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(Reuters) -British foreign minister James Cleverly postponed a planned trip to Beijing this month after China’s foreign minister’s near-month-long absence from public view, Bloomberg News reported on Friday. Chinese foreign minister Qin Gang’s absence was the main reason that the foreign secretary put off his travel, the report added, citing two people familiar with the …

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By Sarah Mills LONDON (Reuters) -“Mission Impossible” star Simon Pegg and Brian Cox from “Succession” joined a rally in London on Friday in support of U.S film and television writers and actors striking for higher pay and new terms in the streaming era. Hollywood actors went on strike on July 14 after talks with studios …

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By Peter Hall MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – England wicket keeper Jonny Bairstow hit back at his critics following a blistering 99 not out that put his side on the verge of a famous victory in the fourth Ashes test at Old Trafford on Friday. Bairstow slammed four sixes as he helped England post 592 all …

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KYIV (Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy dismissed Vadym Prystaiko as Ukraine’s ambassador to Britain on Friday, days after the envoy publicly criticised the president. A presidential order, which said Prystaiko had also been removed as Ukraine’s representative to the International Maritime Organization, gave no reason for the dismissal. In an interview with Sky News last week, …

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By Andrew MacAskill and Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s governing Conservatives lost two strategically important parliamentary seats on Friday but unexpectedly retained Boris Johnson’s old constituency in a setback for the opposition Labour Party. The Conservatives’ narrow victory in Johnson’s seat gave Sunak some breathing space to try to narrow …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s opposition Labour Party was not taking anything for granted after an historic win in a local election overnight, Deputy Labour Leader Angela Rayner said on Friday. “Selby was a historic great result for us and we acknowledge that that was a fantastic victory, but we’re not taking anything for granted,” Rayner …

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LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said a local by-election victory by his governing Conservative Party showed that the outcome of the next national general election was not “a done deal.” “No one expected us to win here,” Sunak told reporters after his party unexpectedly retained a parliamentary seat previously held by former …

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