By David Thomas (Reuters) – A juror in the Ghislaine Maxwell case whose actions prompted the British socialite’s lawyer to seek a new sexual abuse trial has turned to a criminal lawyer who defended an NBA player, an Alec Baldwin stalker and a scammer who posed as a wealthy heiress. New York attorney Todd Spodek …
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By Nigel Hunt LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s farming and environment minister George Eustice said on Thursday that government legislation to ease the regulatory regime for gene editing after breaking away from EU rules would initially focus on crops, not farm animals. The minister announced last year that regulations related to gene editing in agricultural research …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologised for not disclosing an exchange of messages with a Conservative Party donor to the head of an investigation into how his flat refurbishment was funded, letters published on Thursday showed. Johnson’s redecoration of his Downing Street residence has come under intense scrutiny, both for how much …
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LONDON (Reuters) – The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said on Thursday there had been a confirmed human case of avian flu in southwest England, adding that the person had been in close contact with infected birds and there was no evidence of onward transmission. “The person acquired the infection from very close, regular contact …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday COVID-19 vaccines would not be made mandatory even though anti-vax campaigners were dissuading people from taking up the shots. Johnson said he wanted to persuade those people hesitating about the vaccines to get them, but the task was made harder by people spreading misinformation. …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday he had followed official guidance at all times, when asked about a report into the refurbishment of his residence and how it was funded. “I followed the ministerial guidance at all times,” Johnson told reporters. (Reporting by Alistair Smout, writing by William James, editing …
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By William James and Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) -Britain warned Moscow on Thursday that it was working with Western partners on high-impact sanctions targetting Russia’s financial sector should it invade Ukraine. Russia has massed some 100,000 troops near Ukraine’s border and though Moscow says it has no plans to invade its neighbour, President Vladimir Putin …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s government has no plans to delay tax increases to try to fix a health and social care funding crisis, a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday, after some in the governing Conservative Party criticised their timing. Asked if the government would delay the introduction of the increases, the …
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(Reuters) – British billionaire Richard Branson said on Thursday he was recovering from a “mild” case of coronavirus along with his wife and other family members after they tested positive for the Omicron variant. “Friends & family, including myself and my wife Joan, recently caught omicron. Thanks to all being vaccinated and boosted, our symptoms …
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By Nick Mulvenney SYDNEY (Reuters) – England’s bowlers struck twice in the final session to reduce Australia to 126 for three at the close of play on a rain-disrupted opening day of the fourth Ashes test at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Wednesday. James Anderson finally winkled out Marcus Harris for a 109-ball 38 and …
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