Tag: United Kingdom government
UK PM Boris Johnson marries fiancee in private ceremony
LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his fiancée Carrie Symonds married Saturday in a small private ceremony in London, his Downing Street...
UK may require NHS workers to take COVID-19 vaccine
LONDON — The British government may require National Health Service workers to be inoculated against COVID-19 — a contentious proposal that was immediately criticized...
Rule Britannia? Critics question Johnson’s flagship plans
LONDON — Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants to build a national flagship to travel the world’s oceans promoting British trade and investment. But critics...
Reports: Boris Johnson, fiancée Carrie Symonds wed in London
LONDON — U.K. newspapers are reporting that Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his fiancée Carrie Symonds married Saturday in a small private ceremony in...
UK’s Johnson to meet Hungary’s Orban in Downing Street
LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was meeting Hungarian President Viktor Orban on Friday, and faced criticism for inviting the hardline European leader...
UK authorizes use of J&J vaccine as virus cases edge up
LONDON — Regulators on Friday authorized another coronavirus vaccine for use in the U.K. amid concerns about rising COVID-19 cases as a variant of...
Probe clears UK PM in cash for curtains redecorating scandal
LONDON — An investigation has cleared British Prime Minister Boris Johnson of wrongdoing in the scandal over the redecoration of his official Downing Street...
UK health chief defends virus record after Cummings attack
LONDON — Britain’s health minister on Thursday defended his handling of the coronavirus pandemic after a former top government aide alleged the government’s botched...
Ex-Johnson aide says UK government failed public over COVID
LONDON — U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s former chief aide said Wednesday that the government “failed” the British people and “fell disastrously short” in...
EURO 2020: Fans moving across borders will be complicated
ROME — Quarantine rules, special visas, negative test results. And plenty of advance planning.
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