BRITAIN

Pakistan’s UN envoy call British PM Boris Johnson ‘Foreign Minister’

5:38 am September 24, 2019

United Nations: In a major goof-up, Pakistan’s permanent representative to the UN Maleeha Lodhi on Monday called British Prime Minister Boris Johnson “Foreign Minister” on Twitter. “Prime Minister Imran Khan met British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson this morning,” Lodhi tweeted as she put out a picture of the meeting. She deleted the tweet after around […]

No breakthrough as EU’s Tusk, Britain’s Johnson meet in New York

5:03 am September 24, 2019

United Nations (US): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson reiterated a call for “flexibility” from the EU in Brexit talks during a meeting with Council President Donald Tusk in New York on Monday that failed to yield a breakthrough. Johnson and Tusk met on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly as Britain races towards its […]

Hundreds of thousands stranded as Thomas Cook collapses

1:19 am September 24, 2019

LONDON: Families stranded, honeymoons and vacations canceled, thousands of workers laid off: The sudden collapse of British tour company Thomas Cook and its network of airlines and hotels sowed chaos for hundreds of thousands of travelers and businesses around the world Monday. Brought down by a variety of factors, including crushing debts and online competition, […]

UK travel giant Thomas Cook collapses, stranding tourists

3:43 pm September 23, 2019

London: British travel group Thomas Cook on Monday declared bankruptcy after failing to reach a last-ditch rescue deal, triggering the UK’s biggest repatriation since World War II to bring back stranded passengers. The 178-year-old operator had been desperately seeking 200 million pounds ( USD 250 million, 227 million euros) from private investors to save it […]

Johnson says he’ll tell Trump: Hands off UK health service

3:09 pm September 23, 2019

New York: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he’ll tell US President Donald Trump that the UK’s state-funded health service will be off the table in any future trade negotiations. The Conservative prime minister also says the US will have to open its markets to British goods if it wants to make a deal. Johnson […]