World Feb 06 King Charles III’s cancer was caught early, UK prime minister says The palace said Charles, who has generally enjoyed good health, “remains wholly positive about his treatment and looks forward to returning to full public duty as soon as possible.”…
World Feb 05 Irish, U.K. leaders visit Belfast to meet Northern Ireland’s newly revived government A political crisis was sparked when the main British unionist party walked out of the power-sharing administration to protest post-Brexit trading arrangements. The party was coaxed into returning last week.
Politics Feb 01 UK judge dismisses Trump’s lawsuit over dossier containing ‘shocking and scandalous claims’ A judge in London has thrown out a lawsuit by former U.S. President Donald Trump accusing a former British spy of making "shocking and scandalous claims" that were false and harmed his reputation.
World Jan 30 Northern Ireland’s largest political party ends 2-year boycott that left people with dysfunctional government Amid mounting public frustration, teachers, nurses and other public sector workers staged a 24-hour strike this month calling on politicians to return to the government and give them a long-delayed pay raise.
Politics Jan 17 UK lawmakers pass a bill to send migrants to Rwanda. But hurdles remain before any flights take off Lawmakers voted by 320 to 276 Wednesday to back a bill that aims to overcome a U.K. Supreme Court block on the Rwanda plan.
World Jan 15 Sunak defends his decision for the UK to join the U.S. in ‘limited’ strikes on Yemen’s Houthis Sunak faced questions in Parliament about why British lawmakers did not get a say on the military action.
World Jan 03 Thousands of junior doctors in Britain walk off the job, beginning a 6-day strike over pay Managers say tens of thousands scheduled appointments and operations will be canceled during the walkout across England and Wales by junior doctors, those in the first years of their careers.
World Dec 26 The right to protest is under threat in Britain, undermining a pillar of democracy Britain is one of the world's oldest democracies, but some worry that essential rights and freedoms are under threat.
World Dec 15 Prince Harry wins phone hacking case in landmark victory against British tabloid misconduct Prince Harry's victory against Mirror Group Newspapers is a landmark moment in the long saga of lawbreaking by Britain's tabloids.
World Dec 12 Rishi Sunak gets a respite after UK lawmakers vote in favor of the Rwanda migration bill The vote keeps alive a policy that has angered human rights groups and cost the U.K. at least $300 million without a single flight getting off the ground.