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Coronavirus: UK to hold COVID-19 crisis talks after France closes border
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to chair a meeting of the government's emergency committee later Monday after France closed its borders to the ... Coronavirus -
US hopes for trade deal with UK, Trump’s trade chief says
The United States is hopeful of sealing a mini-trade deal with the United Kingdom to reduce tariffs, President Donald Trump’s trade chief, Robert ... Economy -
UK lawmakers urge government to designate Iran’s IRGC, replace nuclear deal
UK lawmakers urged Britain on Wednesday to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization, declare Tehran’s ... Middle East -
Coronavirus: UK warns people with serious allergies to avoid Pfizer vaccine
Britain’s medicine regulator has advised that people with a history of significant allergic reactions do not get Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine ... Coronavirus -
Coronavirus: UK rolls out COVID-19 vaccine in global ‘V-Day’ first
UK health authorities are rolling out the first doses of a widely tested and independently reviewed COVID-19 vaccine, starting a global immunization ... Coronavirus -
UK concerned over Iran situation, awaiting full facts on scientist killing
British Foreign Minister Dominic Raab said on Sunday he was concerned about the situation in Iran and wider region after the killing of a top Iranian ... Middle East -
Coronavirus: Christmas in the UK will not be normal this year, says Finance Minister
Britain’s finance minister Rishi Sunak on Sunday warned that the British economy was under “enormous strain” because of the coronavirus, ahead of a ... Coronavirus -
Coronavirus: UK expects to receive 10 mln doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in 2020
Britain expects to have 10 million doses of Pfizer/BioNTech's candidate COVID-19 vaccine available by the end of the year if regulators approve it, ... Coronavirus -
Coronavirus: UK inflation rises as ‘Eat Out to Help Out’ scheme ends
British inflation rose to 0.5 percent in September, official data showed Wednesday, as the UK government ended a meals discount scheme boosting the ... Coronavirus -
Coronavirus: UK’s Wales and Manchester head towards tougher lockdowns
Around 6 million people in the United Kingdom face tougher COVID-19 lockdowns in coming days as Wales and Manchester, the country’s third largest city ... Coronavirus -
UK’s high COVID-19 infection rates in young people hitting older patients
High COVID-19 infections rates amongst young people are now beginning to spread to older age groups in parts of England, Deputy Chief Medical Office ... Coronavirus -
Coronavirus: UK at ‘tipping point,’ England braces for more restrictions
Millions of people in northern England are anxiously waiting to hear how much further virus restrictions will be tightened as one of the British ... Coronavirus -
Britain prioritizes remdesivir for those who need it most amid COVID-19
Britain is prioritizing its supplies of the drug remdesivir for COVID-19 patients who need it most in the face of rising demand, Britain's health ... Coronavirus -
UK court overturns Venezuela judgment blocking $1 bln gold from going to Maduro
A tug-of-war over $1 billion worth of Venezuelan gold stored at the Bank of England took a new turn on Monday as the English Court of Appeal ... World News -
Coronavirus: UK fixes technical failure in COVID-19 data system, says minister
A technical failure in England’s COVID-19 testing data system has now been fixed and should not be repeated, Work and Pensions Secretary Thérèse ... Coronavirus -
Coronavirus: Children have 44 pct lower chance of catching COVID-19 than adults
Children have 44 percent lower odds of catching COVID-19 than adults, according to an analysis led by the president of Britain's Royal College of ... Coronavirus -
UK repatriates British child from Syria despite ISIS policy
Britain said on Wednesday it had repatriated a child from Syria, one of dozens of British children thought to be trapped in the war-torn ... Middle East -
Coronavirus: UK records over 3,000 new cases for third day in a row
The UK, which has suffered Europe’s deadliest coronavirus outbreak, has recorded more than 3,000 new cases of COVID-19 for the third day running for ... Coronavirus -
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman, UK PM Johnson discuss G20 efforts in phone call
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson reviewed the latest G20 efforts during a phone call on Tuesday, the ... Gulf -
UK could explore arms embargo as option to bring Iran into line: Defense Minister
The UK could explore the option of extending the arms embargo on Iran as a means of bringing Tehran’s destabilizing regional behavior into line, said ... Features -
Coronavirus: England reports highest weekly COVID-19 cases since May
The weekly number of positive COVID-19 cases in England in late August was the highest since the end of May, the latest data from the test and trace ... Coronavirus -
UK foreign minister to meet Israeli, Palestinian leaders to press for dialogue
British foreign minister Dominic Raab will meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas this week to press ... Middle East -
Coronavirus: UK PM Johnson says failure to reopen schools not an option
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says that “failure to reopen schools is not an option,” the Sunday Telegraph newspaper reported.Earlier this ... Coronavirus -
Mahatma Gandhi’s iconic glasses sell for $340,000 in UK auction
A pair of gold-plated glasses worn by Indian independence hero Mahatma Gandhi have sold in Britain for £260,000 (about 288,000 euros, $340,000), the ... Variety -
Brother of Manchester suicide bomber sentenced for role in 2017 concert attack
The brother of the suicide bomber who set off an explosion at a 2017 Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England, killing 22 people and injuring ... World News -
Coronavirus: UK rates of depression double since COVID-19 lockdown
Rates of depression appear to have almost doubled in Britain since the country was put into lockdown in late March as a result of the coronavirus ... Coronavirus -
Coronavirus: UK records 1,012 new COVID-19 cases
The United Kingdom recorded 1,012 new positive tests for COVID-19, the government said on Saturday, the fifth day in a row there have been more than 1 ... Coronavirus -
Coronavirus: UK retailer Debenhams confirms it is cutting 2,500 jobs
Struggling British departmentstore Debenhams is to cut 2,500 jobs, saying it had to align itsstore costs with realistic trading expectations during ... Coronavirus -
Coronavirus: UK orders recall of 741,000 test kits over safety concerns
Randox Laboratories, a Northern Ireland-based medical technology company, has been instructed by Britain’s medicines regulator to recall up to 741,000 ... Coronavirus -
UK says too early to speculate on cause of massive blast in Beirut
Britain said on Wednesday that it was too early to speculate on the cause of a massive blast that ripped through Beirut killing at least 100 ... Middle East