Tag: Boris Johson
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Boris Johnson greets PM Shehbaz, hopes to meet him soon
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has congratulated Shehbaz Sharif on becoming Prime Minister of Pakistan, Radio Pakistan reports. According to a representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Britain’s Prime Minister wrote PM Shehbaz a letter on April 26 in which he stated that the UK and Pakistan have enjoying deep relations, bolstered by strong…
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Britain confirms first Omicron coronavirus variant death
British Prime Minister (PM) Boris Johnson confirmed the first global death from the swiftly spreading strain of the Omicron variant on Monday, reports Reuters. However, it is not clear if the deceased had been vaccinated or had underlying health issues. “Sadly at least one patient has now been confirmed to have died with Omicron. I…
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British PM Boris Johnson ‘loses his place’ makes awkward, lengthy pauses during speech
British Prime Minister (PM) Boris Johnson was briefly left lost for words, when he misplaced notes during a speech on Monday to the Confederation of British Industry, reports Reuters. While organising and searching for words in his notes, the conservative party’s leader sighed, said “blast it” and repeatedly muttered, “forgive me”. Not only this, while…
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Environmental activist Greta Thunberg mocks world leaders for being ‘blah, blah, blah’ on climate action
Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg mocked and criticised world leaders — including US President Joe Biden and UK Prime Minister (PM) Boris Johnson — over their promises to address the climate emergency, dismissing them as “blah, blah, blah”. While addressing the Youth4Climate summit in Milan, she said, “When I say climate change, what do you…
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UK health secretary resigns after kissing his colleague amid lockdown
United Kingdom (UK) Health Secretary, Matt Hancock resigned from his position on Saturday after being filmed kissing his colleague, in breach of coronavirus social distancing rules. The former secretary in his letter of resignation wrote to the British Prime Minster Boris Johnson “owe it to people who have sacrificed so much in this pandemic to be…
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‘Mini Boris Johnson’: Baby born with hairstyle similar to Boris Johnson
The three-month-old baby boy named David Doronina, from Surrey, England has long blond hair that makes people compare him to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. View this post on Instagram A post shared by David Alexander Barabash (@david.a.barabash) His resemblance to the PM Johnson was spotted by nurses soon after his birth on March 1,…
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Boris Johnson marries fiancee Carrie Symonds in a secret ceremony
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has married his fiancee Carrie Symonds in a secret ceremony on Sunday. “The Prime Minister and Ms Symonds were married yesterday afternoon in a small ceremony at Westminster Cathedral,” a Downing Street spokesperson said in a statement. “The couple will celebrate their wedding with family and friends next summer.” Known…
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Boris Johnson warns UK could place France on ‘red list’
Britain could soon place France on a travel “red list” and tighten border controls due to the risk of a new coronavirus variant, Prime Minister (PM) Boris Johnson said on Wednesday. France is expanding lockdown due to the rising number of cases after the third wave hit the country. The South African and Brazilian variants…
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Small island
“Britain, a small island, has chosen to opt out of being part of a large and influential bloc in order to be a small island with an insular outlook whose citizens have now been deprived of access to markets and countries across the continent.” Just a few days after the final terms of UK’s departure from…
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‘Pakistan, the friend in need’: Millions of COVID-19 drugs to be exported to US, UK, KSA, others
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan has announced the federal cabinet’s decision to send chloroquine tablets — an anti-malarial medicine that some studies found has a strong antiviral effect on COVID-19 — to “friendly nations” to help them in their time of need. Addressing a press…