Snow storms shut most of Ireland on Friday and forced Britain to call in the army to battle some of the worst weather seen in nearly 30 years. After a blast of Siberian weather dubbed“the beast from the east”, southern Britain and Ireland were battered by Storm Emma which blocked roads, grounded planes and stopped […]
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British aid organisation Oxfam faced fresh pressure on Tuesday after a former senior member of staff said her concerns about “a culture of sexual abuse” involving aid workers in some of the organisation’s offices had been ignored. Helen Evans, who was in charge of investigating allegations against Oxfam staff members between 2012 and 2015, told […]
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Britain’s biggest lender, Lloyds Banking Group Plc, has disclosed that it would ban its credit card customers from buying crypto currencies. Reuters reported on Monday that the development, which followed the lead of U.S. banking giants JP Morgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) and Citigroup (C.N), is aimed at protecting customers from running up huge debts […]
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Theresa May, British Prime Minister, on Wednesday appointed Tracey Crouch as the country’s minister for loneliness. Crouch is the current junior minister for sport and civil society. May said: “I want to confront this challenge for our society and for all of us to take action to address the loneliness endured by the elderly, by […]
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Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip celebrate 70 years of marriage on Monday, becoming Britain’s first reigning couple to mark a platinum wedding anniversary. The decades-spanning marriage of the Queen — the nation’s longest serving sovereign — has outlasted those of all prior British monarchs. The royal couple will not hold any public events but […]
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British Prime Minister Theresa May will file formal Brexit divorce papers on Wednesday, nine months after Britons narrowly voted to leave the European Union. She signed the Brexit letter on Tuesday and spoke to German Chancellor Angela Merkel about the future talks. The letter will be hand-delivered on Wednesday to EU Council President Donald Tusk in […]
Continue ReadingPresident Muhammadu Buhari, has expressed his regret over the resignation of British Prime Minister David Cameron. Recall that Mr. Cameron announced Friday that he was stepping down after his country voted to leave the European Union. He will leave office in October. President Buhari said Nigeria has enjoyed remarkable goodwill, support and understanding under the […]
Continue ReadingBritish Prime Minister, David Cameron has resigned as Prime Minister following a landmark referendum that saw the country vote to leave the European Union. Mr. Cameron voice broke as he announced the cabinet would meet on Monday to draw up a time-table for his exit as leader of the world fifth largest economy. A new […]
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