“There’s so much pain and hatred in the world right now,” Paul Weller, the U.K. musical icon tells me as we sit down to discuss On Sunset, his album due out July 3rd. “I wanted to create something joyful and upbeat, that could give people hope in this moment.” And […]
Britain
16 posts
Amid an announced government “reset” as Britain emerges from the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic to shift focus onto post-Brexit issues, the UK’s head of the civil service Sir Mark Sedwill has announced he will stand down in September, stating he would resign from the positions of Cabinet Secretary and […]
Iran envoy implies US failed to forge consensus for anti-Iran resolution at UNSC …from PressTV, Iran [ Editor’s Note: The US frustration over pushback against its unipolar foreign policy has Sec. of State Pompeo at his wits end, with a twist of election year theatrics. He knows that Russia and […]
[Editor’s note: Britons are thoroughly fed up of our American cousins right now, in particular the pile of horseshit you call President. It was inevitable, President Horseshit’s demented bloviations prior to Brexit made it clear – the US intends to foist on to Britain a whole heap of unpalatable shit […]
Britain, France, and Germany Oppose US Effort to Re-Impose Sanctions Against Iran – Joint Statement Source link
The UK is set to use a “decentralized” model proposed by Google and Apple for its Covid-19 contact-tracing app. The previous model developed by the NHS sparked privacy and usability concerns. The government is switching to a model based on technology provided by Apple and Google. Despite the replacement, the […]
The UK government has breached its own guidelines requiring it to conduct regular inspections of controversial weapons factories making bombs used by Saudi Arabia in its aerial campaign in Yemen, a new report says. The purpose of regular inspections is to check whether weapons producers fulfill the conditions of their […]
LONDON – Four international consortia have been shortlisted by Britain’s Ministry of Defence to enter the final stage of bidding to operate ground control facilities for its Skynet satellite communications network. Teams led by Airbus Defence & Space, Babcock Integrated Technology, BT and Serco, have been down-selected for the Skynet […]
The US has been rocked by over two weeks of protests over the police killing of an unarmed black man in a Minneapolis street in broad daylight, with the incident adding to strains stemming from the deaths of over 100,000 Americans from coronavirus, and lockdown measures which have thrown over […]
Federal prosecutors investigating Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking ring are asking British officials to turn over Prince Andrew for questioning, The Sun reported. This report comes nearly six months after Geoffrey Berman, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, said Andrew had provided “zero cooperation” with their probe into Epstein, […]
VIENNA — Iran has continued to increase its stockpiles of enriched uranium and remains in violation of its deal with world powers, the United Nations’ atomic watchdog said Friday. The International Atomic Energy Agency reported the finding in a confidential document distributed to member countries and seen by The Associated […]
Where the Virus Is Growing Most: Countries With ‘Illiberal Populist’ Leaders By David Leonhardt and Lauren Leatherby New York Times The four large countries where coronavirus cases have recently been increasing fastest are Brazil, the United States, Russia and Britain. And they have something in common. They are all run by populist male […]
The most serious political crisis that Boris Johnson has faced as British prime minister is getting worse. Johnson has become a lightning rod for the fury of the British public—frustrated and restless after nine weeks of lockdown restrictions—after his decision not to sack his top aide who was forced to […]
A British father-of-two and a 27-year-old woman have been charged after a woman’s body was found “sawed in half” and shoved into suitcases in a forest outside Birmingham, England, according to local reports. The remains of an unidentified woman were found near a quarry in the Forest of Dean on […]
The queen gave a 75th anniversary VE Day speech Friday night that doubled as a rallying cry against coronavirus. “Never give up, never despair, that was the message of VE Day,” she told the British people. Second World War heroes would “recognize and admire,” the sacrifices the British were making […]
The competition to build up to three 40,000-ton vessels was expected to have been worth as much as $1.9 billion at the time the competition was unexpectedly terminated in November 2019. Source link