U.K.-China ties freeze with debate over Huawei and Hong Kong
Hostile rhetoric has ratcheted up in recent days over Beijing’s new national security law for Hong Kong. Britain’s decision to offer refuge to millions in the former colony was met with a stern telling-off by China.
It seems to have been more like a typical Saturday night than a drunken New Year's Eve. The reopening of pubs in England does not seem to have overwhelmed emergency services as many had feared ahead of the biggest easing of Britain's lockdown. But one ...
U.K. offers Hong Kongers citizenship; Australia may offer safe haven
Britain on Wednesday extended Hong Kong residents a broader path to citizenship in response to China's sweeping new security law for the former U.K. territory. Prime Minister Boris Johnson's announcement represents the most direct international response to legislation that has been roundly condemned by Western ...
Attempt to shame Premier League players backfired
A Premier League shutdown that began with the British government trying to shame stars over their wealth ended with admiration for a player's determination to ensure children won't starve. Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford received an unprecedented outpouring of congratulatory messages ahead of Wednesday's resumption ...
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson made an abrupt about-face Tuesday and agreed to keep funding meals for poor students over the summer holidays after young soccer star Marcus Rashford demanded that his government not forget the needs of hungry children. The Manchester United and England ...
Broken by the coronavirus, Boris Johnson’s team losing faith
Inside Boris Johnson’s government, senior officials are exhausted, demoralized and starting to despair. Their dreams of reshaping Britain for a bright post-Brexit world have been blown off course by coronavirus. With more than 41,000 COVID-19 deaths in the U.K., Johnson has presided over one of ...
British leader Boris Johnson defends history in statue row, as fears grow over protests
Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday said a wave of anti-racism protests across Britain had been "hijacked by extremists", as fears mounted about clashes between activists and far-right groups, and vandalism spread. Several statues were boarded up as a precaution, including one of World War ...
Johnson under pressure as scientists speak out on COVID-19 failures
The U.K.’s top scientists said the government made a string of failures in its handling of the coronavirus crisis, putting Boris Johnson under pressure on live television. Standing next to the prime minister, the country’s Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty appeared to call him out ...
Boris Johnson leaves the dirty work to everyone else
Britain’s prime minister has centralized power, but he doesn’t seem to want to use it.
Johnson faces mounting fury for backing top aide Dominic Cummings
Cummings is alleged to have ignored government orders, driving more than 250 miles to his parents’ property to get child care support.
Boris Johnson gambles to save aide who flouted U.K. lockdown rules
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson put his own authority on the line as he fought to save his most senior aide, Dominic Cummings, in the face of growing demands to fire the adviser for allegedly breaking lockdown rules. Johnson said he understood why Cummings had ...
Pandemic could foster new attitudes toward immigration
In recent weeks, doctors, nurses and care workers for the British National Health Service — in particular, immigrants — are presently being hailed for their gritty sense of duty, for standing between many people and premature death.
