Five things to know about the UK’s King’s Speech
Charles III will deliver the first King’s Speech in Britain in seven decades on Tuesday.
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UK, US, China sign AI safety pledge at UK summit
Countries including the UK, United States and China on Wednesday agreed the “need for international action” as political and tech leaders gathered for the world’s first summit on artificial intelligence (AI) safety.
US, UK scouts abandon heatwave-hit South Korean jamboree
American and British scouts pulled out of the World Scout Jamboree in South Korea Saturday citing scorching temperatures, as organisers weighed whether to cut short an event also reportedly plagued by dire campsite conditions.
UK PM Sunak apologises for ‘horrific’ abuse of LGBT in military
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday made a formal apology for the “horrific” historic treatment of LGBT people who served in the military when homosexuality was banned.
UK MPs approve report censuring ex-PM Johnson over ‘Partygate’
British MPs on Monday voted overwhelmingly to remove ex-prime minister Boris Johnson’s parliamentary pass as they approved a damning report that found he lied to parliament about Covid lockdown-breaking parties.
Boris Johnson lied to MPs over Covid parties: committee
Boris Johnson deliberately lied to MPs about lockdown-breaking parties during the Covid pandemic that would have seen him face a 90-day suspension had he not quit as a lawmaker, a parliament committee ruled Thursday.
UK’s former PM Johnson admits he misled MPs over ‘partygate’
Britain’s former prime minister Boris Johnson admitted on Tuesday that he misled parliament by telling MPs that parties at his Downing Street office did not break Covid lockdown rules.
Half a million strike in UK’s largest walkout in 12 years
Half a million workers went on strike in Britain on Wednesday, calling for higher wages in the largest such walkout in over a decade, closing schools and severely disrupting transport.
Strikes, ‘sleaze’, stability: Sunak marks 100 days as UK PM
On reaching 100 days in 10 Downing Street this week, Rishi Sunak will double the duration of Liz Truss’s brutally short term as British prime minister.
UK clamps down on Chinese surveillance cameras
The move comes with the government moving more forcefully against China and its companies on security grounds. Last week it ordered a Chinese-owned firm to divest most of Newport Wafer Fab, Britain’s biggest semiconductor maker.
