new video loaded: U.K. Lawmakers Approve Plans for Medically Assisted Dying transcript Back transcript U.K. Lawmakers Approve Plans for Medically Assisted Dying Following months of debate, U.K. lawmakers approved plans to introduce medically assisted suicide for terminally ill patients in England and Wales. “The ‘Ayes’ to the right, 314; the ‘Nos’ to the left, 291….
So, Hong Kong is not going down the drain after all. What a relief! At least that’s the latest reassessment of Stephen Roach, who is something of a big potato among the China commentariat. Some 16 months ago, the former Morgan Stanley, Asia boss seemed to have finally joined the “death of Hong Kong” brigade,…
Six public universities in Hong Kong have risen in a global ranking, with the city’s oldest jumping to 11th place and beating two prestigious mainland Chinese institutions. Britain-based education information firm Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) said the city’s new “Study in Hong Kong” brand should help it attract global talent and cement its reputation as a…
Jun 16, 2025 08:40 AM IST 47-year-old Blaise Metreweli, the first woman to head MI6, joined the foreign intelligence service of the United Kingdom in 1999. MI6 will be led by a woman for the first time in Britain’s foreign intelligence service’s 116-year history. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer named Blaise Metreweli as the first…
Hong Kong police officers arrested two people and took away 10 others on Wednesday as some residents brought flowers and candles to commemorate the 36th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown. The force said a mainland Chinese woman, 26, was spotted behaving suspiciously on Garden Road in Central during the day and was arrested for…
Hong Kong police officers have taken away at least seven people holding flowers or candles, including two schoolgirls, in Causeway Bay on the 36th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown. A source said that police had ramped up patrols in sensitive locations across the city, such as Victoria Park – where candlelight vigils to commemorate…
Home » Latest Travel News of UK » UK Joins with Thailand, Maldives, Ireland, US, Australia, China, Hong Kong in Disrupting Summer Travel as New Covid-19 Variant NB.1.8.1 Sparks, Latest Update About This Alert Wednesday, June 4, 2025 The UK now joins Thailand, Maldives, Ireland, the US, Australia, China, and Hong Kong in facing a…
SDR will not ‘cut the mustard’ Please enable cookies and other technologies to view this content. You can update your cookies preferences any time using privacy manager. Enable cookiesAllow cookies once Analysis: Aspirations rather than pledges By Oliver Wright On Saturday the defence secretary John Healey could not have been clearer. “In the next parliament…
LONDON — Britain and the European Union hailed a new chapter in their relationship Monday after they sealed new agreements on defense cooperation and easing trade flows at their first formal summit since Brexit. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who met European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and other senior EU officials in London for talks, said…
Hong Kong could be in for another bout of “what will happen to us in …”, only with 2047 replacing 1997. I say this after attending a farewell presentation by activist investor David Webb last week. For many years, Webb has worked on a pro bono basis to improve public knowledge of business issues. Towards…