October 31, 2021 | 12:11
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh left Hanoi on August 31 for the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), and for visits to the UK and France from October 31-November 5, at the invitation of his British and French counterparts Boris Johnson and Jean Castex.
June 18, 2020 | 08:56
LONDON: The car carrying British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was crashed into from behind in central London on Wednesday after taking evasive action when a pro-Kurdish demonstrator ran on to the road.
May 26, 2020 | 11:31
LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday (May 25) failed to draw a line under a scandal over his top aide Dominic Cummings allegedly breaching coronavirus rules as pressure mounted on the Brexit mastermind to go.
March 29, 2020 | 11:45
Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned on Saturday (Mar 28) the coronavirus outbreak will get worse before it gets better, as the number of deaths in Britain rose 260 in one day to over 1,000.
March 23, 2020 | 10:48
Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned on Sunday (Mar 22) he may impose tougher controls on the British public as packed parks, markets and cafes at the weekend showed thousands of people defying government warnings about social distancing.
March 02, 2020 | 15:05
With Brexit "done" as far as London is concerned, UK and EU negotiators on Monday begin talks aimed at forging a future relationship - while brandishing red lines that may yet prove to be irreconcilable.
January 01, 2020 | 09:25
Britain's minimum wage is to increase by more than four times the rate of UK inflation from next year, Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government announced Tuesday (Dec 31).
December 14, 2019 | 12:03
European leaders warned on Friday (Dec 13) that Britain could become a formidable rival, just hours after a big victory by Prime Minister Boris Johnson's conservatives all but sealed the UK's Brexit divorce.
November 30, 2019 | 10:13
US President Donald Trump flies into Britain next week, just days before its general election - and if earlier visits are any guide, fireworks are expected.
November 01, 2019 | 13:25
President Donald Trump on Thursday (Oct 31) criticised British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Brexit divorce deal, saying it made it impossible to strike a future commercial agreement with the United States.
October 21, 2019 | 10:12
EU leaders were on Sunday (Oct 20) considering a request by Prime Minister Boris Johnson to delay Britain's departure from the bloc, which he was forced to make after MPs refused to back his Brexit deal.
October 20, 2019 | 14:47
British MPs gather Saturday (Oct 19) for a knife-edge vote on Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Brexit deal for a decision that could see the UK leave the EU this month or plunge the country into fresh uncertainty.
October 09, 2019 | 15:48
The British pound tumbled on Tuesday (Oct 8) after German Chancellor Angela Merkel reportedly warned that a Brexit deal was "overwhelmingly unlikely", further stoking fears of a disorderly and costly departure from the EU.
October 06, 2019 | 20:57
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson started phoning EU leaders on Saturday (Oct 5) to sell his proposals for a managed Brexit, but he met with pressure to revise his offer - and to do so quickly.
October 03, 2019 | 16:01
Britain's new Brexit plan got a cool reception on Wednesday (Oct 2) in Brussels, where European officials highlighted problems and their chief negotiator warned it left "a lot of work" to be done.