Source link Huang Moumou allegedly passed state secrets to MI6 while running an unnamed foreign consultancy China says it has detained a foreign national who was allegedly gathering sensitive data on behalf of the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). The UK has yet to comment on the allegation. Beijing’s Ministry of National Security, which oversees […]
Source link Caracas says London’s move violated the deal with Guyana over the disputed Essequibo region Britain’s decision to dispatch a warship to Guyana breaches the “spirit” of the agreement to resolve the Essequibo dispute peacefully and will be met with “defensive action,” Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Thursday. Earlier this week, the UK […]
Source link James Cleverly made the remark on the same day that parliament discussed tightening laws against drink spiking The UK home secretary has apologized for his “ironic joke” about giving his wife a date rape drug. The Sunday Mirror earlier reported that James Cleverly made the off-color remark just hours after announcing measures to […]
Source link The UK’s Confraternity of Catholic Clergy felt compelled to respond to this week’s announcement on blessings and gay relationships An organization of British priests has released an open letter in which it said that the teachings of the Catholic Church were “unchangeable,” in response to a landmark ruling approved by Pope Francis declaring […]
Source link This year’s holiday meal will cost at least £4.14 per person, according to Good Housekeeping A traditional Christmas dinner could cost UK households 13% more than last year, as prices continue to rise sharply, according to Good Housekeeping magazine’s annual survey, cited by The Guardian. Shoppers will have to pay a minimum of […]
Source link British households have piled up record debts of almost £3 billion ($3.8 billion) with electricity and gas suppliers, national energy regulator Ofgem has revealed. The total amount owed to energy suppliers has soared by £400 million since mid-October, according to a report released on Friday. It is now at its highest ever level […]
Source link Output declines in all three major sectors were key contributors to a drop in GDP in October The UK economy contracted by 0.3% in October, the first time since July that GDP had shrunk on a month-by-month basis, according to data released by the Office for National Statistics on Wednesday. The drop comes […]
Source link The emergency law was drafted in response to UK court concerns about the safety of migrant resettlement in the African country British lawmakers have endorsed Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s proposed emergency legislation to deport thousands of asylum seekers to Rwanda in East Africa. The House of Commons voted 313 to 269 in favor […]
Source link Moscow has dismissed similar allegations as “baseless” and “evidence free” Russian spies have run a “cyber interference” campaign on British politicians, civil servants, and journalists for almost a decade, a minister in the UK Foreign Office has claimed. The minister did not provide evidence, and Moscow has denied similar allegations in the past. […]
Source link Rafiq Ahmed, who founded the Communist Party of India in Tashkent, gave his descendants both a legacy and a name, but hardly any of them know why they are called ’Roosis’ Rafiq ‘Roosi’ Ahmed died four decades ago, but his visits to the erstwhile Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) are forgotten, to […]
Source link The ruling of the country’s top court will have a “catastrophic” effect, Amnesty International warned The London-based human rights advocacy group Amnesty International has strongly denounced Russia’s ban on “international LGBT movement.” Marie Struthers, the NGO’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia director, said that the“shameful and absurd” decision by Russia’s Supreme Court is […]
Source link The African country’s high court commenced hearings into a murder case against UK soldiers on Wednesday The British Army Training Unit in Kenya (BATUK) has asked the East African country’s high court to dismiss a lawsuit involving the alleged murder of a young woman, Agnes Wanjiru, by its soldiers more than a decade […]
Source link The burden is expected to shoot up to £151 billion by 2026, according to a tax and spending watchdog Household debt in the UK will rise from the current level of £73 billion ($92 billion) to $190 billion in 2026, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) reported this week. The increase means the […]
Source link Marines used a Lancet drone to strike a woodland-covered FH70 artillery piece used by Ukrainian troops A Russian marine unit fighting on the frontline of the Ukraine conflict has used a Lancet loitering munition to destroy a Kiev-operated, British-designed FH70 howitzer. The Russian Defense Ministry identified the targeted gun as it shared footage […]