Category: World

The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), which will enter into force for the United Kingdom (UK) on 15 December 2024, will be the first free trade agreement between the UK and Malaysia. At an event in Kuala Lumpur, Mr David Wallace, Acting British High Commissioner to Malaysia, together with YB Datuk Seri...

The UK Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) Authority is consulting on expanding the ETS to include the maritime sector and recognise non-pipeline transport methods for carbon dioxide, such as shipping, road or rail, for moving captured carbon into geological storage. In an announcement published on 28 November, the authority also said it would be making changes...

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The world is entering a new nuclear age with a proliferation of weapons and the near collapse of a set of rules to control their use, the head of the UK armed forces has warned. In his starkest ever public remarks, Admiral Sir Tony Radakin accused Russia of making “wild threats of tactical nuclear use”...

Speaking separately at the same think tank, the head of the armed forces said it was important to note there was only a “remote” chance that Russia would launch a “significant direct attack or invasion” on the UK, or other Nato member. Admiral Sir Tony Radakin added that Russia “knows the response would be overwhelming,...

The UK civil service has been ranked sixth in a new global index of civil services around the world. Singapore’s civil service tops the Blavatnik Index of Public Administration, which was published on Wednesday, with Norway in second, Canada and Denmark in joint third place, Finland fifth, and then New Zealand and the United Kingdom in...

Scientists and engineers from the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and the University of Bristol have successfully created the world’s first carbon-14 diamond battery. This new type of battery has the potential to power devices for thousands of years, making it an incredibly long-lasting energy source. The battery leverages the radioactive isotope, carbon-14, known for...

UK emissions allowances could embrace maritime operations by 2026, if proposals from the regulatory body are adopted. A consultation process has begun. Sun setting on unrestricted emissions from British shipping if proposals are adopted © DP World Since the United Kingdom left the European Union (EU), the government in London has gone its own way...

Wednesday, 4 December 2024 The UK’s Heysham 1 and Hartlepool Advanced Gas Cooled Reactor nuclear power plants will operate until March 2027, while the Heysham 2 and Torness AGR plants will operate until March 2030, EDF Energy has announced. The Torness plant (Image: EDF Energy) EDF manages the UK’s eight nuclear power plant sites, five...

Funding for humanitarian assistance and international development initiatives supported jointly by the UK and Qatar will be doubled, the Foreign Secretary announced today.      This renewed commitment will boost joint action between the 2 countries on mutually beneficial initiatives which tackle key global challenges such as addressing the root causes of irregular migration and displacement, conflict...