BRITAIN

Millions face new UK virus restrictions; border chaos eases

UK defends virus plan as ‘wartime’ measures loom

11:57 pm March 15, 2020

London : Britain on Sunday said its criticised plan to deal with coronavirus was designed to “protect life” in a “sustainable” manner as it prepared to unveil “wartime-style” measures to tackle the outbreak. The government has yet to implement the kind of tough measures that continental Europe has adopted, but health minister Matt Hancock said […]

VP Pence ordered borders closed after CDC experts refused

US extends travel ban to UK, Ireland starting Tuesday

11:15 pm March 14, 2020

Washington: Vice President Mike Pence announced Saturday that a travel ban imposed on European nations over the coronavirus pandemic would be extended to the United Kingdom and Ireland starting at 0400 GMT Tuesday. “Americans in the UK or Ireland can come home. Legal residents can come home,” Pence told a White House news conference, adding that such […]

British PM forced to defend India travel ban timing over Delta variant in Parliament

Boris Johnson calls PM Modi to discuss coronavirus crisis

9:10 pm March 12, 2020

London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson called Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday to discuss the coordinated international efforts required to tackle the spread of deadly coronavirus. The deadly virus that first originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December last year has claimed over 4,600 lives and infected more than 124,330 people across […]

UK preparing for delay’ stage of coronavirus: Boris Johnson

11:56 pm March 9, 2020

London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson held an emergency COBRA meeting at 10 Downing Street in London on Monday to assess the fight against coronavirus and announced that preparations will begin for the “delay” phase of the government’s four-phase strategy. While the UK will stay at stage one of “containment” of the virus, Johnson revealed […]

Rajasthan: Man rapes minor stepdaughter, arrested

UK politicians ignored child sex abuse: inquiry

10:29 pm February 25, 2020

London: Britain’s government, parliament and political parties spent decades turning “a blind eye” to high-profile child sex abusers and sometimes actively protected them, an investigation reported Tuesday. A former Liberal party leader announced his resignation from the House of Lords after the report condemned his failure to act against a paedophile MP from his party. […]