United Kingdom

China 05/22/22, 08:57

The British government launched a new international development strategy on May 16. The following day, the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Kwasi Kwarteng said the U.K. would bring 16 million dollars of Official Development Assistance (ODA) funding in China to an end. On May 17, Kwarteng tweeted, ...

Human Rights 04/24/22, 01:38

The UK is seeking a change in legislation in order to ban the purchase of medical supplies linked to slavery and human trafficking. The UK government announced on Friday, April 22, that it had released an amendment to the Health and Social Care Bill. The amendment would help the country avoid ...

Tennis 04/22/22, 09:24

The Wimbledon Tournament, All England Club, announced on April 20, through a statement that it will ban Russian and Belarusian athletes from competing after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. This controversial decision will leave tennis players out of the oldest competition in the world. Novak Djokovic, the world number one, said it is "crazy" ...

U.S. 04/22/22, 08:42

Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, is very close to being extradited to the United States on 18 counts of espionage and disclosure of classified information on his website, following a British court order issued on April 20 following approval by U.K. Home Secretary Priti Patel. According to the Daily Mail, ...

China 04/06/22, 01:06

The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), a British think tank, released a 37-page research report titled "Taiwan, Cross-strait Stability and European Security" on March 30. The report pointed out that European countries have begun to realize that the cross-strait crisis has a "direct" impact on European politics, security, and ...

China 03/23/22, 01:02

The Guardian reported that the U.K. is gauging a health bill amendment that seeks to block the National Health Service (NHS) from procuring medical equipment originating from world regions at "serious risk of genocide" on March 20. The Health and Social Care Bill passed the House of Lords on March 3 ...

China 03/11/22, 03:27

On Thursday, March 3, a Grand committee of the House of Lords held a debate on support for democracy in Taiwan. On Saturday, the Chinese embassy spokesperson Zheng Zeguang (郑泽光) in the United Kingdom opposed the move. The politicians showed their support and measures if necessary over the Taiwan issue. Baroness ...

Insights 03/09/22, 02:00

Mainland Chinese cannot view Premier League matches on television this weekend. The program has been determined to show support for Ukraine. In a statement on March 2nd, the Premier League said it "wholeheartedly rejected" the Russian invasion, promising that there would be various ways the organization would use to express its ...

Insights 03/04/22, 23:50

According to Hong Kong-based newspaper Wen Wei Po, Paul Harris, a renowned international human rights expert and former chairman of the Hong Kong Bar Association, was interviewed by the Hong Kong police's National Security Division on March 1. The police asked him to make a "cautionary statement" and explain his ...

China 02/27/22, 19:02

According to 9news, Tom Tugendhat, chairman of the British Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee, said Friday, Feb. 25, that Russian President Vladimir Putin is a terrible leader used as a pawn by China's regime. Tugendhat said, "I think what we're going to see is a very, very ugly conflict I hope for ...

Insights 02/23/22, 20:34

According to a UK press release on Feb. 20, the UK government is seeking telecoms firms for advice on legal measures to cut the use of Huawei in UK networks. It is part of its plan to have all U.S.-sanctioned Huawei equipment screened out from the nation's 5G networks by the ...

Insights 02/21/22, 16:39

Head of British security service MI5, Ken McCallum, has warned that the UK is "in a struggle" with rigorous infiltration attempts from Russia and China. In an exclusive interview with the Daily Mail on Feb. 18, McCallum said spies for these countries were closing in on the prime minister's advisers and ...

News 02/19/22, 18:50

A mother in England gave birth to twins at 22 weeks of pregnancy after doctors assured her that they couldn't be born alive since following laws supporting abortions, they state that a fetus is viable after 24 weeks, according to the Daily Mail. Up until the moment they ascertained the babies ...

United Kingdom 01/21/22, 04:06

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson continues to fight for his political life after admitting last week that he attended a Downing Street garden party in May 2020, when the nation was under strict shutdown rules over Covid. His latest announcement was to lift all Covid restrictions from next week. Amid the ...

United Kingdom 01/18/22, 16:36

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is clinging to the hope that the investigation into his involvement in several "parties" he allegedly attended during the pandemic will favor his political future before deciding on his possible resignation.   Expectations are growing as senior civil servant Sue Gray examines the facts and allegations that ...

U.S. 01/18/22, 15:24

Defense Secretary Ben Wallace announced that the United Kingdom has begun supplying anti-tank weapons to Ukraine due to "the increasingly threatening behavior from Russia" in the region. Faced with Russia's increased military deployment on the Ukrainian border, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies have toughened their stance against the country led ...