Tag: Boris Johnson
Johnson, Biden Expected to Reach Deal on Resuming UK-US Travel
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and US President Joe Biden are expected to agree to work on resuming travel between their two countries, Downing...
UK’s Johnson to Face Own Party Revolt Over Foreign Aid Cut
UK Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision to slash foreign aid by 0.2 percent could be defeated in Parliament next week after lawmakers from...
UK’s Johnson Welcomes Israel-Palestine Ceasefire
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson welcomed on Friday the ceasefire between Israel and the Gaza Strip-based Hamas movement, and urged leaders in the Middle...
Kenya and UK urge world leaders to invest in education
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday urged world leaders to boost their investments in education during a joint...
UK considers action against Super League; Bayern, PSG stay out
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is considering legislation to prevent the so-called big six English football clubs from joining the European Super League as...
Boris Johnson condemns ‘very damaging’ European Super League
Football clubs who have agreed to join a European Super League "must answer to their fans" before going ahead with the "very damaging" change,...
Johnson ‘hopeful’ about international travel for Britons from May 17
(dpa) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he is "hopeful" international travel for Britons will be able to go ahead from May 17,...
Britain’s Johnson rules out retaliating over EU vaccine threat
PA Media-dpa/GNA - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has rejected the possibility that his country could engage in a tit-for-tat vaccine export war with...
British Prime Minister to contact EU leaders over vaccine nationalism
dpa/GNA - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is contacting EU leaders this week to try and prevent "vaccination nationalism" following a row over...
Johnson to discuss violence against women with Met chief amid uproar
PA Media/dpa/GNA - Boris Johnson will discuss ways to protect women and girls from violence with the head of the Metropolitan Police amid...
Sentences for people smugglers set to be ‘stiffened’ in Britain
dpa/GNA - The British government is considering a crackdown on people smugglers who bring undocumented migrants across the English Channel, says Prime Minister...
PM announces “roadmap” exiting lockdown in England
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Monday that schools in England will reopen from March 8 as part of the "roadmap" to ease the...
British premier Johnson kicks off G7 with vaccine call
dpa/GNA - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has kicked off the online G7 meeting with a call for a joint effort to defeat...
British PM plans ‘cautious but irreversible’ path out of lockdown
dpa/GNA - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday laid out a cautious timetable for easing coronavirus restrictions over the coming months, pledging...
British prime minister visits Scotland as calls for independence grow
dpa/GNA - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is due to visit Scotland on Thursday as questions arise over the strength of the union...
Boris urges Britons to read Brexit trade deal after Christmas lunch
dpa/GNA - Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson posted a video on Twitter late Thursday with a Christmas reading recommendation - the post-Brexit trade...
UK and EU “still very far apart on key things” – Boris Johnson
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Sunday that Britain and the European Union (EU) remain "very far apart on key things" and Britain should...
Britain’s Johnson expected to announce England-wide lockdown
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson is considering new nationwide lockdown restrictions for England, local media reported late Friday.
Johnson has come under increasing pressure from...
UK and Kenya to co-host education summit in 2021
The British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, and the President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, are to co-host an education summit in the United Kingdom in...
Boris Johnson to announce new coronavirus restrictions for England
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to announce a new round of coronavirus measures on Monday, after a jump in cases in northern...
UK PM tightens social distancing rules in England
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday announced a tightening of social distancing rules by banning social gatherings of more than six people in...
Social gatherings of more than six to be banned in England: reports
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will announce a ban on social gatherings of more than six people in England to curb the spread...
UK pledges US$445.10 million to cut emissions in heavy industry
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Wednesday a 350-million-pound (445.10-million-U.S. dollars) plan to cut emissions in heavy industry and drive economic recovery from the...
Justice needed for UK teen killed in crash involving U.S. diplomat’s wife – Boris...
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday raised the case of the death of a British teenager killed in an accident with a car...
UK PM rules out second national lockdown amid COVID-19 pandemic
Marking one year in office, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson Sunday effectively ruled out another nationwide lockdown, calling the option is now akin to...
Vaccine summit raises US$8.8 billion in pledges
The virtual Global Vaccine Summit hosted by the UK government has raised $8.8 billion to immunise 300 million children against diseases such as measles,...
UK PM sets to return to work as COVID-19 deaths keep increasing
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will return to work Monday morning, a PM office spokesperson told Xinhua on Sunday.
Johnson is going...
British PM to return to work in Downing Street on Monday
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be back at work in Downing Street on Monday, about two weeks after leaving a London hospital in...
Trump and British PM Johnson reaffirm cooperation to reopen global economies
U.S. President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson reaffirmed their close cooperation to reopen global economies during a phone conversation on Tuesday,...
European nations call for sticking to restriction measures as British PM continues coronavirus recovery
Lots of European countries on Saturday urged the public to stick to restriction measures during the Easter holiday as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson...