BRITAIN

Labour Party says Johnson can’t be trusted on workers rights

9:12 pm October 26, 2019

London: Britain’s main opposition party says Prime Minister Boris Johnson can’t be trusted to protect workers’ rights and environmental standards after a leaked report suggested the government would seek to weaken existing rules after the country leaves the European Union. The Financial Times reported Saturday that Johnson’s Conservative government plans to diverge from EU regulations, […]

4th suspect arrested as UK truck deaths case probe deepens

12:51 am October 26, 2019

London : A fourth person was arrested in connection with the deaths of 39 people found in the back of a container truck in southeastern England, British police said Friday as the investigation into one of the country’s worst human smuggling cases geared up. Police said a 48-year-old man from Northern Ireland was arrested Friday […]

Queen Elizabeth honours Booker Prize winner Margaret Atwood

12:39 am October 26, 2019

London : Shortly after winning her second Booker Prize, Margaret Atwood has received a rare honour from Queen Elizabeth II for her services to literature. The Canadian novelist and poet was presented with an Order of the Companions of Honour in a ceremony at Windsor Castle Friday. She said the experience made her “a bit […]

39 dead in 1 of UK’s worst trafficking cases

9:36 pm October 23, 2019

LONDON: Investigators were trying to piece together the movements of a large cargo truck found Wednesday containing the bodies of 39 people in one of Britain’s worst people smuggling tragedies. Police initially said the truck had traveled through Ireland and then to Wales via ferry, but that theory changed Wednesday afternoon when Essex police in […]

UK prime minister Boris Johnson mulls early election over Brexit impasse

UK prime minister mulls early election over Brexit impasse

9:24 pm October 23, 2019

LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was weighing Wednesday whether to push for an early election or try again to pass his stalled European Union divorce deal, after Parliament blocked a fast-track plan to approve his Brexit bill before the UK’s scheduled departure from the bloc on Oct. 31. Lawmakers backed the substance of Johnson’s […]