Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen agreed that 'it is responsible at this point to go the extra mile.'
Education Secretary Gavin Williamson says UK has got the best medical regulator, much better than France, Belgium & US. Boris Johnson’s office says the minister was right to be ‘proud’ of UK.
The new rules, part of a partial lockdown in UK to curb a resurgence of the coronavirus, come as the aviation industry struggles to survive a collapse in demand.
Johnson is struggling to balance demands of scientists and opposition politicians for tougher measures against calls to prioritize easing of rules to help the economy.
UK's latest curbs coupled with the prospect of a messy divorce from the EU threaten to worsen country's recovery from the sharpest recession in three centuries.
First Minister Mark Drakeford said everyone in Wales will be required to stay at home between Oct 23 and Nov 9, and all pubs, restaurants & non-essential retail outlets will be closed.
The number of people calling UK's Covid-19 phone helpline and visiting the government website totaled three to four times the number of tests, the govt was told.
Poland PM Donald Tusk highlighted that the ‘Trump pill’ will serve as a much-needed wake-up call for Europe to make painful but necessary structural changes.
Donald Trump has been vocal about India’s high import tariffs and has threatened retaliation. Simultaneously, his tough stand on China could see Chinese goods flood India.
The Chinese aircraft has uncanny similarities to the American F-35 jet. There are claims that China copied the design. Cyber theft of F-35 design data was reported in 2009.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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