LONDON: Millions of people in Britain faced disruption Thursday as railway staff staged their second national walkout this week. The 24-hour strike by 40,000 cleaners, signalers, maintenance workers and station staff canceled about four-fifths of passenger services across the country. A third ...

The European Union’s executive arm recommended putting Ukraine on a path to membership Friday, a symbolic boost for a country fending off a Russian onslaught that is killing civilians, flattening cities and threatening its very survival. In another show of Western support, British Prime Minister ...

Conservative MPs began casting their ballots in a no-confidence vote in Prime Minister Boris Johnson, which could end in his immediate removal as party leader and signal the end of his time in power. Johnson, fighting for his political survival following the “Partygate” scandal, requires a ...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson chose the most difficult moment of his term so far to burst into song in his office back in February when the outcry over partygate had hit a peak. “I will survive,” he sang, together with his newly appointed adviser Guto Harri. The song sounded out of tune ...

Taking it easy: The principal difficulty with the spread of the new subvariant of Omicron, BA2 scientists have called it for some reason, is that everyone is simply bored hearing of Covid-19. The end of all curbs in Britain, on the back of recognition that this variant seems no worse than its ...

It is a strange sight of a paradox in London, as soon as one lands at Heathrow Airport. While Covid cases have been surging in the United Kingdom, few are wearing face masks as the requirement has been dropped in England, alongside lifting most pandemic curbs.Travel to the UK is restriction-free ...

British foreign secretary Liz Truss’s meeting with her Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov a month back ended in plain speech not often heard at diplomatic meetings or after. Talking to her was “like talking to a deaf person,” he said at a joint press conference with her in Moscow as she stood to ...

In an unguarded moment, Britain’s defence secretary told military officials that Russian President Vladimir Putin has “gone full tonto” by ordering his troops into two rebel-held areas of eastern Ukraine.Ben Wallace made the candid comments on Wednesday, suggesting Putin had lost his mind while ...

Rishi Sunak acknowledged that the scandal surrounding parties during lockdown. (File)London: Britain's Chancellor of Exchequer Rishi Sunak has reportedly admitted to attending Prime Minister Boris Johnson's lockdown birthday party in 2020 but refused to say what happened when he entered the room ...

UK PM's position has been hanging by a thread because of the steady drip of revelations in partygate.London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will probably hold onto his job for now despite a scathing report about government coronavirus lockdown parties, but his long-term future is out of ...