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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s new climate adaptation strategy is lawful, London’s High Court ruled on Friday, dismissing a landmark legal challenge brought by environmental campaigners. Friends of the Earth took legal action over Britain’s national adaptation programme, introduced by the previous Conservative government last year, setting out what it and others will do to adapt to …

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By David Lawder and David Milliken WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Britain needs to take a “hard-headed, economic realist” approach to relations with China in order to do a better job of boosting trade while minimizing risks to national security, British finance minister Rachel Reeves said on Friday. Reeves, speaking to Reuters at the International Monetary Fund and …

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By David Lawder and David Milliken WASHINGTON (Reuters) -British finance minister Rachel Reeves told Reuters on Friday that the U.S.-Britain relationship will remain strong no matter whether Republican former President Donald Trump or Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris wins the Nov. 5 U.S. election. “It’s up to the American people to decide who to have …

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By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia and Britain plan to work together to ramp up the deployment of renewable energy technologies, such as green hydrogen and offshore wind, to support decarbonisation, the two countries’ leaders said on Friday. The transition to net zero would open up economic opportunities creating new jobs and bolster the …

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LONDON (Reuters) -Former British nurse and convicted child serial killer Lucy Letby on Thursday lost an attempt to appeal against her conviction for trying to murder a newborn baby, amid questions over the fairness of her trials. Letby, 34, was found guilty of murdering seven children and attempting to murder seven more between June 2015 …

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By Catarina Demony and Marissa Davison LONDON (Reuters) – Aiming to break down beauty stereotypes and make the digital world more inclusive, a group of young students and professionals from London have designed what they hope will become the first ever emojis of Black and mixed-race hairstyles. The project, a partnership between youth-led organisation RISE.365 …

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