News Articles on {?keyword?} | ABS-CBN News

No more social distancing? UK PM Johnson on course to scrap rule in June

Reuters
Posted at May 04 02:32 AM

Boris Johnson's government has set out a roadmap to end lockdown restrictions in stages as widespread vaccinations help to suppress infections.   Read more »

Britain to expand nuclear warhead stockpile by over 40% as global threats rise

Reuters
Updated as of Mar 16 10:44 PM

LONDON - Britain will grow its nuclear warhead stockpile by more than 40 percent to ensure its security in a more risky global environment and as it faces new technological threats, Prime Minister Boris Johnson will announce on Tuesday. Read more »

UK's virus jabs pass 15 million, as New Zealand orders city lockdown

Joe Jackson in London and AFP bureaus, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 15 07:37 AM

LONDON - Britain's coronavirus vaccination program passed the 15 million mark on Sunday, hours after New Zealand, so far largely spared by the pandemic, ordered its largest city into lockdown.   Read more »

UK's Johnson to host virtual G7 meeting to push for global vaccine roll-out

Reuters
Posted at Feb 14 08:42 AM

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will host a virtual meeting of G7 leaders next week to call for action to ensure equal global distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, and to prevent future pandemics, his office said on Saturday. Read more »

UK vaccine rollout passes 10 million in ‘milestone’, says PM

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 04 02:53 AM

Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who has set a target of vaccinating 15 million of the most vulnerable by mid-February, called the figures a "milestone".   Read more »

Britain to apply to join Asia-Pacific free trade pact

Kyodo News
Posted at Jan 31 08:51 AM

Britain would become the first new country to join the TPP since its formation in 2018, as well as the first non-Pacific nation. The regional agreement groups Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam. Read more »

UK passes 100,000 COVID deaths, with many more to come

Costas Pitas, Reuters
Posted at Jan 27 06:57 AM

The death toll in Britain from the coronavirus pandemic passed 100,000 people on Tuesday as the government battled to speed up vaccination delivery and keep variants of the virus at bay. Read more »

Is UK COVID-19 variant more deadly? Experts say virus not sole factor

Angela Coloma, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 23 02:22 PM

In a public press briefing Saturday, infectious disease specialist Dr. Edsel Salvana said the United Kingdom's statement is "very preliminary."  Read more »

'Some evidence' UK coronavirus strain more deadly, says UK PM Johnson

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 23 09:38 AM

LONDON - The new strain of coronavirus identified in Britain could be not only more transmissible but also more deadly, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday. Read more »

Britain to host G-7 summit in June

Kyodo News
Posted at Jan 17 10:04 AM

The British government said Saturday it will host a summit of leaders from the Group of Seven industrialized nations from June 11 to 13 in Cornwall, in the southwest of the country. Read more »

England goes into new lockdown as COVID-19 variant rampages

William Schomberg and Elizabeth Piper, Reuters
Posted at Jan 05 07:02 AM

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday ordered England into a new national lockdown to contain a surge in COVID-19 cases that threatens to overwhelm parts of the health system before a vaccine program reaches a critical mass. Read more »

UK set for tougher virus rules as cases surge

James Pheby, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 03 08:17 PM

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Sunday he was "reconciled" to the prospect of tougher restrictions to combat spiraling coronavirus cases, as a row flared over whether schools should reopen.  Read more »

Britain faces major Brexit challenges after last-minute deal

Germain Moyon, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 26 12:06 AM

Britain is set for a new chapter Friday after securing a hard-fought post-Brexit trade deal with the European Union as EU envoys gathered to discuss an accord reached only after months of tortuous negotiations. Read more »

Apple temporarily shuts California stores in virus surge, some in UK after new curbs

Kanishka Singh, Reuters
Posted at Dec 20 08:57 AM

Apple Inc has temporarily shut all of its 53 stores in California because of a coronavirus outbreak and 16 stores in the United Kingdom following restrictions introduced by the government in London, a spokesman said on Saturday. Read more »

UK discusses action after confirmation new COVID strain spreads more quickly

Michael Holden, Reuters
Posted at Dec 19 10:28 PM

England's chief medical officer said that while there was no current evidence the COVID-19 variant caused a higher mortality rate or impacted vaccines, urgent work was underway to confirm this.   Read more »

UK to ban petrol, diesel cars from 2030 in green 'revolution'

Joe Jackson, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 18 07:59 AM

LONDON, United Kingdom - Britain will ban petrol and diesel vehicle sales from 2030 as part of a 10-point plan for a "green industrial revolution" to be unveiled Wednesday by Prime Minister Boris Johnson.  Read more »

Brexit drama: British PM Johnson to answer EU's demand to give ground

Guy Faulconbridge, Reuters
Posted at Oct 16 04:14 PM

Prime Minister Boris Johnson will on Friday give Britain's response to the European Union's demand that he either make more concessions to secure a trade deal or brace for a disorderly Brexit at the end of the year.   Read more »

Trump speaks with fellow COVID-19 sufferer, Boris Johnson

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 08 08:55 AM

US President Donald Trump, who was briefly hospitalized over the weekend with COVID-19, spoke on Wednesday by phone with British premier Boris Johnson, who went into intensive care with the virus earlier this year. Read more »

UK PM Johnson says COVID cases rising but lockdown approach correct

Reuters
Posted at Oct 07 10:04 PM

LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday that COVID-19 infections were rising in London and elsewhere, but that his government's approach to controlling the spread of the virus was still the right one. Read more »

Britain open to Aussie-style EU trade deal but Australia wants more

Byron Kaye and Swati Pandey, Reuters
Posted at Oct 05 04:42 PM

As Britain's negotiations with the European Union on a post-Brexit trade deal go down to the wire, Prime Minister Boris Johnson says his country could trade with the bloc on similar terms to Australia, if no agreement is reached. Read more »