Donald Trump is in trouble in the United Kingdom for not paying the legal costs of the company owned by former MI6 spy Christopher Steele, after losing a lawsuit over Steele’s infamous Russia dossier. According to a report from Sky News, Trump is in breach of a British High Court ruling in March that ordered […]
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U.K. army horses that bolted through London making “remarkable progress”
London – The British cavalry horses that were seen bloodied and bolting through London earlier this spring are making “remarkable progress” in their recovery and have either returned or are expected to return to work, the British army said Tuesday. “Three of the horses injured in the incident are now back on duty and, against […]
Donald Trump Is Banned from 37 Countries as Convicted Felon, Including Major Allies Like Canada and U.K.
If elected president again, Trump would need special permission to enter several key countries for maintaining foreign relations AP Photo/Alex Brandon Donald Trump steps off his plane on Aug. 3, 2023, en route to face a judge on federal election subversion charges Donald Trump may face travel restrictions with his newfound felon status, potentially complicating […]
Land Rover Is About to Start Building Range Rovers Outside the U.K.
Range Rovers Will Soon Be Built Outside the U.K.JAGUAR LAND ROVER Jaguar Land Rover has been owned by the Indian mega-conglomerate Tata since 2008, but it’s still surprising that only now is the rather fantastic new Range Rover starting local production over there. Range Rovers are set to start rolling off the line of Tata’s […]
17,000 company-strong study of COVID greedflation shows most U.K. firms profited from historic cost-of-living crisis
The aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic came with many “new normals,” not least hybrid working and rising prices. Suggestions are growing that the latter may not have been entirely the result of extraneous factors. A study of 17,000 British firms by the country’s Unite Union found that on average they increased their profit margins by […]
Walgreens Stock Rallies On Report It’s Booting U.K Drugstores
Walgreens Boots (WBA) stock surged Monday on a Bloomberg report that the retail pharmacy chain is exploring selling its U.K. Boots drugstores. X The multinational is contacting possible buyers for its Boots business and is working on holding “early-stage” discussions with interested parties, Bloomberg reported Monday. The U.K. Boots pharmacy chain is valued at $8.8 […]
U.K. court rules on $43 million of treasure from WWII shipwreck
South Africa has won a legal claim over $43 million worth of treasure from a World War II shipwreck that was found off the country’s coast by a British exploration company, the U.K. Supreme Court said on Wednesday. The sinking of the the SS Tilawa — which has been called the “Indian Titanic” — killed […]
“Incredibly rare” dye that was once worth more than gold found in U.K.
Archaeologists working in England found a “mysterious lump” of a purple substance that in Roman times would have been worth more than gold, researchers said in a news release. The researchers who found the “soft purple substance” are working on a yearslong investigation of Roman remains in Carlisle, England, a cathedral city in the center […]
Heroic U.K. 6-year-old saves family from burning home ‘just at the right time’
On the afternoon of April 4, Olivia Patterson looked up from her neighbor’s backyard in North Yorkshire, England, and saw smoke billowing from the roof of her house. The 6-year-old charged inside to wake up her mother and baby siblings. Everyone escaped unharmed thanks to her actions. Olivia is one brave little girl. While on […]
U.K. Closing In on Zero-Carbon Power Goal
Wind and solar are continuing to push fossil fuels off the U.K. power grid. So far this year, wind is the nation’s leading source of electricity, and for brief periods, the island of Great Britain has scarcely needed coal or natural gas. For one hour on April 15, fossil fuels supplied just 2.4 percent of […]
What is the U.K. plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda?
London — The British parliament passed a law late Monday that will mean asylum seekers arriving on British shores without prior permission can be sent to Rwanda and forbidden from ever returning to the U.K. The British government says the law will act as deterrent to anyone trying to enter the U.K. “illegally.” The contentious […]
U.K. court grants Assange chance to appeal against U.S. extradition
London — A U.K. court has ruled that Julian Assange will not be immediately extradited to face charges in the United States, giving the U.S. government three weeks to “offer assurances” that the American justice system will abide by several specific tenets in its handling of the WikiLeaks founder’s case. The British court said Assange “has […]