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UK to learn name of new prime minister after long vote

The UK will learn on Monday who will be its next prime minister, with Liz Truss the favorite to succeed Boris Johnson and take charge as the country battles a spiraling

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FIFA throws weight behind biennial World Cup plan with new survey

While a number of high-profile players, coaches and even UEFA, football's European governing body, have expressed strong disapproval of the radical proposal to hold a W

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Extinction Rebellion targets London banks with 14-day climate protest

Extinction Rebellion activists have returned to the streets of London. /Henry Nicholls/Reuters Environmental activists from Extinction Rebellion (XR) have occupied a junction in one of London'

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UK gov't uses dating apps to encourage people to get COVID-19 jabs

People dine under a canopy at a restaurant in London, Britain, June 1, 2021. (Xinhua/Han Yan) Leading online dating apps have teamed up with the British government to encourage more adults to

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Dating apps cooperate with UK government to boost vaccine drive

Cooperating with the UK government, dating apps are helping boost vaccinations among young adults. /CFP Popular dating apps on Monday launched a campaign encouraging British users to post "I g

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Can ‘Never Trump’ Republicans gain party control – or is it a lost cause?

Sixteen minutes and out. The purging of Liz Cheney from Republican leadership in the House of Representatives did not even go to a secret ballot. Instead a voice vote w

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Data: The trends accelerating Biden's $6t domestic ambitions

Joe Biden, president of the United States for a little under four months of a four-year term, has already put forward $6 trillion spending plans that would be among the most transformative in his cou

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Tech firms have 'moral duty' to do more to protect children, home secretary to say

The home secretary will speak at a virtual roundtable discussion about end-to-end message encryption hosted by the NSPCC later.

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Angela Merkel to push for new law to enforce nationwide response

Infection levels remain stubbornly high in a vast majority of the regions. /David Gannon/AFP Germany is bracing for harsher coronavirus restrictions as the country continues to be in the grip

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European confidence in AstraZeneca jab drops after blood clot reports

Confidence in the safety of the Oxford University-AstraZeneca vaccine has been significantly damaged in Spain, Germany, France and Italy following a small number of reports of people who had blood cl

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European Regulator Backs Astra Vaccine After Suspensions

The European Union’s drugs regulator said the benefits of AstraZeneca Plc’s Covid-19 vaccine continue to outweigh its risks, and the shot can still be administered whil

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Does the British monarchy stand for inclusion or exclusion?

Buckingham Palace responded Tuesday to racism allegations by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, saying they were ‘taken very seriously,’ and that the two and their son Archie remain ‘much loved’ memb

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Another grim milestone reached with 100 million COVID-19 cases

A screenshot of the COVID-19 Dashboard, January 27, 2021. /Johns Hopkins University Editor's note:Freddie Reidy is a freelance writer based in London. He studied history and history of art at

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Here are some reasons to be cheerful about 2020, despite COVID-19

Cycling increased in 2020 amid lockdowns. /Kontrec/Getty Creative Let's acknowledge right from the outset that 2020 was a horrible year in very many ways.The arrival of a terrifying new plague

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Here are some reasons to be cheerful about 2020, despite COVID-19

Cycling increased in 2020 amid lockdowns. /Kontrec/Getty Creative Let's acknowledge right from the outset that 2020 was a horrible year in very many ways.The arrival of a terrifying new plague

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Global cases top 75m, Netherlands bans UK flights: COVID-19 bulletin

TOP HEADLINES- At least five police officers have been injured and 29 people arrested after hundreds of anti-lockdown protestors marched through London on Saturday.- Global cases have surpassed 75 mi

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Take the vaccine if you want normal life back, Van-Tam tells sceptics

The public was warned that "low uptake" of vaccines will "almost certainly make restrictions last longer".