LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine): Boris Johnson is facing fresh pressure after Downing Street confirmed that workers gathered inside No 10 to celebrate his birthday during the first Covid wave when the country was on lockdown. According to ITV News, up to 30
KYIV (Parliament Politics Magazine): As worries of a Russian invasion rise, the United Kingdom has begun to evacuate workers from its mission in Ukraine. Officials have confirmed no specific threats being made against ambassadors of Britain but around half the staff in
BRUSSELS (Parliament Politics Magazine): On Sunday, Belgian police used water cannons and tear gas to disperse activists in Brussels who had gathered to oppose the COVID-19 regulations and viral vaccinations the government announced. Thousands of demonstrators, including some from neighbouring European nations,
ABU DHABI (Parliament Politics Magazine): State media in Saudi Arabia reported late Sunday that a Houthi ballistic missile had hit a residential neighbourhood in the south of the kingdom, hurting two individuals – a Sudaneseand and a Bangladeshi – destroying workshops and
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine): According to court documents, the Liverpool terror attacker’s asylum plea was denied six years before he attempted to carry out his attack. On Remembrance Sunday last year, Emad al Swealmeen was killed when his homemade bomb exploded outside
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine): The chair of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, the government’s proposed Online Safety Bill “neither protects freedom of expression nor is it clear nor robust enough to tackle illegal and harmful online content.” A group of
ATHENS (Parliament Politics Magazine): According to an aid organisation, 6,000 individuals, many of whom are children, are reported to be without food owing to service cuts. The Greek government has been accused by the Humanitarian organisations of causing a hunger crisis in
The past couple of years have been a huge logistic headache; it might have been related to lockdown, it might have happened independently, opinions differ. Anyway, congested ports, containers in the wrong part of the world, and not enough truck drivers have
Londoners saw the worst air pollution in over a year earlier this month. On the 14th, pollution levels were an eight on the air pollution index for the first time since March 2021. An area of high pressure over the UK and
Over 80% of Britons support restoring natural spaces to protect native species. The finding is from a YouGov poll released earlier this month. Of those in favour, 40% strongly supported the idea, and just 5% were against it. Three-quarters of all participants
To the untrained eye, the fashion industry appears to be shifting towards sustainable practices. Every shop on the high street has a conscious range that claims to be environmentally friendly, made with ethically sourced, often organic material. The reality of the situation
ANKARA (Parliament Politics Magazine): Turkey’s currency exchange arrangement with the UAE is a very needed boost of confidence for the country’s economy when Ankara is looking for foreign resources and confronting rising inflation rates. Analysts have cautioned, however, that this agreement wouldn’t
