Tag: UK

CCP Reacts to UK’s Liz Truss and New Cabinet With Silence and Skepticism

New British Prime Minister Liz Truss took office and announced the members of her new cabinet on Sept. 6. Truss is known for her tough stance on China’s ruling Communist Party (CCP), and so are some of the new cabinet members. CCP leader Xi Jinping hasn’t sent congratulations to Truss, while the regime and its…


Thousands of BLM Protesters Descend on Central London Following Police Shooting of Black Rapper

Thousands of demonstrators marched on Saturday in Central London in a protest organised by Black Lives Matter UK (UKBLM) after police killed a black rapper. Chris Kaba, a 24-year-old father-to-be, was fatally shot in Streatham Hill, South London, on Sept. 5 when specialist firearms officers from the Metropolitan Police (Met) cornered a car he was driving. According…


Charles III Formally Proclaimed King in First Televised Accession Ceremony

The UK’s King Charles III has been formally proclaimed sovereign on Saturday morning in the first televised accession council. The 73-year-old new monarch automatically become King when his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, died on Thursday afternoon, but it is tradition for the Accession Council to convene, usually within 24 hours of a monarch’s death, to formally…


Gender Transition Lawsuits to Become ‘International Trend,’ Psychiatrist Warns

An Australian psychiatrist has warned there may be an increase in the number of litigations related to gender transition surgeries on an international scale, saying the trend highlights the loopholes in the current gender-affirmative model. The concern follows a media report by The Sydney Morning Herald about a Sydney woman who had hormone treatment and surgically…


The Queen Is Dead. Long Live the King!

Commentary For most people throughout the whole world, the death of Queen Elizabeth II comes as a profound shock. Not unexpected, of course, after so long a reign, but cataclysmic in its emotional and social impact. Few people in the Commonwealth have lived their lives under the reign of any other sovereign. I am one…


Final Proposal to Legalise Euthanasia Is Lodged at Scottish Parliament

Opponents of Scotland’s proposed law to allow adults who are terminally ill to end their life are arguing that it could open the door to euthanizing people for other criteria, such as mental health conditions. On Thursday, Liam McArthur, a Liberal Democrat member of the Scottish Parliament, lodged the final proposal for Assisted Dying for…


King Charles III Delivers First Speech as Monarch Following Queen’s Death

King Charles III on Friday delivered his first address as monarch following the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II. In the speech, Charles called Elizabeth, who died at age 96 on Thursday, an “inspiration” and an “example” for him. “Queen Elizabeth was a life well lived; a promise with destiny kept and she is…


Energy Bill Freeze Will Go Ahead Despite Queen’s Mourning Period, Downing Street Says

Downing Street on Friday gave assurance that the freeze of energy bills will be delivered as planned despite parliamentary businesses being suspended in the period of mourning for Queen Elizabeth II. In her first major policy intervention, Prime Minister Liz Truss on Thursday announced a two-year Energy Price Guarantee scheme that will cap a typical household’s energy…


Man Admits Killing Four People Who Were Stabbed to Death in London House

A man has admitted to stabbing his girlfriend, her mother, grandmother, and her grandmother’s partner at a house in Bermondsey, south London earlier this year. Joshua Jacques, 28, appeared at the Old Bailey in London on Friday and denied murdering NHS worker Dolet Hill, 64, her partner Denton Burke, 58, their daughter Tanysha Ofori-Akuffo, 45,…


Man Arrested Over 1996 Bombing of Manchester by Provisional IRA

Greater Manchester Police have arrested a man in connection with the bombing of the city centre in 1996, which was claimed at the time by the Provisional IRA. He was arrested at Birmingham Airport on Thursday night on suspicion of terrorist offences. On June 15, 1996, two men parked a lorry near Manchester’s Arndale shopping…