Four members of a people-smuggling gang have been jailed for a total of 78 years over the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants, whose bodies were found in the back of a refrigerated lorry in the United Kingdom.
The four men, Maurice Robinson, Ronan (...)
The new COVID-19 variant first detected in the United Kingdom may be more lethal than previous strains, according to the country's Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
"We've been informed that in addition to spreading more quickly... there is some (...)
The new COVID-19 variant first detected in the United Kingdom may be more lethal than previous strains, according to the country's Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
"We've been informed that in addition to spreading more quickly... there is some (...)
The United Kingdom on Wednesday logged a new daily record of the number of people who have died within 28 days of testing positive for COVID-19 at 1,820, according to Public Health England.
Another 38,905 new cases were also reported across the UK (...)
A new register to identify foreign owners of UK property will come into effect in 2021 and will expose thousands of overseas investors and homeowners to the UK's inheritance tax laws, according to London-based life insurance specialist adviser John (...)
The United Kingdom reported a record number of deaths on Tuesday, with 1,610 people dying within 28 days of a positive test, Public Health England said.
It comes as record levels of people are being hospitalized daily due to coronavirus, with a (...)
The UK government confirmed Sunday that it hopes to be able to lift some lockdown measures due to COVID-19 by next March.
The country, which also has Europe's highest COVID-19 death toll, has been under national lockdown since Jan. 5, with schools (...)
Britain recorded 55,761 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, an increase on the 48,682 cases recorded the previous day, with the number of people receiving a first dose of the vaccination rising to 3.2 million, according to government data, Reuters (...)
The United Kingdom has banned arrivals from all South American countries and Portugal because of a new variant of coronavirus discovered in Brazil.
The measures, which came into effect on Friday morning, do not apply to British or Irish nationals, (...)
Britain reported 1,248 new deaths within 28 days of a positive COVID-19 test on Thursday, down from a record high of more than 1,500 seen the previous day, Reuters reported.
Official data also showed Britain has now administered 2,918,252 first (...)
The Arab British Centre, in partnership with the British Council, announced the artists selected for the Winter edition of their Connect ME Digital Residency program. Connect ME pairs creatives aged 18-30 based in the GCC (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, (...)
People who have been infected by COVID-19 may have immunity to the virus for around five months, according to preliminary findings in a new study led by Public Health England (PHE).
The SIREN research examined the impact of infection on more than (...)
The Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) has established eight new offices in Tel Aviv, New York, San Francisco, Frankfurt, London, Paris, Beijing and Seoul, as part of a series of strategic initiatives it is undertaking to boost support for investors (...)
Japan will expand its state of emergency to seven more prefectures, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Wednesday.
The country reported 4,527 new cases and 51 deaths on Tuesday, bringing the national total to almost 300,000, with a death toll of (...)
Britain today, on Wednesday reported 1,564 new deaths within 28 days of a positive test from COVID-19, a record daily toll, with another 47,525 additional cases, Reuters reported.
The reported number of deaths exceeds the 1,325 recorded on Jan. 8, (...)
Asian stock markets were mixed Wednesday after Wall Street rebounded.
The Shanghai Composite Index declined to 3,604.92 while the Nikkei 225 in Tokyo advanced 0.6% to 28,325.95. The Hang Seng in Hong Kong was down less than 0.1% at 28,267.11.
The (...)
Asian stocks advanced Tuesday as investors watched for details of President-elect Joe Biden's promised economic stimulus plan.
The Shanghai Composite Index rose 1.4% to 3,580.95 and the Nikkei 225 in Tokyo added 0.1% to 28,164.34. The Hang Seng in (...)
Post-Brexit red tape is causing some UK exports to the EU to grind to a halt, industry bodies have warned, as the new rules that came into force at New Year begin to bite.
One fish exporter said on Monday that prices were "collapsing" in the (...)
The process of recovery from the coronavirus pandemic offers the chance to change course, and put humanity on a path on which it is not in conflict with nature, the United Nations Secretary-General said on Monday, urging greater efforts by everyone (...)
The United Kingdom is entering its most challenging weeks since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, a top official said Monday, as hospitals face being overrun and morgues fill up.
"We're now at the worst point of this epidemic for the UK. In the (...)
In his first major speech of the year, the UN Secretary-General António Guterres underlined the need for global cooperation to address today's challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change.
Guterres was speaking on Sunday during a (...)
The United Arab Emirates has helped reunite two Jewish Yemeni families with their relatives whom they have not seen for decades.
The first family of 15 members, were reunited in Abu Dhabi on Sunday after UAE authorities facilitated the travel of (...)
Britain's monarch Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip have been inoculated with a COVID-19 vaccine, Buckingham Palace has confirmed.
The royal couple received their vaccinations on Saturday at Windsor Castle where they have been (...)
COVID-19 is "out of control" in London and its hospitals are at risk of being overwhelmed, the city's mayor Sadiq Khan has warned.
He declared a major incident in the UK capital on Friday and called for government support because the threat of the (...)
