By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) – The British pound fell on Friday, on track for a weekly loss after a hawkish speech by U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell boosted the dollar. The dollar index strengthened after Powell said the U.S. economy will need tight monetary policy “for some time” before inflation is under control. …
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(Reuters) – Britain’s medicines regulator on Friday approved Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine for children aged between 12 and 17 years. The mRNA vaccines made by Moderna as well as the partnership between Pfizer-BioNTech are also cleared for use by this age group, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said. Britain in February cleared Novavax’s …
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ALGIERS (Reuters) – Britain and its people will always be allies of France, President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday, after the frontrunner to be Britain’s next prime minister said she had yet to decide if he was a friend or an enemy. Speaking during a visit to Algeria, Macron said Britain was “a friendly nation, …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – French lawmakers in the European parliament are urging the EU to take measures to end British discharges of raw sewage into shared waters – part of what they say is an unacceptable lowering of environmental standards since Brexit. The three leading French lawmakers said in a letter to EU Environment Commissioner Virginijus …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Harry said he wished his children could have met his mother Princess Diana and hoped the 25th anniversary of her death next week would be a day filled with memories and love. Harry was just 12 years old when Diana was killed on Aug. 31, 1997 when the limousine carrying …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s new prime minister will need to act urgently to address the issue of soaring energy prices, the chief executive of energy regulator Ofgem Jonathan Brearley said on Friday, warning prices looked set to rise further. “The prime minister, with his or her ministerial team, will need to act urgently and decisively …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British finance minister Nadhim Zahawi said on Friday that the government was working flat out to develop a new consumer support plan, after the household energy price cap rose by 80%. “I am working flat out to develop options for further support,” he said in a statement. “This will mean the incoming …
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By Simon Evans MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) -Jonny Bairstow led England to within 40 runs of South Africa’s first-innings total, with seven wickets in hand, on the first day of the second test at Old Trafford on Thursday. England were 111 for three at the close of play with Bairstow on 38 not out and opener …
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LONDON (Reuters) – London’s Metropolitan Police said on Thursday Britain’s police watchdog had decided not to investigate an incident in which the car of a Black athlete was stopped in the capital earlier this month for the second time. Portuguese 400m runner Ricardo dos Santos was stopped in the early hours of Aug. 14 by …
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By Johann M Cherian, Sruthi Shankar and Aniruddha Ghosh (Reuters) -UK’s FTSE 100 index closed higher on Thursday after a boost from oil majors and mining stocks on the back of rising crude and commodity prices, although gains were limited as investors were cautious ahead of an annual conference of world central bankers. The blue-chip …
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