UK PM Johnson speaks to Biden, discusses COVID-19 and climate change
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he spoke to U.S. President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday about working together on tackling climate change and recovering from...
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UK’s Johnson considering new national lockdown for England
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is considering imposing a new month-long national lockdown in England next week after scientists warned the coronavirus was spreading faster than their worst...
Boris Johnson says willing to take more active role over Cyprus problem
President Nicos Anastasiades informed UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson of the latest developments in the Cyprus problem and Turkey’s provocations in the Eastern Mediterranean during...
Johnson says Cyprus settlement in everyone’s interest, UNSG ‘remains committed’ (updated)
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday said he remains committed to supporting both sides in Cyprus in revitalising the political process while British Prime Minister...
Anastasiades to speak with UK PM on resuming Cyprus talks
President Nicos Anastasiades will have a phone call with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday, during which he is expected to assure him of...
The man with Britain strapped in his backseat
So far unassailable, Boris Johnson’s right-hand man Dominic Cummings offers a blend of high-end populism and selective technocracy By James Deferalist For quite some time...
UK minister reaffirms ‘strong support’ for Cyprus settlement
The UK Minister for the European Neighbourhood has reaffirmed the British government’s “strong support” for “a comprehensive, just and lasting settlement of the Cyprus issue.”...
UK PM to tell firms to order staff back to workplaces
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will tell employers next week to start ordering staff back into their places of work, as long as it is...
What planet are they on? Press slams Johnson and Cummings
Criticism has rained down on Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings from the nation’s papers, some of it from unlikely quarters. While attacks from the Daily...
Boris no match for forensic skills of new Labour Leader.
By Alper Ali Riza A few months ago Alistair Campbell, Tony Blair’s director of communications, now an author and political pundit, advised Johnson to smarten...
Boris Johnson’s son named after doctors who ‘saved’ PM’s life
Boris Johnson and his fiancée Carrie Symonds have named their newborn son Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas, partly as a tribute to two of the intensive care...
It’s a boy: British PM Johnson’s fiancee gives birth
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s fiancée, Carrie Symonds, gave birth to a healthy baby boy at a London hospital on Wednesday, slightly earlier than had...
UK PM Johnson, battling coronavirus, set for second night in intensive care
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was set to spend a second night in intensive care on Tuesday to help him fight off a coronavirus infection,...
Coronavirus: Anastasiades wishes Boris Johnson well
President Nicos Anastasiades has wished the British Prime Minister well, after Boris Johnson was placed in intensive care on Monday night, with complications from Covid-19. “Our prayers and thoughts are...
PM’s decision to rein in Chancellor defended as new-look cabinet meets
Boris Johnson’s decision to impose tight restrictions on his new Chancellor has been defended as his new-look Cabinet met for the first time. The Prime...
UK’s Johnson plans full border checks on EU goods
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is preparing to impose full customs and border checks on all European Union goods entering Britain from next year, in...
Brexit or Remain: an existential threat to the UK
By Andonis Vassiliades Since becoming the leader of the Conservative Party and another unelected prime minister in a row, the public presentation and transformation of...
UK’s Johnson replaced by ice block in TV debate, Conservatives cry foul
British broadcaster Channel 4 represented Prime Minister Boris Johnson with a block of melting ice in a prime-time election debate on the environment on Thursday,...
Trump plays cupid in UK general election
IT HAS been a long time coming, the general election in the UK. It seems ages since 2017 when Theresa May threw away an overall...
Britain set for Dec. 12 election to break the Brexit deadlock
Britain will hold its first December election in almost a century after Prime Minister Boris Johnson won approval from parliament on Tuesday for an early...
