A crowd of protesters pressed up against the doors of Google’s office at London’s King’s Cross on Monday. The demonstrators chanted “we are the 99 percent,” while one shouted into a megaphone “they are not giving you the right information!” Piers Corbyn, a prominent anti-vaxxer and brother of former Labour …
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Two Afghan interpreters, who served British troops during their years-long stay in the war-torn country, talked to Sky News, expressing fear for their own lives and the safety of their families. Both men are former so-called Locally Employed Staff (LES), eligible for Britain’s Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP). As …
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The London hard fork, the latest software upgrade activated by ethereum, the second-largest blockchain network, sent its price up, having pushed bitcoin back up over the $40,000 level. Boom Bust co-host Christy Ai analyzes what’s behind the event and why the hard fork is such a big deal.
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Mayor Khan is pushing for compulsory mask wearing on the Underground, seeking to make it into a by-law, enabling the British Transport Police to enforce it and impose fixed penalties on those daring to board the trains maskless. “We are trying to lobby the Government to allow us to bring …
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In a statement on Tuesday, the North Korean Foreign Ministry decried Britain’s decision to permanently station military vessels in the Asia-Pacific. “The UK, which is intensifying the situation by pushing warships into the distant Asia-Pacific region, is using our ‘threat’ as an excuse,” a statement on the Foreign Ministry’s website …
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Among a tranche of leaked UK government documents related to covert actions in the Balkans is a fascinating secret study, conducted by professional services firm WYG and pollster Ipsos, which discusses methods of countering negative perceptions of Whitehall among the region’s constituent countries, and the type of propaganda that should …
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In September 2020, Pristina and Belgrade agreed to normalize economic relations, in a move hailed by the mainstream media as historic. However, the concord failed to resolve the many serious questions that have hovered over Kosovo’s future ever since it controversially declared independence from Serbia in 2008. The primary source of contention is four …
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Earlier this week, the British capital saw some of the hottest days of the year as the temperatures rose over 30 degrees Celsius. Now, the heat seems to be the least of the Londoners’ problems as some parts of the city were submerged in water and resembled the alarming images …
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Thousands of people have gathered at the Trafalgar square in London on Saturday for the so-called ‘Freedom Rally’ to protest the restrictive measures introduced amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. The demonstrators flooded almost the entire square, holding placards and banners that read: “No to forced testing” and “No to forced …
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Thousands gathered outside the Palace of Westminster, the seat of the country’s parliament, carrying signs reading “Unity Is Freedom” and “It’s Not a Pandemic, It’s an IQ Test.” Protesters chanted, “Shame on Police” and demanded that Prime Minister Boris Johnson be arrested. READ MORE: Revellers line up at London clubs to …
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