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By Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s Northern Ireland minister will urge leaders of the province’s political parties on Monday to form a new post-election power-sharing government, a challenge made more difficult by unresolved Brexit issues. Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein won the most seats in the Northern Ireland’s devolved assembly for the first time last …

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LONDON (Reuters) – The European Union’s envoy to Britain said the bloc was ready to restart talks on the Northern Ireland protocol after a pause due to recent elections but would not overhaul the arrangement that is central to post-Brexit trading rules. “Let’s be clear: we are not ready to renegotiate an international treaty that …

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(Reuters) – U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu has little experience on clay at the elite level but the 19-year-old says she is heading in the right direction on the surface ahead of the French Open starting later this month. Raducanu has had mixed results following her maiden Grand Slam title at last year’s U.S. Open …

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(Reuters) – Manchester United are set to undergo major changes after another disappointing season but former midfielder David Beckham hopes Cristiano Ronaldo sticks around for at least another year. United’s 4-0 hammering at Brighton & Hove Albion at the weekend means they cannot finish higher than sixth. The Old Trafford side have appointed Ajax Amsterdam …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain announced on Sunday it will increase tariffs on platinum and palladium imports from Russia and Belarus in a new package of sanctions targeting 1.7 billion pounds ($2.10 billion) of trade, which it said aimed to further weaken Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war machine. Import tariffs on a range of products will …

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LONDON (Reuters) – G7 leaders agreed that the world must intensify economic pressure on Russia’s President Vladimir Putin in any way possible, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s office said on Sunday after he addressed the group. Johnson said “the world must go further and faster to support Ukraine,” his office said after the call, which …

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