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French citizens angry at President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reforms engaged in scattered protest actions Friday, as the ongoing unrest across the country persuaded officials to postpone a planned state visit by Britain’s King Charles III. Demonstrators had demanded that Charles cancel his trip, which was scheduled to start Sunday. The …

A report has found that London’s Metropolitan Police Service, the biggest police force in Britain, is riddled with deep-seated racism and misogyny. The review, published Tuesday, noted that London police have lost the confidence of the public, stressing that it must “change itself” or risk being broken up. “It is …

In yet another hostile move against Iran, Britain has imposed sanctions on more senior officials of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), including those who it claimed were responsible for managing the elite force’s financial investments. The UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) said on Monday that it has …

Households will get poorer and pay more tax over the coming years, a think tank projects Real wages in the UK will not return to their 2008 level until 2026 despite an easing of inflation, the Resolution Foundation, an independent think tank, reported this week in its analysis of the …

Britain and a dozen other EU member states condemn the Israeli parliament’s approval of a bill that will enable settlers to return to areas of the West Bank evacuated in 2005 as part of the so-called Disengagement Law. In a joint statement on Monday, the UK and the EU countries, …

The UK prime minister says the modernization of the country’s “nuclear enterprise” will follow a new defense spending hike The UK government has earmarked an additional £5 billion ($6 billion) for bolstering the country’s military capabilities, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said in a statement published on Monday. Britain’s nuclear deterrent …

Britain’s King Charles named his younger brother Prince Edward as the new Duke of Edinburgh on Friday, handing him the title last held by their father Prince Philip, Buckingham Palace said in a statement. Edward, 59 on Friday, becomes the latest member of the royal family to be granted a …

Argentina has notified the United Kingdom that it has unilaterally ended a 2016 pact regarding the disputed Malvinas (Falkland) Islands, a move British officials described as “disappointing.” During a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Summit in New Delhi, India, Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero formally notified his …

King Charles III will make his state first state visits as UK monarch when he travels to France and Germany later this month, Buckingham Palace announced Friday. The choice of the two European nations and close allies is widely seen as an attempt to build post-Brexit bridges and an acknowledgment …

The British police have recorded dozens of such offenses since the start of the Ukraine conflict, according to the outlet’s investigation Russians in the UK have been subject to an increasing number of hate crimes, including violent assaults, abuse, and vandalism, a Sky News investigation released on Friday found. In …

The house used by Prince Harry and his wife Megan when they are in Britain has been offered by King Charles to the monarch’s brother, Prince Andrew, although he has turned it down, the Sun newspaper reported on Tuesday. Charles’s decision comes in the wake of the couple’s damning revelations …

Junior doctors in England will take strike action for three days from March 13 in a dispute over pay, the British Medical Association (BMA) said on Friday. “We are demoralized, angry and no longer willing to work for wages that have seen a real terms decline of over 26 percent …

A four-day working week is more productive for most staff and companies than the traditional five days, one of the biggest trials of its kind conducted in the UK reported on Tuesday. Over 60 firms in Britain took part in the six-month experiment allowing almost 3,000 employees to work one …

Almost two in three Britons believe Brexit – United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union in 2016 – has damaged the country’s economy, according to a new poll. Some 61 percent of voters said leaving the bloc has made Britain’s economy worse, according to the Savanta survey conducted for The …

An “ever-increasing” number of households in the UK, including teachers, pensioners, and employees of the NHS, are turning to food banks for assistance as a result of the cost of living issue and the country’s high inflation, according to new statistics. The research conducted by the Independent Food Aid Network …

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called on world leaders Saturday to “double down” on support for Ukraine, saying additional arms and security guarantees are needed to protect the country and the rest of Europe from Russian aggression now and in the future. Sunak delivered the message in a speech to …

A man who passed highly sensitive information to the Russian state while working as a security guard at the British embassy in Berlin was on Friday jailed for 13 years and two months in a London court. The court heard David Ballantyne Smith, 58, collected confidential information for more than …

British arms and military vehicles could be manufactured in Ukraine under license, easing the country’s dependence on supplies of arms from Western allies, the Telegraph newspaper reported on Sunday. The Telegraph said British defense industry executives had traveled to Kyiv to discuss plans to set up joint ventures to manufacture …

Half a million people from across the public sector came out on the streets or joined picket lines in England and Wales demanding better pay and conditions in what has been described as the biggest coordinated industrial action in decades. Among those on the streets are some 300,000 teachers on …

About one in five British adults turned to eating food past its use-by date or consuming smaller portions this winter, the executive office of the UK Statistics Authority has revealed, as the cost-of-living crisis weighs heavily on people’s lives. According to a damning report published by the Office for National …