Giving his reaction, Mr Johnson said: "I think whoever leaked his diptels (diplomatic telegrams) really has done a grave disservice to our civil servants, to people who give impartial advice to ministers. "I hope that whoever it is, is run down, caught and eviscerated, quite frankly, beca...
ambassadorsIn August 1947 the British Treasury imposed a substantial tax on film imports, to conserve dollars for the purchase of essential goods from abroad. In response, the American film industry stopped exporting its product to Britain, and the US Embassy began lobbying vigorously against the ...
member state -- while committing horrific human rights abuses and causing massive humanitarian suffering -- should be allowed to remain on this council," he said. Ambassadors and diplomats leave the room while Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov addresses with a pre-recorded video message the...
Appointing ambassadors usually involves a formal civil service process with advertisements, applications and interviews, though Simon McDonald, head of Britain's diplomatic service, said the post of ambassador to the U.S. wasn't always chosen that way. "History shows that there are often b...
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Thursday that "we have to make sure that we avoid tariffs” with the United States. Mandelson is also renowned as a skilled — and, to critics, ruthless — political operator. It is rare for politicians to be appointed as U.K. amb...
YoungThe Paris Embassy: British Ambassadors and Anglo-French Relations, 1944–79, ed. Rogelia Pastor-Castro and John W. Young Caveat lector! The font in the first book under review here, by John W. Young, is so microscopic that it requires a magnifying glass, even for those with good ...
FBI says U.S. man stole thumb of Chinese terracotta warrior statue China's Terracotta Army figures go on display in UK museum, serve as goodwill ambassadors Terracotta Warriors exhibited in Liverpool, Britain New English-language book about Terracotta Warriors published ...
Our sister initiative, the Women of the Future Programme, enables opportunities through our Women of the Future Network and Women of the Future Ambassadors Programme. Shortlist candidates from the AWA Awards are invited to become members of the Network and act as Ambassadors for the schools initiat...
The Russian Foreign Ministry summoned the top diplomats of the United States, Britain, and Canada on Tuesday in connection with what Moscow said was the three countries' "gross interference in Russia's internal affairs and activities that do not correspond to" ambassadors' diplomatic status, Sputnik...
Bulgaria and Turkey handed notes to their respective American ambassadors that they were prepared to open negotiations with the Allies. On the 18thPresident Wilson responded by sending notes to the Allies proposing peace negotiations, which the Central Powers accepted and the Entente declared they would...