Ukraine War: Ukraine and its Western allies accuse Russia of waging an unprovoked war of aggression. London: What Russian President Vladimir Putin has done in Ukraine is “evil”, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday. Asked during an interview with GB News at the NATO summit in Madrid whether Putin was evil, Johnson said: … Read more
Ukraine war: Boris Johnson said Putin is not making an offer of peace. (Filet) Berlin: Russian President Vladimir Putin would not have started the war in Ukraine if he was a woman, according to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. “If Putin was a woman, which he obviously isn’t, but if he were, I really don’t … Read more
MADRID: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has shocked Nato back to first principles. Seven decades after it was founded, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is meeting in Madrid this week with an urgent need to reassert its original mission: preventing Russian aggression against Western allies. Leaders of the world’s most powerful military alliance are aiming to … Read more
LONDON: British lawmakers will on Monday get their first chance to vote on a government bill to overhaul post-Brexit trade arrangements in Northern Ireland, despite EU warnings it is illegal and could spark a trade war. The UK government unveiled its Northern Ireland Protocol Bill to unilaterally change trading terms for the politically fraught British … Read more
Recent Conservative by-election defeats mean Johnson may soon join the long list of British PMs who lost power between the elections. On the face of it, the United Kingdom is a parliamentary democracy, where general elections will determine who becomes prime minister and forms the government. This, at least, is the constitutional theory. The current … Read more
UK PM Boris Johnson said, “We’ve got to show them our pecs.” Elmau Castle, Germany: World leaders mocked Russian President Vladimir Putin’s tough-man image at a G7 lunch in Germany on Sunday, joking about whether they should strip down to or even less. “Jackets on? Jackets off? Do we take our coats off?” British Prime … Read more
Campaign posters in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, ahead of a key by-election triggered after Conservative MP Imran Ahmed Khan was convicted of sexually assaulting a minor. Daniel Harvey Gonzalez/In Pictures via Getty Images LONDON — UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has suffered a double blow at the ballot box as his party lost two key parliamentary … Read more
LONDON/KIGALI: Boris Johnson‘s Conservatives lost two seats on Friday, a crushing blow to the governing party that prompted the resignation of its chairman and intensified doubts about the future of Britain’s Prime Minister. In Rwanda for a meeting of the Commonwealth nations, Johnson was defiant, pledging to listen to voters’ concerns and do more to … Read more
LONDON — European markets closed sharply higher on Friday to end a volatile week, as investors around the world assessed inflation and fears of an economic recession. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index closed up by 2.6% provisionally, its best day in more than three months, with tech shares adding 3.8% to lead gains as all … Read more
Polls in Wakefield, and Tiverton and Honiton were first since prime minister narrowly survived a vote of confidence this month. The United Kingdom’s Conservative Party has been defeated in two parliamentary by-elections, in that dealt a blow to the leadership of embattled Prime Minister Boris Johnson and prompted the resignation of the party’s chairman. The … Read more