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Britain to ease listing rules to buttress London after Brexit
World
March 3, 2021
Britain to ease listing rules to buttress London after Brexit
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will modernise its listing rules to attract more high-growth and “blank cheque” SPAC company flotations to…
As online grocery booms in Britain, will new habits die hard?
World
March 1, 2021
As online grocery booms in Britain, will new habits die hard?
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s multi-billion pound supermarket industry is placing its bets on whether big-spending older shoppers will stick with…
Pubs, haircuts, gyms must wait as UK lifts lockdown slowly
World
February 22, 2021
Pubs, haircuts, gyms must wait as UK lifts lockdown slowly
LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday was setting out a road map for lifting one of…
UK speeds up vaccinations: All adults get 1st jab by July 31
World
February 21, 2021
UK speeds up vaccinations: All adults get 1st jab by July 31
LONDON (AP) — The British government announced Sunday that it aims to give every adult in the country a first…
UK’s Johnson to judge COVID-19 lockdown exit this week, health minister says
World
February 15, 2021
UK’s Johnson to judge COVID-19 lockdown exit this week, health minister says
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will this week judge how fast England can exit COVID-19 lockdown but…
France, Germany, UK condemn Iran’s production of uranium metal
Middle East
February 13, 2021
France, Germany, UK condemn Iran’s production of uranium metal
PARIS (Reuters) – France, Germany and Britain on Friday condemned Iran’s decision to produce uranium metal, which they said was…
UK vaccine gambles paid off, while EU caution slowed it down
World
February 7, 2021
UK vaccine gambles paid off, while EU caution slowed it down
SAINT-HERBLAIN, France (AP) — French pharmaceutical startup Valneva had big news in September: a government contract for 60 million doses…
Prince Harry accepts apology, damages in UK libel suit
World
February 3, 2021
Prince Harry accepts apology, damages in UK libel suit
LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry on Monday accepted an apology and damages from the publisher of British tabloid The Mail…
Britain detects South African variant in people with no travel links
World
February 1, 2021
Britain detects South African variant in people with no travel links
LONDON (Reuters) – Two people in southern England have tested positive for the South African variant of the coronavirus without…
‘Take every shift as it comes’: No respite for UK hospitals
World
January 28, 2021
‘Take every shift as it comes’: No respite for UK hospitals
LONDON (AP) — When the UK surpassed 100,000 coronavirus dead this week, it was much more than just a number…