UK PM Boris Johnson’s Gujarat visit
UK PM Boris Johnson’s Gujarat visit
UK PM Boris Johnson urges China to take climate action ahead of COP26 meeting
LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday urged Chinese President Xi Jinping and other world leaders to take “concrete action” on climate change as they spoke by phone ahead of the upcoming COP26 talks. The pair discussed “a range of issues, including action to address the climate crisis ahead of COP26, global trade and […]
UK PM Boris Johnson sets out plans to make country a global science superpower
LONDON: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday unveiled his government’s ambitious plans to become a global science superpower and replicate the success of the country’s COVID-19 vaccination programme. A new National Science and Technology Council, chaired by prime minister Johnson, will provide strategic direction on the use of science and technology as the tools […]
COVID-19 cases ‘very clearly’ going up, warns UK PM Boris Johnson
LONDON: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday warned that COVID-19 cases and hospitalisations are “very clearly” on the rise in the country and that he continues to assess the vaccination data to decide on whether to end all lockdown measures by June 21. Speaking in Cornwall ahead of the G7 Leaders’ Summit, Johnson told […]
UK PM Boris Johnson denies saying thousands of bodies better than lockdown
LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday denied a press report which quoted him as allegedly saying he would rather see “bodies pile high in their thousands” than impose a third national lockdown on the country. The Daily Mail claimed that Johnson made the comment in the fall of 2020, when his government imposed […]
UK PM Boris Johnson expected to unveil COVID passports, travel traffic lights
LONDON: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to unveil a series of measures later on Monday as part of plans to start unlocking the UK from its coronavirus lockdown, including so-called COVID passports for mass events and a traffic lights system for foreign travel. After a Cabinet meeting to finalise the latest set of […]
UK PM Boris Johnson reiterates support against Taliban in call with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani
LONDON: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has reiterated Britain’s support to Afghanistan in its fight against the Taliban, as part of the wider North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) alliance. In a phone call from Downing Street in London with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Friday, Johnson also agreed on the importance of making progress in […]
UK PM Boris Johnson warns no ‘cast iron’ guarantee over lifting COVID-19 lockdown
LONDON: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has urged people, in a strict lockdown to contain the spread of a new Kent variant of coronavirus for months, to temper optimism around restrictions being lifted as a result of a successful vaccine rollout with patience. During a Downing Street briefing on Monday evening, Johnson said he can’t […]
UK PM Boris Johnson Greets India On 72nd Republic Day
We are aware that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been invited to the Republic Day celebrations in India. However, he cancelled his India tour due to the spread of Covid-19 new strain in Britain. Currently, the UK coronavirus strain has also spread to many countries around the world, including India. On the occasion of […]
UK PM Boris Johnson launches new COVID-19 alert system as lockdown rules ‘modified’
LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has unveiled his blueprint for a gradual restarting of the UK’s coronavirus-hit economy and a “conditional plan” to reopen the society under which people can spend more time outdoors with adequate social distancing measures. In a televised address to the nation, Johnson, a COVID-19 survivor, unveiled a five-level alert […]