The UK’s failed satellite mission
Believe it or not, the UK has never launched anything into Earth's orbit from English soil.
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What does Rishi Sunak bring to the table as the new UK prime minister?
The UK has been through a lot over the past couple of months. After all, former Prime Minister Liz Truss lasted only 45 days in office. An unrefrigerated head of lettuce literally lasted longer than she did. While Truss was head of state, the pound plummeted, Queen Elizabeth died and
Liz Truss and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
We talked yesterday about how UK Prime Minister Liz Truss was being hammered politically. Her approval rating was in the single digits; she announced a tax plan that made the national bank have to roll out emergency stimulus; and then she had to fire the treasury secretary and roll back
What’s the deal with the Van Gogh soup throwers?
Climate activism groups have sprouted up all over the world as the climate crisis has become more intense and received more news coverage. To get the world’s attention, though, climate protesters have gotten creative. And, over the past few months, activists in the UK have been gluing themselves (literally)
Why is the Bank of England stepping in to avoid a financial crisis
The UK’s economy has been struggling lately. The pound is hitting rock-bottom lows against the US dollar, recently at just US$1.058 (from our experience, it’s usually around US$1.30ish). Following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, some British people were appalled at having such a
Debates over British imperialism have sparked after Queen Elizabeth II’s death
Having invaded around 90% of countries on the planet (only 22 nations went untouched, according to historian Stuart Laycock), the UK has a long history of global imperialism. These days, though, the UK has backed off from hard-line colonialism for the most part. But, the British monarch is still the
The Queen of England is dead. What happens now?
Queen Elizabeth II died earlier today. She was 96 years old, and in her 70-year reign as Britain’s monarch, she had 15 prime ministers, from Winston Churchill to the newly appointed Liz Truss. Elizabeth unexpectedly came to the throne at just 25 years old in 1952 after her father’