Tag: United Kingdom government
Normandy commemorates D-Day with small crowds, but big heart
COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France — When the sun rises over Omaha Beach, revealing vast stretches of wet sand extending toward distant cliffs, one starts to grasp...
UK ‘people’s tribunal’ hears claims China abused Uyghurs
LONDON — A “people’s tribunal” set up to assess whether China’s alleged rights abuses against the Uyghur people constitute genocide opened in London on...
UK lawmakers seek to reverse government’s foreign aid cut
LONDON — Lawmakers from Britain’s governing Conservative Party said Thursday they hope to force a vote in Parliament next week that could make the...
UK halts trials of new tanks that vibrate and can’t go fast
LONDON — The British military said Thursday that it paused trials of its new fleet of tanks, after a newspaper reported the vehicles can’t...
Holiday chaos as UK removes Portugal from travel green list
LONDON — Britain said Thursday that it is removing Portugal from its list of COVID-safe travel destinations, meaning thousands of U.K. residents currently on...
UK hits vaccine milestone, warns of ‘deadly’ misinformation
LONDON — Three-quarters of Britain's adult population has received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, the government said Wednesday, as it warned...
Review: A familiar adventure story in ‘Edge of the Word’
If the new adventure film “ Edge of the Word,” about a British explorer and soldier in 1840s Borneo, seems suspiciously like “The Man...
London school fights COVID fallout with laptops, bean bags
LONDON — Nik Geraj’s voice fills with pain as he talks about how he struggled to help his daughter study during the coronavirus lockdowns...
Trudeau: Residential schools part of Canada’s colonial past
TORONTO — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday that residential schools for Canada's Indigenous children were part of a larger colonial policy designed to...
UK to resettle more Afghan interpreters as NATO troops leave
LONDON — Britain said Monday it will make it easier for Afghans who worked with British troops to settle in the U.K., amid rising...
