British Prime Minister Boris Johnson

British ministers in US to ‘fast-track’ post-Brexit trade deal

10:33 pm August 7, 2019

London: Britain was seeking to fast-track a crucial post-Brexit trade deal with the United States on Wednesday after new Prime Minister Boris Johnson dispatched his top diplomat and foreign trade minister to Washington. With Johnson determined to ensure Britain leaves the European Union on October 31, with or without a deal, striking some kind of […]

UK PM Johnson’s Parliament majority down to one after by-election

10:05 pm August 2, 2019

London: Britain’s new Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s already slim parliamentary majority has been cut down further to just one with the loss of an MP to the anti-Brexit Liberal Democrat party in a by-election in Wales. In one of his first major election clashes since taking over from Theresa May last month, Johnson’s Conservative Party […]

Boris Johnson planning to put UK on obesity-busting diet: Report

Boris Johnson tries to reassure on Brexit as pound slumps

7:20 pm July 30, 2019

London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was visiting Wales on Tuesday as part of a national tour intended to reassure Britons that his hard-Brexit push won’t hurt the economy and rip apart the UK. He faces a tough reception from farmers a group central to the Welsh economy who fear economic havoc if Britain leaves […]

France’s Macron invites British PM Johnson to visit

3:04 pm July 26, 2019

Paris: President Emmanuel Macron has invited new British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to see him in France “in the next few weeks,” an official at the Elysee palace said. Macron extended the invitation in a call late Thursday to Johnson from his official summer vacation residence in the south of France. In the call, Macron […]

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