UK weekly COVID-19 infections rise, booster jab programme announced
An estimated 3.5 million people in Britain had COVID-19 in the latest week of available data, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said on Friday,...
Thousands walk out in Britain’s biggest rail strike in 30 years as Johnson vows to stay firm
Tens of thousands of workers walked out on the first day of Britain's biggest rail strike in 30 years on Tuesday with passengers facing further...
Prince Harry says security issues remain after recent trip to see queen
Britain's Prince Harry said he made sure that Queen Elizabeth had the "right people around her" and was "protected" when he met the British monarch...
Shanghai Hospital Pays The Price For China’s COVID Response
BEIJING (AP) — A series of deaths at a hospital for elderly patients in Shanghai is underscoring the dangerous consequences of China’s stubborn pursuit of...
Centrica’s profit doubles as British Gas takes on 700,000 customers
Britain's largest energy supplier Centrica (CNA.L) reported a doubling in adjusted profit for 2021 and said its British Gas brand had taken on about 700,000 customers after...
British minister says claims of lawmaker blackmail unlikely to be true
British Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said on Friday that claims that lawmakers had been intimidated and blackmailed by representatives of the government seemed strange and...
Get back to the office, Britain’s business minister says
People should get back to the office to benefit from in-person collaboration because the world must learn to live with the coronavirus after a pandemic...
Back in court – UK hospitality groups take on insurers over lockdown losses
Some of the world's biggest insurers are bracing as a second wave of multi-million pound lawsuits, brought by struggling British pubs, restaurants and bakery chains...
‘Our work’s not done’ Biden says at one-year mark
President Joe Biden acknowledged Americans' frustration as his first year in office came to an end on Wednesday, but said the United States was on track...
UK PM Johnson drops COVID-19 restrictions
People in England will no longer be required to wear face masks anywhere or work from home from next week, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said...