UK announces stricter visa measures for legal migrants
LONDON: Britain announced plans to slash the number of migrants arriving by legal routes by raising the minimum salary they must earn in a skilled job by a third, amid pressure on Prime…
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K-pop band BLACKPINK receive honorary MBEs from King Charles
LONDON: King Charles presented K-Pop band BLACKPINK with honorary Member of the Order of the British Empire medals.
The medals were given in the presence of South Korean President Yoon…
Britain proposes ban on cigarettes for younger generations
Britain's government proposed banning younger generations from ever buying cigarettes, a move that would give the country some of the world's toughest smoking rules.
If passed into law,…
US says nuclear deal possible within days if Iran ‘shows seriousness’
The United States said Thursday that "substantial progress" during negotiations in Vienna to save the Iran nuclear deal had been made, deeming an agreement possible within days if Iran…
Iran jails French ‘tourist’ for eight years for spying
An Iranian court has sentenced a French man to eight years in prison on spying charges, his family and Paris-based lawyer said Tuesday, arguing that Tehran was using him as a "hostage" in…
New deadline set for Iran reparations for downed Ukraine flight
Canada, Britain, Sweden and Ukraine on Thursday set a new deadline for Iran to negotiate reparations for families of victims of a downed Ukrainian flight, warning that their "patience is…
‘Learn to live with’ the virus Johnson tells Britons
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will on Monday unveil a plan to lift coronavirus restrictions from July 19, while urging the population to "learn to live with" the virus.
Johnson had…
Mosques full despite Pakistan’s Covid third wave
Schools and restaurants have closed, shops pull down their shutters early every evening, and the military has been mobilised to combat the spread of coronavirus -- but night after night the…
Britain’s Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth, dies aged 99
Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth and a leading figure in the British royal family for almost seven decades, has died aged 99, Buckingham Palace said on Friday.
The Duke of…
Year on from first Covid-19 death, Wuhan basks in recovery
One year ago, China announced the first death from a new virus in Wuhan -- 12 months later, Covid-19 has claimed 1.9 million lives in an unrelenting march across the world.
But in the…
British PM self-isolating after contact tests positive for coronavirus
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is self-isolating after someone he was in contact with tested positive for the coronavirus, a spokesman said Sunday.
"He will carry on working from…