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Britain
Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Rishi, Suella fuel ‘outsider’ fears to remain in power?
The spectacle of two ethnic Indian politicians swearing to keep out foreign migrants isn’t modern Britain’s only inconsistency
07 Jun 2023 12:05 AM
DC Edit | Coronation party in Britain
Charles III who became king the day his mother Queen Elizabeth II died, was anointed King of Britain
09 May 2023 12:20 AM
Farrukh Dhondy | Who’ll atone for slave trade, all the loot? Who’ll pay reparations?
History is full of injustices, transgressions and genocide. Are the descendants of the victims of those injustices entitled to reparations.
08 Oct 2022 1:01 AM
Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Ukraine is a better fit for EU than Britain ever was
Unlike Britain, Ukraine, which feels that it has paid in blood for membership, sees Europe as its political and cultural home
17 Aug 2022 12:00 AM
China's president Xi warns against 'Cold War' in Indo-Pacific
Xi also said the region should make sure to keep supply lines functioning and to continue liberalising trade and investment
11 Nov 2021 10:18 AM
Farrukh Dhondy | All changes not a ‘revolution’: History can’t be just swept aside
Bloody Myanmar today is not a revolution, it is an imposed change of regime, best described as a fascist military coup
10 Apr 2021 12:05 AM
AA Edit | Soul-search for Sarah
In India, or in countries outside Western Europe and North America, such happenings will be criticised but will not be unusual
17 Mar 2021 9:00 AM
From Hampstead To Dubai: Here’s Lorna Florence’s Story
Lorna admits that her success routes from her personality, she says that she has a way with people
19 Aug 2020 5:16 PM
Britain considering a coin to commemorate Mahatma Gandhi
As part of a global reassessment of history triggered by the death of George Floyd, UK also seems to be re-examining their past
02 Aug 2020 9:23 AM
China threatens 'forceful counter-attack' after Britain suspends Hong Kong
UK had suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong and blocked arms sales to its former territory after China imposed security law
21 Jul 2020 5:50 PM
Russia's UK ambassador rejects coronavirus vaccine hacking allegations
Andrei Kelin said that there was no sense in the allegations made last week by the United States, Britain and Canada
19 Jul 2020 3:33 PM
UK and China fight over Hong Kong security law
Britain’s decision to offer refuge to millions in Hong Kong, UK's former colony, was met with a stern telling-off by China
12 Jul 2020 1:00 PM
Brazil now unenviably the second in virus deaths
Brazil's health ministry recorded 909 deaths in the past 24 hours, putting the total at 41,828, and has now surpassed Britain's death toll
13 Jun 2020 10:37 AM
Europeans soak up the sun but travel rules cause confusion
European countries aim to open their borders for European travel in mid-June, but it isn’t clear when intercontinental travel will resume
25 May 2020 9:47 AM
UK confident COVID-19 tracking system will be in place before lockdown eased
Health workers have warned that any failure in tracing people with the virus and their contacts would result in a second deadly wave
22 May 2020 4:23 PM
Global coronavirus death toll exceeds 300,000
The US had reported more than 85,000 deaths from the new coronavirus, while the Britain and Italy have reported over 30,000 fatalities each
15 May 2020 8:40 AM
Work and exercise restrictions ease in England
The pandemic has killed more than 36,000 people in Britain, according to official statistics
13 May 2020 2:52 PM
French coronavirus death toll overtakes Spain's
France now stands as world's fourth-highest number of fatalities after the United States, Britain and Italy
13 May 2020 11:33 AM
Russia reports 10,899 new coronavirus cases, surpasses UK tally
Russia puts the continued daily rise in cases down to widespread testing
12 May 2020 2:41 PM
No end to lockdown yet: Boris Johnson
Britain has, however, announced a limited easing of restrictions as the death rate and hospital admissions keeps falling
11 May 2020 11:12 AM
Columns
A Candid Conversation with a Local Corporator: Politics, Promises, and Accountability
Over the years, political discourse in the world’s largest democracy, has reached a new low.
A favourite topic of discussion in Delhi is to identify the most powerful and important person in the Prime Minister’s Office.
108 million people were forcibly displaced last year as a result of persecution, conflict, violence and significant human rights violations.