Britain
While 'closely monitoring' new COVID variant, WHO cautions against travel curbs
The World Health Organization said its Technical Advisory Group on Virus Evolution (TAG-VE) was holding a meeting Friday to discuss the variant first detected...
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Pandor hopes to meet with British counterpart to discuss travel restriction
Germany, Israel and Italy have now also followed suite and banned South African flights while the European Union has proposed prohibiting travel from the country.
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Breastfeeding UK MP contests Commons baby ban
Stella Creasy, an opposition Labour lawmaker who has campaigned for MPs to be offered full maternity cover, received a warning after speaking at a debate while holding her three-month-old son.
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Queen Elizabeth II attends christenings following health fears
The queen did not attend the annual Remembrance Sunday event honouring Britain's war dead the prior weekend, due to a 'sprained back' -- the latest in a string of events she had been forced to miss.
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Ethiopia hails return of looted artefacts
The collection -- recovered from Britain, Belgium and the Netherlands -- includes a ceremonial crown, an imperial shield, a set of silver-embossed horn drinking cups, a handwritten prayer book, crosses and a necklace.
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Injury-hit Springboks choose uncapped lock Moerat for November Tests
The Springboks face Wales in Cardiff on 6 November, Scotland in Edinburgh seven days later and England in London on 20 November.
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British soldiers to deliver fuel to ease supply crisis
The week-long crisis has triggered panic-buying and sparked violence at forecourts as critics blame Britain's exit from the European Union, the coronavirus pandemic and a lack of foresight in replacing thousands of foreign drivers leaving the country.
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French anger to test UN unity
Ministers of the five veto-wielding nations on the UN's most powerful body - Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States - will meet together Wednesday during the annual week of diplomacy, with the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan high on the agenda.
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Britain's legal cannabis market booms on COVID demand
Cannabidiol or CBD, which is most commonly sold as oil at high street retailers, is one of the active ingredients of non-psychoactive cannabis.
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Britain slaps Mnangagwa ally with sanctions for alleged corruption
The UK said that businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei would not be allowed to use bank accounts in Britain, or travel there.
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UK festivals face COVID crisis without support, say MPs
Dozens of UK festivals have had to cancel or reduce audience sizes because of ongoing coronavirus restrictions.
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Northern Ireland needs South Africa-style truth commission: Blair
Modelled on South Africa's post-apartheid experience, the commission would be a better approach than endless recriminations in court prosecutions, said the former British prime minister.
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Queen re-emerges to outline UK govt's new agenda
The queen's speech will set out the government's plans for the year ahead, including completion of an environment bill to set legally binding emissions targets, as Britain prepares to host the UN's COP26 climate summit in Glasgow in November.
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UK sends 'oxygen factories' to India
The three units, dubbed oxygen factories, are each the size of a shipping container and can produce 500 litres of oxygen per minute, the UK government said.
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Young Britons ambivalent on Prince Philip and 'weird' royals
Statistically, young British people are least likely to be fans of the prince who died last week at the age of 99.
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UK conglomerate sued over rape allegations by Malawi tea workers
The complaint filed in London's High Court says women harvesting tea and macadamia nuts for Lujeri in southern Malawi were subject to at least 10 instances of rape and other violence at the hands of male supervisors.
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Britain says Hong Kong 'has no right to dictate' passport recognition
After Beijing imposed a sweeping national security law on the city last year, Britain began offering a pathway to citizenship for BNO passport holders and their families.
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China now 'non-compliant' with Hong Kong joint declaration: UK
"The UK now considers Beijing to be in a state of ongoing non-compliance with the Sino-British Joint Declaration," the foreign ministry said in a statement.
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Mandatory COVID-19 tests in quarantine for UK arrivals
Health Secretary Matt Hancock is due to announce that people told to isolate at home will be required to get a test two and eight days into a mandatory 10-day quarantine period.
