By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Andrew on Thursday had his military links and royal patronages removed, a day after a U.S. judge allowed a civil case brought by Virginia Giuffre accusing the prince of sexually abusing her when she was 17 to move forward. The following is a summary of the …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Staff at Boris Johnson’s residence held gatherings dubbed “wine-time Fridays” during pandemic lockdowns, with the British prime minister regularly witnessing gatherings and encouraging staff to “let off steam”, the Mirror newspaper reported on Friday. The newspaper said staff had bought a large drinks fridge for the office, which they refilled by taking …
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LONDON (Reuters) – The scandal engulfing British Prime Minister Boris Johnson over his conduct during coronavirus lockdowns has helped the opposition Labour Party to pull into a 10 point lead over the ruling Conservatives in a new opinion poll released on Friday. Johnson apologised to parliament on Wednesday and to Queen Elizabeth on Friday following …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Turkey’s President, Tayyip Erdogan, discussed on Friday their significant concern over the build up of Russian troops on Ukraine’s border. “They shared significant concerns about the build-up of Russian troops on Ukraine’s border, and emphasised NATO’s collective resolve to avoid further escalation,” a statement from London …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Infants under one are proportionally more likely to be hospitalised with the Omicron variant of the coronavirus than older children but they did not become particularly sick, British researchers said. Of children hospitalised with COVID-19 in the last four weeks, 42% were under one, compared with around 30% in previous waves, the …
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(Reuters) – There is anxiety in the England women’s camp after a member of their support staff tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of the multi-format Ashes series in Australia, captain Heather Knight said on Friday. England are due to play three Twenty20 internationals against Australia, beginning from Jan. 20 in Adelaide. It will be followed …
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By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing a revolt by grassroots Conservative supporters who want him to resign after a series of revelations https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-pm-johnsons-office-partied-queen-mourned-death-husband-2022-01-14 about parties held at his official Downing Street residence during national coronavirus lockdowns. From the West Midlands to Scotland, party members – who raise funds …
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By William Schomberg and Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s economy grew strongly in November to finally surpass its size just before the country went into its first COVID-19 lockdown, official data showed on Friday. The world’s fifth-biggest economy expanded by a much faster than expected 0.9% in November – before the latest wave of …
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By Nick Said CAPE TOWN (Reuters) -Keegan Petersen scored a superb 82 as South Africa completed a seven-wicket victory in the third test and a 2-1 series win over world number one India on an unforgiving Newlands pitch having chased down their challenging target of 212 on Friday. It is just the fourth time in …
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PARIS (Reuters) – France on Friday welcomed back its first British tourists after a partial travel ban, introduced over COVID-19 concerns, was lifted. One traveller, who gave his name as Warwick, arrived at the Gare du Nord train station in Paris on Friday aboard a Eurostar service from London. He said he had previously had …
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