Indonesians adjust career plans to meet stricter UK visa rules
Indonesians and other foreign nationals are looking with hope to Starmer's Labour government for potential easing of a new set of stringent visa rules designed by the previous…
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Japan, UK, Italy defence ministers confirm 2035 deployment of new fighters
Defence Minister Minoru Kihara said the ministers agreed to make preparations “by the end of this year” to establish an international entity named the GCAP International…
Japan to export new fighter jet jointly developed with Britain and Italy
The move marks a turning point in Japan's security policy, which has in principle limited exports of finished lethal products to specific countries, such as joint development…
Thailand, UK announce upgrading of relations to strategic partnership
According to the Foreign Ministry, the two sides discussed the launch of the Thailand-UK Free Trade Agreement initiative, which will build upon the progress of the Enhanced Trade…
China, Britain make tentative steps to repair relations
UK Foreign Minister James Cleverly is the first senior British minister in five years to visit China, a trip he hopes will reset ties between the two countries after years of…
UK official’s trip to China expected to enhance mutual trust
Despite tensions in bilateral ties, China has remained the UK's largest trading partner in Asia, with bilateral trade reaching $103.3 billion in 2022.
UK-India FTA deal: British PM Rishi Sunak in fresh conflict of interest row over wife’s Infosys shares
There are claims that his wife Akshata Murthy, who owns shares worth around 500 million pounds in her parents’ India-based international tech giant Infosys, could stand to…
S’porean students in UK universities hit by marking boycott
It is scheduled to continue until the end of September, and involves institutions such as Cambridge and Durham University.
Japan’s foreign minister seeks UK’s cooperation in Indo-Pacific
He also stressed that Japan and the UK must demonstrate through words and actions that unilateral attempts to change the status quo will not be tolerated anywhere in the world.
Facing fire
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is now in the line of fire for having approved an honours list, put up by Mr. Boris Johnson, that is said to contain several names of the latter’s…