British PM Boris Johnson warns of ‘doomsday’ as climate summit begins
GLASGOW: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson opened a global climate summit Monday, saying the world is strapped to a “doomsday device.” Johnson likened an ever-warming Earth’s position to that of fictional secret agent James Bond — strapped to a bomb that will destroy the planet and trying to work out how to defuse it. He […]
British PM Boris Johnson back in charge of COVID-19 response
LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday will resume charge of the government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, a month after being diagnosed with the deadly disease that has claimed 20,732 lives in the UK. Johnson, 55, had been recuperating from his intensive care treatment at a London hospital earlier this month after he […]