Downing Street intervention marks escalation of feud between PM and former foreign secretary Boris Johnson faced a concerted backlash over his attack on Theresa May’s Brexit plans on Monday, with a string of senior Conservatives lining up to denounce him, as the prime minister sought to save her Chequers deal from fierce internal criticism. Downing Street delivered a rare public ...

Paris, Sep 3 : French children who are going back to school Monday after summer vacation will have to do so without their mobile phones. The government passed a law banning phone use in all primary and middle schools for the entire day, including during breaks —with exceptions in cases of emergency and for disabled children. Pupils are requested to ...

Journalists and activists attempt to block police car carrying two Reuters journalists leaving from the court Monday, Sept. 3, 2018, in Yangon, Myanmar. Yangon, Sep 3 : Britain’s ambassador says the verdict against two Reuters journalists has undermined media freedom in Myanmar. Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were convicted Monday of violating a colonial-era secrecy law and sentenced to ...

London, Sep 2 : Britain’s prime minister has again spoken out against calls for a second referendum on Britain’s decision to split with the European Union. Theresa May wrote in the Sunday Telegraph that it would be a “gross betrayal of our democracy” to have another vote. She said “millions came out to have their say” in the June 2016 ...

China will restrict the number of video games and take steps to curb playing time by minors to address growing rates of childhood visual impairment as the government steps up its crackdown on the world’s biggest online gaming market.   A statement posted on the education ministry website late on Thursday justified the new curbs as a way to counter ...

Bangladesh origin UK man Naa’imur Zakariyah Rahman. Photo: Collected London, Aug 31 :  A Bangladesh origin UK man who plotted to kill British Prime Minister Theresa May received a prison sentence of at least 30 years Friday from a judge who called him “a very dangerous individual.” Naa’imur Zakariyah Rahman, who gave his nationality as Bangladeshi-British, was convicted in London ...