Tag: United Kingdom
Authorities accused of cover-up
A “concealed” truth: the public inquiry into the vast contaminated blood scandal which left nearly 3,000 dead in the United Kingdom between the 1970s and 1990s directly implicates the authorities…
King Charles III will come to France on June 6
King Charles III and Queen Camilla will visit France on June 6 for celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings. This was announced by Buckingham Palace on Friday.…
The Council of Europe is alarmed by the treatment reserved for Julian Assange
The rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) expressed on Tuesday her “deep concern about the well-being” of Julian Assange following a two-day visit to Belmarsh…
Two skydivers in wingsuits have a blast at 246 km/h under the Tower Bridge
Two years of preparation and nearly 200 jumps were necessary for the two Austrian parachutists to achieve the feat of passing under London’s famous Tower Bridge in a wingsuit. Adorned…
Two Just Stop Oil activists damage the “Magna Carta” window
After Van Gogh’s soup on sunflowers and the glue on Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring, the members of the environmental group Just Stop Oil are turning to the “Magna…
The United Kingdom has already emerged from its 2023 recession
Relief across the Channel. Our neighbors emerged, in the first three months of the year, from the recession which hit the United Kingdom in the second half of 2023. The…
Prince Harry has confirmed he will not see his father Charles III during his visit to London
Prince Harry goes solo again during a mission to London. The second son of Charles III and Lady Diana is in his native country this week to take part in…
Scotland will soon have a Prime Minister, and he is pro-independence
He is now alone. The only candidate for the post of Prime Minister of Scotland, John Swinney should, barring cataclysm, take the helm of this country and its 5.5 million…
‘With the royal family, the challenge is finding out what people don’t want to tell you’
How do you cover a family which, through its constitutional role, is at the top of a country, but which hates to varying degrees – and sometimes rightly so –…
16-year-old sentenced to life in prison for murder
He is only 16 years old. And will probably spend a large part of his life behind bars. This young British man was sentenced to life in prison by a…