Oil permits and wind crisis threaten UK net zero pledge
With the provision of a swathe of new oil and gas exploration licences and a crisis in offshore wind energy, ...
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Asian groups laud UK’s ‘swap-to-stop’ scheme to end smoking
Tobacco harm reduction advocates in the Philippines and the Asia-Pacific region lauded UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for taking a ...
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UK PM Sunak apologizes 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 ...
Read moreUK’s Sunak to urge investors to support Ukraine reconstruction
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is to call on investors and businesses at a summit in London next week to ...
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US, UK announce new partnership in face of China
WASHINGTON, USA—The US and British leaders on Thursday announced a new economic partnership that will boost industry ties on defense ...
Read moreEx-British PM urges successor: Get tough vs. China on Taiwan
TAIPEI—Britain’s former prime minister Liz Truss on Wednesday urged her successor Rishi Sunak to get tough with China on Taiwan, ...
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Britain’s Sunak set to push ‘UK priorities’ at Europe, G7 meets
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will embark next week on a "diplomatic drive to push UK priorities on the world ...
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Tories suffer losses in Sunak’s first poll
LONDON—Britain’s ruling Conservatives suffered high-profile losses as results poured in Friday from Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s first major electoral test ...
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Sunak, Biden mark N. Irish peace deal
LONDON—Northern Ireland on Monday marks the 25th anniversary of its landmark 1998 peace accords, with the UK province mired in ...
Read moreUK PM hails Brexit as ‘huge opportunity’, three years on
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday defended Brexit, insisting that leaving the EU had brought significant achievements and offered ...
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