Britain
By Martin Coulter LONDON (Reuters) – The United States and Britain unveiled a joint working group on Thursday to look at ways of improving children’s safety online. At the launch, U.S. commerce secretary Gina Raimondo and British science and technology minister Peter Kyle issued a statement urging tech platforms to…
The UK donated military equipment to Ukraine that was so old it would have been thrown away, according to a new report from the National Audit Office (NAO) published on Wednesday.According to the NAO, the UK’s Ministry of Defence “prioritized older items” that were “often due to being scrapped or…
By Sinead Cruise LONDON (Reuters) – For ultra-wealthy entrepreneur Bassim Haidar, living in London has become an expensive indulgence he can no longer justify. While new British Prime Minister Keir Starmer settles into No. 10 Downing St, Haidar is searching for homes in Greece and Monaco, because a proposed inheritance…
At the National Conservatism Conference in Washington, DC, last week, the Republican joked that the UK is now the first Islamist country that has a nuclear weapon.”I was talking with a friend recently and we were talking about, you know, one of the big dangers in the world, of course,…
Britain is developing a new radio-wave weapon designed to take out a “swarm” of drones for just $0.12 a shot, the UK’s Ministry of Defence said in a press statement.According to the MOD, the Radio Frequency Directed Energy Weapon, or RFDEW, uses radio waves to detect, track, and disable electronic…
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s stock markets should halve the time it takes to settle a share trade to stay competitive and complete this shift by the end of 2027, a report recommended on Thursday, a step the UK government has backed to play catch up with Wall…
