Britain’s Energy Secretary Amber Rudd wants all United Kingdom coal-fired power stations shut down by 2025, with their use restricted from 2023. Rudd also wants more gas-fired stations to be built, describing “polluting” coal as […]
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UK Junior Doctors To Strike For Three Days If Misleading Contract Is Passed
Junior doctors throughout the United Kingdom plan to go on strike – referred to as industrial action in the UK – for three days in December if the country’s National Health Service (NHS) goes forward […]
UK Stuck In Its Glory Days And Can’t Realize That It’s Losing Global Relevancy
Many people believe that Great Britain is becoming increasingly self-absorbed and less willing to cooperate with the rest of the world. The country is demonstrating itself to be more distant from the European Union than […]
United Kingdom Unveils Misleading Cyber-Snooping Legislation
The United Kingdom unveiled on Wednesday some hardline cyber-snooping legislation which will make it mandatory for Internet companies to store users’ web history for at least one year. The bill is aimed at boosting the […]
U.K. Hands Out Ambitious Grant For Autonomous Repairing Drones And Robots
In an effort to move towards “self-repairing cities” in the United Kingdom, the University of Leeds has been awarded a grant of $6.4 million to head a research project that aims to use small robots […]
Chinese Yuan Looks Set To Join The IMF’s Currency Big Boys
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) spokesperson says his organization’s executive board will meet next month to decide if the yuan will join the U.S dollar, Japanese yen, the English pound and the euro as its […]
Great Britain Is About To Spend $256B Replacing Functional Submarines
Estimates show that Great Britain could spend $256 billion in replacing and maintaining their nuclear deterrent program. Many lawmakers are saying this figure is outrageous, and that alternative actions should be explored. A large portion […]
UK Bows To Chinese Pressure, Jails Tiananmen Square Survivor For Protesting
UK authorities arrested a peaceful demonstrator during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s London’s visit on charges of conspiracy to threaten. The arrested activist claims the British authorities acted beyond their mandate in arresting him, searching his […]
This Ebay Like Startup Has Its Eyes Set On Dealing With Food Waste In a Big Way
The United Kingdom startup company, TakeStock, has been described as the “Ebay of the food industry.” The company believes it can find buyers for unused and unsold stocks of food, thereby reducing food waste and […]
Facebook Paid A Laughable Amount Of $6,100 In Taxes In The United Kingdom
The taxes for Facebook in England are extraordinarily small, as the social networking website only had to pay a little over $6,100 to the British tax agency of HM Revenue and Customs this year. It’s […]