penalty notice by police for failing to wear a seatbelt...
New British Premier Rishi Sunak appoints cabinet
LONDON, Oct 26 — Britain’s new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Tuesday announced his new Cabinet, with the unity of his increasingly fractured party his...
New coins, banknotes, stamps and cypher for Britain’s King Charles
LONDON, Sept 27 – Britain will gradually see coins, banknotes and stamps bearing the image of King Charles, while the new monarch’s cypher will also...
King Charles III pledges ‘lifelong service’ as Britain’s new monarch
LONDON, Sept 10 — Britain’s King Charles III on Friday pledged “lifelong service” in his first address to the nation and the Commonwealth after assuming...
Britain’s new monarch to be known as King Charles III
ANKARA, Sept 9 — Queen Elizabeth II’s eldest son Charles became Britain’s new king on Thursday after her death, Anadolu Agency reported. Charles Philip Arthur...
Liz Truss becomes UK’s 3rd female premier, replacing Boris Johnson
LONDON, Sept 5 — Britain’s Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has won the Tory leadership race, the Conservative Party’s 1922 Committee announced on Monday. Truss, 46,...
Britain swelters on its hottest day ever as temperatures hit 40°C
LONDON, July 20 — Britain recorded its hottest day ever on Tuesday, with the temperature exceeding 40 degrees Celsius (40°C) as a heatwave gripping Europe...
UK to host G7, Asean foreign, development ministers at meeting in December
LONDON, Nov 22 — Britain will host foreign and development ministers from the G7 group of industrialised nations and from the Association of Southeast Asian...
Queen Elizabeth marks 95th birthday, days after husband’s funeral
LONDON, April 21 — Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, the world’s oldest monarch, turns 95 on Wednesday, but there will be no public celebrations of an occasion...
UK set to formally apply for trans-Pacific trade bloc membership
LONDON, Jan 31 — Britain will next week formally apply to join a trans-Pacific trading bloc of 11 countries, with negotiations set to start later...
UK reactivates emergency Covid-19 hospitals, closes London primary schools
LONDON, Jan 2 — Britain reactivated emergency hospitals built at the start of the pandemic and shut primary schools in London on Friday to counter...