By Greg Torode and Guy Faulconbridge HONG KONG/LONDON (Reuters) -Britain has scolded China for its broadening use of a national security law in Hong Kong, detailing attacks on the city’s vaunted judiciary, civil society groups and foreign diplomats. “The erosion of liberty in Hong Kong is an affront to freedom and democracy,” Foreign Secretary Liz …
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By Elizabeth Piper and Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) -Almost 100 Conservative lawmakers voted on Tuesday against new coronavirus restrictions, dealing a major blow to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s authority and raising questions about his leadership. After a day of frenzied failed lobbying, Johnson was handed the biggest rebellion against his government so far by …
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By Simon Evans MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) -Manchester City crushed Leeds United 7-0 at the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday to make it seven Premier League wins a row and move four points clear at the top of the table. Marcelo Bielsa’s Leeds were simply brushed aside by a City side who were at their very best …
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NORWICH, England (Reuters) -A superb individual effort by midfielder Jacob Ramsey and a late Ollie Watkins goal gave Aston Villa a 2-0 win at bottom team Norwich City on Tuesday, as home manager Dean Smith suffered defeat against his former club. Smith took over at Norwich after parting company with Villa last month and the …
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By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said it would push back at what it casts as attempts by Russia and China to establish national sovereignty over the communications arteries and emerging technologies which will shape the 21st Century. Britain depicts China and Russia as strategic rivals whose rush for control of some major technologies …
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By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) -Some Premier League clubs could take into account the vaccine status of potential signings when they look to bolster their squads in the January transfer window as rising COVID-19 cases raise fears of a rash of postponed games. Aston Villa boss Steven Gerrard and his Crystal Palace counterpart Patrick Vieira …
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LONDON (Reuters) -The British government will remove all 11 countries from its COVID-19 travel red list from Wednesday because there is now community transmission of Omicron in Britain, Health Secretary Sajid Javid told parliament. The new Omicron variant was first detected in southern Africa and Hong Kong. The British government added 11 African countries to …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain reported 59,610 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, the highest figure since early January, as it faces what Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called a “tidal wave” on infections from the Omicron variant, official data showed. The number of new infections is the fifth highest recorded since the outbreak of the pandemic …
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By Toby Melville LONDON (Reuters) -Long queues formed at a vaccine centres in England on Tuesday as hundreds of thousands of people rushed to get COVID booster shots after Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned that the Omicron variant could overcome the immunity of the inoculated. The National Health Service said 704,148 vaccine appointments were made …
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LONDON (Reuters) – The Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus is showing a higher rate of reinfection that other variants and its growth rate is shortening in the United Kingdom, the Health Security Agency’s chief medical adviser said on Tuesday. “This is growing very fast with a growth rate of initially two to three days, …
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