Category: UK

Australia, Canada, UK Call For Middle East Peace Amid Palestine-Beijing Talks

The foreign ministers of Australia, Canada, and the UK have issued a joint statement calling for the cessation of hostilities between Israel and Palestine and the creation of a Palestinian state. The leaders called on the Israeli government to reverse its approval of 5,700 new settlement units in the West Bank on June 26. “The…


Hong Kong Offers $120,000 Bounties for Human Rights Dissidents Living in US, Australia, UK

Hong Kong police are offering $1 million (US$127,650) bounties for information on eight human rights dissidents currently residing in the United States, UK, and Australia. On July 3, the National Security Department of the Hong Kong Police Force issued arrest warrants for the eight individuals, alleging they had contravened the National Security Law. The law…


Beijing Offers Bounties for 8 Human Rights Dissidents Living in US, Australia, UK

Hong Kong police are offering $1 million (US$127,650) bounties for information on eight human rights dissidents currently residing in the United States, UK, and Australia. On July 3, the National Security Department of the Hong Kong Police Force issued arrest warrants for the eight individuals, alleging they had contravened the National Security Law. The law…


Beijing Offers $120,000 Bounties for Human Rights Dissidents Living in US, Australia, UK

Hong Kong police are offering $1 million (US$127,650) bounties for information on eight human rights dissidents currently residing in the United States, UK, and Australia. On July 3, the National Security Department of the Hong Kong Police Force issued arrest warrants for the eight individuals, alleging they had contravened the National Security Law. The law…


Djokovic, Swiatek Begin Title Quests With Easy Wins at Rain-Hit Wimbledon

LONDON—Defending men’s champion Novak Djokovic and women’s top seed Iga Swiatek started their Wimbledon campaigns in ominous fashion on Monday as rain temporarily halted play on the outside courts but expected climate protests failed to materialize. Djokovic, 36, has only lost twice at Wimbledon in a decade and began the Centre Court program with a…


Young Conservative Group Says Members Attacked in Violent ‘ANTIFA Campaign’

A conservative student group says its members are being violently attacked in the street as part of a “deliberate campaign” by ANTIFA-linked activists. Turning Point UK (TPUK) urged authorities to take action after serious violence broke out at one of its stalls in central London on Saturday. A teenager was left with a “fractured knee,…


UK Rights Advocates Condemn Hong Kong National Security Police Over Bounties for Pro-Democracy Activists

Human rights advocates in the UK condemned Hong Kong’s national security police on Monday after the force issued arrest warrants and bounties against eight exiled pro-democracy activists in the UK, the United States, and Australia. Benedict Rogers, chief executive of Hong Kong Watch (HKW), and Mark Sabah, UK and EU Director of the Committee for Freedom…


Train Drivers’ Union Announces Overtime Ban for Another Week

Train drivers, who are causing disruption this week by refusing to work overtime, will stage another week of overtime ban later this month. Aslef, the train drivers’ union, announced on Monday that its members at 15 train operators will refuse to work overtime from July 17 to 22. This follows a week-long overtime ban which…


Poll Reveals One in Four Tradesman Say ULEZ Worsening Trade

Nearly a quarter of London tradesmen say the mayor of London’s air pollution-cutting scheme that charges motorists by the day to drive has had a detrimental impact on business. According to a study, London-based tradespeople such as builders, plumbers, roofers electricians and more are being hit by Sadiq Khan’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ). The…


UK to Set up Fuel Price Watch After Watchdog Finds Supermarkets Charged Extra Margin

Downing Street has agreed to set up a fuel price watching system after the competition watchdog found supermarkets had increased their profit margin by six pence per litre. In its final report on the road fuel market study, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said competition among fuel retailers has not been working well. It…