As the only city in the world with five universities among the global top 100, Hong Kong has long cemented its leading position in higher education in the region. It has scaled new heights with a record six institutes in the latest world top 200 ranking by Times Higher Education, further reinforcing its aspiration to…
Speaking to reporters on his flight to Mumbai, Starmer, with over 100 entrepreneurs, cultural leaders, and university vice-chancellors on a trip to promote the “historic” India-UK trade deal, said that relaxing visa rules for India was “not part of the plans”, adding that no business leader on the trip had raised the issue of visas….
The investigation began after a victim tracked their stolen iPhone to a warehouse near Heathrow. A crime ring accused of stealing and shipping half of London’s stolen phones to China has been smashed in the UK’s biggest ever crackdown on mobile theft. Police say they have busted an international gang suspected of smuggling as many…
US President Donald Trump’s bid to regain control of the strategic Bagram airbase in Afghanistan has achieved an unlikely feat – bringing India, Pakistan and China onto the same side in opposition. At the 7th Moscow Format Consultations on Afghanistan in Moscow on Tuesday, the three Asian powers – often at odds over borders and…
Ukraine and Poland have overtaken other EU countries to become the UK’s biggest egg suppliers, which has caused outrage among local farmers, The Guardian said, citing data from the UK’s Animal and Plant Health Agency. According to it, the Netherlands supplied a large proportion of UK eggs in 2022, its share has steadily fallen. By…
Some trans adults are waiting over two decades for a first appointment with a gender clinic. (Getty) Trans people in the UK will have to wait for more than a third of their life time for an appointment with an NHS gender clinic. A new report has revealed that NHS gender clinics in the UK…
Updated on: Oct 05, 2025 06:00 pm IST India, UK begin mega wargame in Indian Ocean New Delhi, The navies of India and the UK kick-started an eight-day mega wargame in the Western Indian Ocean in line with their focus to boost overall military ties. Indian PM Narendra Modi and his British PM Keir Starmer…
The U.K. government is still trying to gain access to encrypted iCloud data, according to the Financial Times, after British officials allegedly filed a new secret order demanding Apple build a backdoor. On Wednesday, the British newspaper reported that the U.K. Home Office sent an order to Apple earlier in September requesting that the tech…
By Charlie Conchie LONDON (Reuters) -AstraZeneca’s move to upgrade its listing in the U.S. risks pulling liquidity away from London’s stock market and could pave the way for other large companies to follow suit, analysts, investors and advisers said. The British drugmaker, one of London’s most valuable listed companies, said on Monday it would retain…
Vertical’s piloted VX4 prototype during recent flight testing LONDON & NEW YORK, September 29, 2025–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Vertical Aerospace (Vertical) [NYSE: EVTL], a global aerospace and technology company that is pioneering electric aviation, today welcomes the UK Department for Transport’s announcement that funding has been awarded to projects working on next-generation zero-emission aircraft and the development of…