The UK will Charge Visitors for Entry By the End of 2024
The UK has provided specifics regarding the cost and schedule for implementation of its long-awaited Electronic Travel Authorisation visa waiver. Travelers will be required to pay the fee of £10 ($12.59) per applicant when it is implemented this fall. All foreign travelers without a visa, including those from the United States, will be required to […]
Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson Resigns After Being Sanctioned for Deceiving Parliament
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his resignation from the legislature on Friday after learning he would face punishment for deceiving Parliament. Johnson resigned after learning the findings of a legislative probe into false claims he made to Parliament regarding a number of events at government facilities in 2020 and 2021 that violated pandemic […]
First Global Summit on Artificial Intelligence to be Held in UK
The UK will host the first big global summit on AI safety, the Prime Minister announced today (Wednesday, June 7). This comes as the world tries to figure out how to deal with the challenges and opportunities brought by the fast development of AI. AI keeps coming up with ways to make our lives better, […]
Two UK Poultry Workers Contracted Bird Flu; No Human-to-Human Transfer
The Health Security Agency said Tuesday that two people who work with poultry in the U.K. tested positive for bird flu, but they didn’t have any symptoms and there’s no proof that it spreads from person to person. The two people are the first people in the U.K. to test positive for the virus since […]
First Time in UK: A Baby Born With DNA from 3 People
In the United Kingdom, a groundbreaking IVF technique used the DNA of three people to make the first baby. The baby was made through a process called mitochondrial donation treatment (MDT). In this process, the DNA from one of the mother’s eggs is taken from the egg’s nucleus and put into a donated egg. The […]
Russia Bans Entry to UK PM Johnson, Top Officials Over Sanctions
According to the news agency AFP, Russia stated on Saturday that it had barred British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and many other top UK officials from entering the country due to sanctions imposed by London for the country’s military involvement in Ukraine. It comes after the United Kingdom slapped economic sanctions on Russia on February […]
First Omicron Death In UK, Spreads Like Wildfire
On Monday, Britain revealed the first verified death from the Omicron form, as the country launched an ambitious Covid booster shot campaign to combat the virus. Prime Minister Boris Johnson claimed Omicron accounted for almost 40% of infections in London, and hospital admissions were climbing. “Unfortunately, one patient died with Omicron,” he told reporters a […]
