By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex abuse trial in Manhattan federal court began this week. Prosecutors have accused the British socialite of grooming teenage girls for abuse by now-deceased investor Jeffrey Epstein. Maxwell has pleaded not guilty. Here are five key moments from the first week of trial: – In her …
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By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) -Mercedes Formula One boss Toto Wolff is to meet survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire after apologising on behalf of his team on Friday for any distress caused by a sponsorship deal with a company linked to the 2017 disaster. The deal with Kingspan, an Irish company that produces high-performance …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain on Friday reported 50,584 further cases of COVID-19 and 143 more deaths within 28 days of a positive test, according to official data. That compares with 53,945 cases and 141 deaths reported a day earlier. (Reporting by Andrew MacAskill, Editing by Alistair Smout)
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said on Friday there were still significant gaps between its position and the European Union over post-Brexit trade arrangements for Northern Ireland and it was ready to take unilateral action if needed. “The gap between our positions is still significant and progress on many issues has been quite limited,” Britain’s Brexit …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Commission Vice-President Maros Sefcovic urged London on Friday to conclude a deal to allow medicines to flow easily from Britain to Northern Ireland as well as other issues concerning trade to the British province. “Time to get medicines across the finish line and show strong political will to advance on the …
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LONDON (Reuters) – The UCI Track Champions League will culminate in this weekend’s double-header in London after the final round scheduled for Israel on Dec. 11 was cancelled because of the new Omnicron coronavirus variant. It is the second round of the new competition to be cancelled, after a Paris leg was also scrapped for …
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LONDON (Reuters) – The estimated range of England’s COVID-19 weekly reproduction “R” number is between 0.9 and 1.1, lower than last week, the UK Health Security Agency said on Friday. An R number between 0.9 and 1.1 means that for every 10 people infected, they will on average infect between 9 and 11 other people. …
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(Reuters) – The Football Association (FA) CEO Mark Bullingham apologised to fans on Friday for the “terrible experience” during the European Championship final between England and Italy at Wembley, after an independent review said it was a “near miss” of fatalities. The July 11 final, won by Italy in a penalty shootout, was marred by …
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By Simon Evans MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) -FIFA vice-president Victor Montagliani has floated a possible compromise solution in the row over the proposal for a biennial World Cup which has divided the global governing body. Canadian Montagliani, who is president of CONCACAF which governs the game in North and Central America and the Caribbean, is a …
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(Reuters) – England fast bowler Stuart Broad said he is “buzzing” to play at the Gabba in the first test of the Ashes series against Australia and is looking forward to the challenge of competing in front of a partisan crowd. The Gabba, which hosts the first of five tests between the teams starting Dec. …
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