Author: Morton Obrien

"Reader. Infuriatingly humble travel enthusiast. Extreme food scholar. Writer. Communicator."

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to announce a new British target this week – AFP / Archives The United Kingdom, which will host the COP26 climate meeting later this year, promises to reduce CO2 emissions by 78% by 2035 compared to 1990 levels. The British press reports that Prime Minister Boris Johnson should make the announcement ahead of an international climate meeting proposed by US President Joe Biden, which is expected to mark Washington’s return to the fight against climate change after the Donald administration Trump. This commitment marks the UK’s current target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by…

Read More

British Finance Minister Rishi Sunak War Who Jones e David Milligen LONDON (Reuters) – British Finance Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday told the Bank of England to explore the possibility of a new “bitcoin” or digital currency backed by the central bank, which aims to address some of the challenges posed by cryptocurrencies. Such as Bitcoin. Bitcoin falls after Turkey bans cryptocurrency payments The digital version of the pound sterling supported by the BoE will allow companies and consumers to maintain direct accounts with the bank, bypassing others when making payments, and by changing the role of lenders in the…

Read More

The UK government has taken a strong stance against the formation of the Super League, as announced last Sunday (18) by Europe’s top 12 clubs. Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sports Oliver Dowden has promised to work to stop the project from progressing. “There is no doubt that we will act. We will put everything on the table to prevent this from happening,” Dowden, who met with Prime Minister Boris Johnson and threatened the six English teams involved in the project with new lines. “We are exploring all possibilities, such as reforms in competition laws and changes in…

Read More

H.A variant that creates growing anxiety in the UK. This is the Indian variant, which is expected to become “a worrying variant” in the UK, according to Danny Altman, a professor of immunity at Imperial College London. The expert was on ITV’s ‘Good Morning Britain’ program and talked about different strains of SARS-CoV-2. “I care about all genres. I think our deconfinition project is going well. At the moment, we are performing better and enjoying the reopening. But there are Indian, South African, Brazilian genres, and they are threatening,” said Danny Altman. The Immunology Professor stressed that some of the…

Read More

The UK has begun to test the attendance of major public events. A test event will take place this Sunday (18th) at Wembley Stadium in London, where one of the FA Cup semi-finals will take place. The match between Leicester City and Southampton FC can be watched by a total of 4,000 people. The public is represented by less than 5% of the total capacity of the stadium, however, it will be the largest crowd to occupy the stands since the onset of the Kovit-19 epidemic. Another test event is the World Snooker Championship, which kicks off this Sunday (18th)…

Read More

More than 13 million Britons watched Prince Philip’s funeral on television on Saturday. The ceremony took place entirely on the grounds of Windsor Castle and was banned from the public due to restrictions imposed by the epidemic, which had only 30 guests (far from the 800 initially planned). Thrilling procession, brothers reunite and a queen without their duke: Philip’s emotional farewellNumber, To explain The Guardian was associated with the television media coverage of the three media outlets, leading the BBC’s audience from a distance, reaching 11 million viewers at its peak. ITV received 2.1 million and Sky News 450,000. The…

Read More

The MEP said the European Parliament would hold a number of key votes this week in its committees to ratify the trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom.The trade agreement between the EU and the United Kingdom came into effect on January 1, after nine months of intensive negotiations and a last-minute agreement in December 2020.The British Parliament has approved the deal, but MEPs have until April 30 to approve or reject it, while tensions over the effects of Brexit on the island of Ireland are mounting. In recent days, fierce fighting has taken place in…

Read More

Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth of England, conducted a sensible funeral this Saturday (17) in honor of the social distance caused by the epidemic. Now a widow, the queen was the last to follow the procession to her husband’s funeral. By royal standards, it was a simple ceremony – but full of traditions and symbols. Members of the royal family rode in a car with Philip’s coffin – among them, Prince Charles, the eldest son and next to the throne. Behind him, Prince William and his brother Prince Harry. Harry’s companion – Duchess of Sussex, Megan Markle – did…

Read More

Great, famous, or intimate, these are royal funerals celebrated in the United Kingdom from the end of World War II until this Saturday (17), the funeral of Prince Philip.- George VI is a country of silence -On February 6, 1952, King George VI died suddenly of coronary thrombosis at the age of 56. Funeral services were held on the 15th. His coffin was placed in a cannon, wrapped in white flags with lions, and carried by 150 naval gunmen. The body of the “gentle king” who became king after the renunciation of his elder brother Edward VIII was transferred from…

Read More

The Immunization Committee says that Pfizer-Bioentech or Moderna vaccines are preferred for pregnant women in the UK. (Credit: Reproduction / Bexels) The Joint Vaccine and Immunization Committee reported [Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, JCVI], Data from the United States, about 90,000 women have already been vaccinated, indicating that the drug is safe based on the use of Messenger RNA technology (MRNA). There have been 3,070 deaths in Brazil from the Covit-19 recorded in the last 24 hours “Based on these data, the panel suggests that it would be desirable for pregnant women in the United Kingdom to be given…

Read More