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July 1, 2020

Hundreds arrested in Hong Kong after China imposes new national security law

More than 180 people have been arrested in Hong Kong Tuesday after China implemented a new national security law that Western powers argue violates the territory’s semiautonomous judicial independence and gives Beijing unprecedented power over the city.

June 30, 2020

UK city goes into another coronavirus lockdown as Boris Johnson unveils post-pandemic plan

The British city of Leicester is forcing its stores and schools – some of which just reopened two weeks ago -- to shut down once again in hopes of containing a coronavirus outbreak. 

June 29, 2020

Boris Johnson vows 'Rooseveltian approach' to UK coronavirus recovery, warns austerity would be 'mistake'

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday anticipated “bumpy times” ahead as he rolled out a new “big plan” to reinvigorate the United Kingdom’s economy coming out of the coronavirus pandemic.

June 28, 2020

British PM Boris Johnson does pushups as he preps UK recovery plan, claims he's 'fit as a butcher's dog'

The prime minister displayed his physical health in response to criticisms and rumors of poor health.

June 17, 2020

Boris Johnson's car in minor crash after protester jumps in front of caravan

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was involved in a minor fender-bender Wednesday after a protester appeared to run toward his motorcade as it left Parliament.

June 15, 2020

Black protester carries white man through angry crowd to safety to 'stop someone from being killed'

A Black Lives Matter protester photographed carrying a white man – assumed to be a far-right counter-protester – to safety when demonstrations devolved into violence in London Saturday said he chose to step up, rather than let the man be pummeled by the crowd, “to stop someone from being killed.”

June 14, 2020

Boris Johnson condemns 'racist thuggery' after London protests descend into violence

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday condemned what he called “racist thuggery” in London over the weekend after protests descended into violence, forcing police to arrest at least 100 people.

June 12, 2020

Boris Johnson says attacking statues is ‘lying about our history’

Statues across the UK face demolition at the hands of angry protesters as another weekend of protests looms.

June 8, 2020

UK leader says anti-racism protests now 'subverted by thuggery' after clashes with police

Boris Johnson says anti-racism demonstrations taking place in the United Kingdom have now been “subverted by thuggery” after protesters clashed with police in London on Sunday, leaving eight officers injured. 

June 3, 2020

Boris Johnson offers refuge, citizenship to 3 million Hong Kong residents

United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson has vowed to admit nearly three million Hong Kong residents and possibly put them on the path to British citizenship in response to China’s efforts to impose a new national security law on the city.