LONDON (Reuters) -British Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab said on Sunday the political stability of Northern Ireland was in peril until problems with the protocol governing post-Brexit trade between the province and the rest of the United Kingdom were fixed. In an election on Thursday, Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein won the most seats in …
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(Reuters) – England’s new test skipper Ben Stokes wants predecessor Joe Root to return to number four in the batting order for the series against New Zealand, a position where he has accumulated over 5,000 runs and notched up 14 centuries. Root, who resigned from the captaincy after the series defeat against the West Indies, …
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LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) – What had been a joyous week for Liverpool went flat on Saturday as they stumbled in the title race, dropping two crucial points in a 1-1 draw at home to Tottenham Hotspur. Watford were relegated from the top flight as they lost to Crystal Palace, while Manchester United’s season can hardly …
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By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said it would provide a further 1.3 billion pounds ($1.60 billion) in military support and aid to Ukraine, making the pledge ahead of a planned video call on Sunday by Group of Seven leaders with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Prime Minister Johnson has been one of the strongest …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Previously unseen footage of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth as a young girl before acceding to the throne will feature in a new documentary airing at the end of this month, Buckingham Palace and broadcaster BBC said on Saturday. The May 29 programme, drawing from home movies in the queen’s personal collection showing life …
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MIAMI (Reuters) – Britain’s Jamie Chadwick made a perfect start to her bid for a third W Series title by winning the season-opening race of the all-female championship with a last lap overtake at the Miami Grand Prix on Saturday. The 23-year-old defending champion, representing Caitlyn Jenner’s Jenner Racing team, took the chequered flag after …
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By Amanda Ferguson BELFAST (Reuters) -Sinn Fein, the former political wing of the Irish Republican Army (IRA), hailed its first victory in a Northern Ireland Assembly election as a “defining moment” for the British-controlled region and called for a debate on a united Ireland. Sinn Fein was ahead of the pro-British Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) …
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BELFAST (Reuters) – Sinn Fein secured the largest number of seats in an election to Northern Ireland’s regional parliament for the first time on Saturday, official results showed. The Irish nationalist party secured 27 seats, three ahead of the pro-British Democratic Unionist Party with two seats left to declare. (Reporting by Conor Humphries and Amanda …
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BELFAST (Reuters) – Sinn Fein’s emergence as Northern Ireland’s largest political party represents a defining moment in the British-run region’s history and ushers in a new era, the regional head of the Irish nationalist party said on Saturday. “Today represents a very significant moment of change. It’s a defining moment for our politics and our …
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LONDON (Reuters) – A person in England has been diagnosed with a rare viral monkeypox infection thought to be linked to travel to West Africa, health authorities said on Saturday. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said in a statement the case, in a person who had recently traveled to Nigeria, was being treated at …
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