By Promit Mukherjee OTTAWA, Jan 31 (Reuters) – Canadian Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne played down Britain’s suspension of trade talks with the country last week as he signed agreements with the UK to enhance cooperation on innovation, science and artificial intelligence (AI). Champagne and Britain’s Technology Secretary Michelle Donelan late on Tuesday signed two agreements […]
A deal to restore Stormont powersharing will remove all post-Brexit checks on goods moving into Northern Ireland from Britain, the leader of the DUP has insisted. Jeffrey Donaldson expressed hope that the Stormont institutions could be back up within days after he secured the backing of his party executive for British government proposals aimed at […]
LONDON — When David Cameron, Britain’s foreign secretary and onetime prime minister, visited Washington last month, he took time out to press the case for backing Ukraine with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the far-right Georgia Republican who stridently opposes further American military aid to the country. Last week, Boris Johnson, another former prime minister, argued […]
(Bloomberg) — The UK will step up work on designing a digital version of the pound, saying the measures may be necessary to keep up with technology in the way people use money in the coming years. Most Read from Bloomberg The Treasury and Bank of England said further study of a so-called Central Bank […]
The Irish women’s hockey team came up just short in their bid to qualify for the Olympic Games in Paris. Sean Dancer’s side lost 2-1 to Great Britain at the third/fourth-place play-off in Spain. Great Britain went into the game having qualified for every Olympics except 2004. Ireland’s women, on the other hand, had only […]
Organisations that export Irish goods to Great Britain are being urged to prepare for new post-Brexit rules coming into force in two weeks. From January 31st 2024, Great Britain will require the pre-lodgement of customs declarations and the pre-notification of agri-food exports – which in some cases will also need an Export Health Certificate. Irish […]
The airstrikes by the US and UK against the Houthis in Yemen mean we are now effectively at war with Iran. The terrorist group is an Iranian proxy, funded, armed and equipped by the Islamic Republic. While the Houthis also work to their own agenda inside Yemen, Iran will have given the orders to fire […]
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Friday slammed the U.S. and British strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen as a disproportionate use of force and accused the two countries of trying to turn the Red Sea into a “sea of blood”. Turkey, a NATO member, has strongly criticised Israel for its war in […]
The US and British militaries bombed more than a dozen sites used by the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen in a massive retaliatory strike using warship and submarine-launched Tomahawk missiles and fighter jets, American officials said. The US air force’s Middle East command said it hit more than 60 targets at 16 sites in Yemen, including […]
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia on Friday scolded the United States and Britain for military strikes on Yemen which Moscow said escalated tensions across the Middle East and showed a complete disregard for international law. Russia also called for an urgent meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Friday to discuss the issue. “The U.S. air […]
North Sea, Irish Sea and Atlantic water operators have produced 47 billion barrels over 50 years – Martin Langer / Alamy Stock Photo Britain must kickstart a drilling race to extract the billions of barrels of oil and gas that remain offshore, says the chief executive of the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA). Stuart Payne […]
Russell Crowe has revealed he is the distant relative of a notorious Jacobite lord who was the last man to be executed by beheading in Britain. The Gladiator star has been exploring his ancestry and his research uncovered some surprising connections. While he knew he had Scottish heritage, he recently discovered he is related to […]