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Soccer-Stripping Aubameyang of Arsenal captaincy in best interests of club, says Arteta

14 Dec 2021

LONDON (Reuters) – Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said the decision to strip Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of the club captaincy following a disciplinary breach was in the best interests of the club. Arteta said he had broken the news to the Gabon international during a face to face meeting — conceding it was an unpleasant situation to …

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World needs cheaper way to vaccinate against COVID, former UK vaccine chief says

14 Dec 2021

LONDON (Reuters) -The former head of Britain’s vaccine task force said on Tuesday that the vaccines against COVID-19 would need to become cheaper to administer – whether with patches, pills or sprays – to ensure countries do not have to spend so much. Kate Bingham, former chair of the UK Vaccine Taskforce, said the virus …

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Factbox: How could UK PM Johnson be ousted by unhappy lawmakers?

14 Dec 2021

LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing increasing grumblings of discontent among his lawmakers, many of whom believe he is squandering his Conservative Party’s successes by self-inflicted missteps and gaffes. Johnson, who helped the Conservatives win a large majority in the 2019 election, faces a major rebellion among his lawmakers on Tuesday …

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UK looking at vaccinating children as young as five, Lim says

14 Dec 2021

LONDON (Reuters) – The British government’s scientific vaccine advisory group is discussing whether or not to advise children as young as five receive COVID vaccines, the chair of Britain’s vaccine group said on Tuesday. “We are discussing that at the moment. We’re also waiting for the vaccines to be approved by MHRA,” Professor Lim Wei …

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British vaccine science chief says: earlier booster campaign wouldn’t have been right

14 Dec 2021

LONDON (Reuters) – The chair of Britain’s vaccine group said on Tuesday that calling an earlier and faster COVID-19 vaccine booster campaign would not necessarily have been the right policy given the scientific evidence at the time. Britain is racing to offer all adults a booster by the end of the year as the country …

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Five takeaways from the prosecution’s case at Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex abuse trial

14 Dec 2021

By Luc Cohen (Reuters) – Prosecutors rested their case in Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex abuse trial on Friday after two weeks of emotional testimony from four women who say Maxwell set them up for sexual encounters with Jeffrey Epstein when the women were teenagers. Maxwell, 59, has pleaded not guilty to sex trafficking and other charges, …

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UK has 10 people in hospital with Omicron, deputy PM Raab says

14 Dec 2021

(Corrects to show that British Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab misspoke when he said 250 people were in hospital with Omicron. He later said that 10 people were in hospital and that he had misheard the question.) LONDON (Reuters) – (This story officially corrects to show that British Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab misspoke when …

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Sky News says UK deputy PM Raab misspoke about Omicron hospitalisations

14 Dec 2021

LONDON (Reuters) – Sky news said on Tuesday that British Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab had misspoken when he said 250 people were in hospital with the Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus. When asked for a comment, a spokesman for the justice ministry told Reuters to call the health ministry and suggested Reuters use …

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Cricket-England skipper Root backs Leach, Burns to rebound after Gabba

14 Dec 2021

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – England captain Joe Root has backed Rory Burns and Jack Leach to rebound from their horror shows in the series-opening defeat in Brisbane as the tourists look to square the Ashes with victory in the day-night second test at Adelaide Oval. Burns was bowled out first ball of the series, dropped an …

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