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Friday, May 30, 2025
TopicUnited Kingdom

Topic: United Kingdom

UK councils tap into AI to improve public services

Local councils aim to identify vulnerable people, prevent rent arrears, and improve living standards.

‘UN-LAS cooperation important to solve regional conflicts,’ UK says at UNSC

UK Deputy Permanent Representative to UN reiterated the country's support to this cooperation.

UK calls for focus on children amid conflict resolution in Gaza

UK Ambassador to the UN called for urgent support for children suffering from recent conflict and acknowledged the work done by the UNRWA.

UK condemns violence in Colombia

UK Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador James Kariuki noted that the ELN and EMBF clash left over 80 dead, and displaced another 18,000 people.

UK unveils new ‘honest, deliverable’ plan for 40 Hospitals

The announcement comes in light of a review by the Department of Health and Social Care which said the previous government’s plan to deliver 40 new hospitals by 2030 was “unfunded and undeliverable”.

UK, Malaysia commit to boosting trade at JETCO meeting

Ministers Douglas Alexander and Tengku Zafrul Aziz discuss CPTPP implementation, and collaboration in key sectors.

UK to increase immigration fee

Home Office proposes fee hikes to reduce reliance on taxpayer funding.

UK, Ukraine seal historic 100-Year partnership

The treaty aims to bolster military, scientific, and cultural cooperation.

UK hosts UN Arria meeting to discuss violation of IHL by Russia in Ukraine

UK Ambassador to the UN Barbara Woodward highlights reports of violations against Ukrainian prisoners of war and civilian detainees.

UK, Iraq Strengthen ties, boost business opportunities, curb illegal migration

The announcement came during a visit by Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani to 10 Downing Street.

On Camera

Armenia’s buying Indian weapons. This opens entry points to Caucasus, Central Asia & beyond

Yerevan has not only bought several Indian platforms, but has also closely observed the performance of India’s indigenous systems in combat scenarios, bolstering confidence in their reliability.

No competition, have to deliver faster & reliably, says Amazon India V-P of operations

Diving into workings of Gurugram fulfilment centre, Abhinav Singh, V-P (Ops) at Amazon India, offers insights into how company manages logistics, in conversation with ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta.

India used this battlefield hack to keep Soviet-era missile systems firing against Pakistan in Op Sindoor

With spares unavailable, India’s armed forces turned to battlefield improvisation of decades-old systems to keep air defences lethal & unbreached during Pakistan’s attacks.

There’s an all-new N-word now. And India’s soft power has become its hard liability

India is better positioned in the world than at any point post-Cold war. We have to decide if global opinion matters to us or not. If it does, we must engage with their media, think tanks, civil society.