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MELBOURNE, Australia (Reuters) – England head coach Chris Silverwood will miss the fourth Ashes test in Sydney next week after a family member tested positive for COVID-19 and he must isolate for 10 days, the England and Wales Cricket Board said in a statement on Wednesday. The fourth test is due to start next Tuesday …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Patients with COVID-19 occupied 10,462 beds in English hospitals on Wednesday, up by 916 on the day before, official data from NHS England showed. The health body also said that of those hospitalised COVID patients, 771 were in mechanical ventilation beds, a figure that has been relatively unchanged through December. (Reporting by …

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LONDON (Reuters) – British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said on Wednesday she was deeply concerned by the liquidation of the Russian human rights group Memorial, saying its closure was another “chilling blow to freedom of expression in Russia”. Russia’s Memorial Human Rights Centre was ordered to shut by a Moscow court on Wednesday, a day …

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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A lawyer for Britain’s Prince Andrew on Tuesday questioned whether Virginia Giuffre is legally entitled to pursue her civil lawsuit accusing the Duke of York of sexually abusing her when she was under 18. In a filing with the U.S. District Court in Manhattan, the lawyer Andrew Brettler …

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(Reuters) – Joe Root must step down as England captain after his team’s meek surrender in Melbourne ensured Australia retained the Ashes, former England batsman Geoffrey Boycott said on Tuesday. Australia’s commanding victory in the third test by an innings and 14 runs gave the hosts an unassailable 3-0 lead in the series. England were …

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