United Kingdom (UK)

UK cost of living crisis to peak later this year, BoE to press on with rate rises
Inflation

UK cost of living crisis to peak later this year, BoE to press on with rate rises

A pressure gauge is pictured at a Ukrainian gas compressor station in the village of Boyarka near the capital Kiev January 20, 2009. REUTERS/Konstantin Chernichkin
Global Economy

Britain eyes green trade to end world's dependence on Russian energy

Workers pass by a sales person as they walk towards the City of London financial district as they cross London Bridge during the morning rush hour in London, Britain, September 8, 2021. REUTERS
Global Economy

UK unemployment falls to lowest since 1974

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson
World+Biz

UK to send 6,000 missiles, €30 million to Ukraine in new support

FILE PHOTO: A British pound note is seen in front of a stock graph in this November 7, 2016 picture illustration. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Global Economy

UK inflation hits 30-year high of 6.2% as Sunak readies response

Martin Ivens. illustration: TBS
Thoughts

Boris Johnson walks a tightrope to judgment day

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson listens to Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki (not pictured) during their meeting inside 10 Downing Street in London, Britain, November 26, 2021. Photo :Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

‘Absolutely wrong, counterproductive, mumbo jumbo’: UK's Johnson on anti-vaxxers

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson prepares his keynote speech in his hotel room before addressing the Conservative Party Conference the following day, in Manchester, Britain October 5, 2021. Stefan Rousseau/Pool via REUTERS
Europe

Under fire, UK PM Johnson tries to return to election agenda

A sign informing customers that fuel has run out is pictured at a Esso fuel station in London, Britain, October 4, 2021. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo
Global Economy

Brexit cold turkey - UK tries to kick 25-year imported labour habit

Ships used by North Korean Smuggling operations in defiance of international sanctions. Photo: Collected
World+Biz

UK says it has seen ships breaching North Korea sanctions

Britain's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab speaks during a joint news conference with Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani in Doha, Qatar, September 2, 2021. REUTERS/Hamad l Mohammed
Europe

Britain's Raab, in Qatar, says need to engage with Taliban on Afghanistan

UK military personnel board an A400M aircraft departing Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 28, 2021. (Photo via REUTERS)
World+Biz

Last UK troops leave Kabul, Boris Johnson hails 'heroic' evacuation effort

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab speaks during a daily digital news conference on the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, at 10 Downing Street in London, Britain April 22, 2020. Andrew Parsons/10 Downing Street/Handout via REUTERS
Global Economy

UK announces further sanctions on Myanmar military-linked companies