BRITAIN

Backlash grows to Johnson’s suspension of UK Parliament

11:42 pm August 29, 2019

London: Opposition to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s move to suspend Parliament intensified Thursday, with the head of the Labour Party vowing “to politically stop him” from pushing through a chaotic no-deal Brexit. Johnson’s tactic gave lawmakers little time to prevent Britain from crashing out of the European Union without an agreement on October 31. […]

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Trump praises ‘great’ Johnson after UK parliament suspension

9:29 pm August 28, 2019

Washington: President Donald Trump on Wednesday praised “great” British Prime Minister Boris Johnson after his controversial move to suspend parliament. Trump said the suspension — which critics call a deliberate attempt to stymie democratic opposition to Brexit — will make it “very hard” for Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn to seek a no-confidence vote against […]

UK’s Johnson moves to suspend Parliament ahead of Brexit

8:57 pm August 28, 2019

LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson maneuvered Wednesday to give his political opponents even less time to block a no-deal Brexit before the Oct. 31 withdrawal deadline, winning Queen Elizabeth II’s approval to suspend Parliament. His critics were outraged. Though Johnson previously had refused to rule out such a move, the timing of the decision […]

Student from Telangana goes missing in UK, says family

11:12 pm August 26, 2019

Hyderabad: A 23-year-old student from Khammam in Telangana pursuing MS in the United Kingdom has gone missing there, his father said on Monday. Ujwal Sriharsha, who had gone to London last year to pursue M S on machine learning and artificial intelligence, last spoke to his mother on August 21, his father Uday Pratap, president […]

Britain’s Prince Andrew denies witnessing Epstein abuse

8:29 pm August 24, 2019

London: Britain’s Prince Andrew insisted on Saturday that “at no stage” during his friendship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein did he “witness… any behaviour of the sort that subsequently led to his arrest”. The prince, Queen Elizabeth II’s second son, is under heavy fire over his relationship with the disgraced US financier, and admitted in […]