Monday, June 5, 2023

British

April 10, 2023

A British example in our rascally times

If we’re serious enough, it shouldn’t be hard to produce the sort of mosaic inner circle expected at Prince Charles’ coronation at the inauguration of a Nigerian president.

Kong Charles, Humza Haroon Yousaf and Rishi Sunak
April 6, 2023

UK Conservative Party lawmaker suspended over gambling firm lobby

Mr Benton was caught on camera telling undercover reporters posing as investors how he was willing to take actions which would break parliament’s lobbying rules.

Scott Benton
April 2, 2023

Anthony Joshua defeats Jermaine Franklin

The Briton defeated Franklin in the 12th round, claiming his first victory after suffering two consecutive defeats to Oleksandr Usyk

Anthony Joshua and Jermaine Franklin fighting
March 12, 2023

Residents return home after WWII British bomb defused near Frankfurt

A total of 17,000 people in the city’s northwest district had to leave their homes because of the large bomb.

500-kilogramme World War II British aerial bomb
February 20, 2023

Macron ‘wasting time on useless’ dialogue with Putin, says Zelensky

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has rejected remarks by his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on keeping the door open for Mr Putin.

Russian president Vladimir Putin, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, and France president Emmanuel Macron
January 21, 2023

Chatham House and Nigeria’s growing cultural cringe

Cultural cringe is the deep-rooted inferiority complex that causes psychologically damaged, formerly colonised people to inferiorise and disdain their own country and its culture.

Peter Obi and Bola Tinubu in Chatham House
November 10, 2022

Ukraine Invasion: Russia becomes most sanctioned nation as UK freezes assets worth £18 billion

Russia has passed Libya and Iran to become Britain’s most-sanctioned nation.

October 24, 2022

Ukraine successfully countering Russian drone attacks: UK Defence Ministry

Officials in Ukraine said up to 85 per cent of the attacks had been intercepted, the ministry said.

Drone Attack (credit: CNN)
October 20, 2022

Liz Truss resigns as British PM after six weeks in office

“I cannot deliver the mandate on which I was elected,” Ms Truss said on Thursday afternoon.

Liz Truss
October 18, 2022

UK moves against China’s recruiting British pilots to train Chinese army

“We are taking decisive steps to stop Chinese recruitment schemes attempting to headhunt serving and former UK Armed Forces pilots to train People’s Liberation Army personnel.

China's People's Liberation Army