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By Natasha Montague and Marie-Louise Gumuchian LONDON (Reuters) -London Fashion Week kicked off on Friday with Irish designer Paul Costelloe championing classic looks and Turkish-born Bora Aksu taking inspiration from sculptor Eva Hesse as the showcase event celebrates its 40th birthday. Costelloe presented a mix of whites, dark greys and plenty of tweeds in his …

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By Muvija M LONDON (Reuters) -King Charles’s cancer diagnosis could bring the British royal family closer, his estranged son Prince Harry said in an interview on Friday, adding that he loved his family and was grateful to have recently seen his father. Buckingham Palace revealed earlier this month that Charles, on the throne for a …

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By Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s Labour Party dealt a crushing blow to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives on Friday, winning contests for two new lawmakers in votes that indicated the opposition party was on track to win a national election later this year. The double defeat underlined the flagging fortunes of the governing party …

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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s opposition Labour Party won a contest for a new lawmaker in the southwestern English town of Kingswood on Friday, dealing a blow to the governing Conservatives before a national vote expected this year. The Kingswood defeat for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives looked to be the first of two on Friday, with …

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By Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) – Voters went to the polls on Thursday for two new British lawmakers, with the opposition Labour Party expected to win parliamentary seats in central and southwestern England in yet another blow to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives. The Conservatives have done little to win over voters in Wellingborough in …

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LONDON (Reuters) -Facebook must face a collective lawsuit valued at around 3 billion pounds ($3.77 billion) over allegations the social media giant abused its dominant position to monetise users’ personal data, a London tribunal ruled on Thursday. Legal academic Liza Lovdahl Gormsen, who is bringing the case on behalf of around 45 million Facebook users …

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By William Schomberg and Sumanta Sen LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak suffered a pre-election setback on Thursday when data showed the economy fell into a recession in the second half of 2023, but his finance minister Jeremy Hunt said the outlook for this year was brighter. Sunak is expected to opt for …

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