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Iraq summons UK charge d’affaires over ambassador’s remarks, state news agency says

18 Aug 2024 18 Aug 2024

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iraq has summoned Britain’s chargé d’affaires over remarks made by the British Ambassador to Iraq Stephen Hitchen about the country’s security and political issues, the country’s state news agency reported on Sunday. The ambassador’s remarks reflect “a bleak image of Iraq, its government and components”, it added. (Reporting by Clauda Tanios; Editing …

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Soccer-Liverpool start Slot era with win, Arsenal beat Wolves

17 Aug 2024 17 Aug 2024

By Martyn Herman LONDON, England (Reuters) -Liverpool kicked off the Arne Slot era in style with a 2-0 win at Ipswich Town in their opening Premier League game on Saturday, their first competitive match without Juergen Klopp at the helm in nine years. Dutchman Slot will be expected to lead a Liverpool title challenge, as …

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More than 120 firefighters tackle blaze at London’s Somerset House

17 Aug 2024 17 Aug 2024

By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) -Around 125 firefighters tackled a fire in the roof of London’s Somerset house on Saturday, though the historic building’s major art collections, including works by Manet, van Gogh and Cezanne, were undamaged. The London Fire Brigade (LFB) said 25 fire engines were deployed to tackle the blaze after the alarm …

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Hurricane Ernesto bears down on Bermuda, already knocking out power

17 Aug 2024 17 Aug 2024

By Jasmine Patterson and Nicola Muirhead BERMUDA (Reuters) -Hurricane Ernesto bore down on Bermuda on Friday as a Category 2 storm, threatening the British island territory with strong winds, a dangerous storm surge and potentially deadly flooding. Ernesto, centered about 95 miles (150 km) south-southwest of the archipelago at 8 p.m. Atlantic Standard Time (0000 …

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EU public health body lifts mpox risk alert level

16 Aug 2024 16 Aug 2024

By Bhanvi Satija and Jennifer Rigby (Reuters) -The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) on Friday raised its risk level for mpox, a day after global health officials confirmed the first infection with a new strain of the virus outside Africa, in Sweden. The EU public health body’s head said there will be …

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Prince Harry urges caution on AI at start of trip to Colombia

16 Aug 2024 16 Aug 2024

BOGOTA (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Harry urged caution over artificial intelligence and talked of social media as divisive during a panel in Colombia’s capital Bogota alongside his wife Meghan and the Andean country’s Vice President Francia Marquez. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who stepped away from official royal duties in January 2020 and now …

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Longest jail terms for UK disorder handed down as prosecutors pursue riot charges

16 Aug 2024 16 Aug 2024

LONDON (Reuters) – Two men on Friday received the longest jail sentences yet over the recent widespread violent disorder in Britain, as prosecutors charged another man with the more serious offence of rioting and said further charges were likely to follow. A 48-year-old man was jailed for six years for a number of offences including …

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Britain stops export of World War Two code breaker Alan Turing’s wartime papers

16 Aug 2024 16 Aug 2024

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain has stopped the export of rare wartime papers that once belonged to national hero Alan Turing, who helped the Allies win World War Two by cracking Nazi Germany’s Enigma code. An export bar has been placed on Turing’s unpublished papers relating to the “Delilah” project, which developed a portable encryption system …

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UK regulator decides against in-depth probe of baby formula market

16 Aug 2024 16 Aug 2024

(Reuters) – Britain’s competition regulator has decided against launching a more extensive market investigation into the supply of infant formula after an initial study, it said on Friday. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said its study launched in February had identified significant concerns about the infant formula market and that it will recommend change, …

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Two teens in UK court charged with right-wing terrorism offences

16 Aug 2024 16 Aug 2024

LONDON (Reuters) -Two teenagers appeared in a London court on Friday after an investigation into suspected extreme right-wing terrorism, involving allegations of attempting to acquire firearms and explosives. Rex Clark, 18, and Sofija Vinogradova, 19, were both charged with a single count of preparation of terrorist acts, after an investigation which was not linked to …

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