WELLINGTON (Reuters) – Henry Nicholls will depart for England with the New Zealand squad this weekend but remains a doubt for the first of three tests because of a calf injury, Black Caps coach Gary Stead said on Wednesday. There were concerns that the 30-year-old middle-order batsman would miss the tour because of the training …
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By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – Britain is on course to enter a technical recession in the second half of this year and faces a big hit to living standards from surging prices, an economic think-tank said on Wednesday. The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) forecast gross domestic product will fall by …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will overhaul its espionage laws in the face of threats to national security ranging from cyber-attacks to pernicious lobbying that could undermine its economy, the country’s interior minister said on Wednesday. Home Secretary Priti Patel said the reforms would include the creation of a new Foreign Influence Registration Scheme, similar to …
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By Christian Radnedge LONDON (Reuters) – Mouthguards are usually used as protective kits in sports such as rugby and boxing but in football a similar custom-made device is being used to collect data on the frequency and intensity of impacts a player receives to their head. English football expanded its study into the risks of …
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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A British man has been criminally charged in New York with stealing money from investors’ accounts by hacking into email servers and computers belonging to U.S. banks and brokerages, causing more than $5 million of losses. According to a 10-count complaint made public on Tuesday, Idris Dayo Mustapha, …
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By William James and Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) -Britain said on Tuesday it would take all the necessary steps to protect peace in Northern Ireland and urged the European Union to find solutions to a post-Brexit trade row, drawing warnings from the EU not to walk away from the deal. London and Brussels have been …
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By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) -Britain set out long-awaited plans on Tuesday for a new accounting watchdog to shake up the audit market four years after the collapse of builder Carillion undermined investor trust in company balance sheets. The government said it would propose draft legislation to rebuild trust in audit, company reporting and corporate …
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LONDON (Reuters) – A British government source described as “not correct” a report that Prime Minister Boris Johnson is planning to announce on Friday that he will breach post-Brexit treaty obligations under the Northern Ireland Protocol. Earlier on Tuesday, ITV television’s political editor Robert Peston said the government would say it was suspending border checks …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson plans to announce that he will breach treaty obligations under the Northern Ireland Protocol, a key part of Britain’s post-Brexit relationship with the European Union, ITV political editor Robert Peston said. “Johnson is planning to say, as I understand it, that the UK government will use powers in …
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By James Pearson NEWPORT, Wales (Reuters) -Russia was behind a massive cyberattack against a satellite internet network which took tens of thousands of modems offline at the onset of Russia-Ukraine war, the United States, Britain, Canada and the European Union said on Tuesday. The digital assault against Viasat’s KA-SAT network in late February took place …
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