By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -British singer Ed Sheeran said baseless copyright claims were damaging the music industry after he won a case at the High Court in London on Wednesday over whether a refrain in his 2017 mega hit “Shape Of You” had been lifted from another artist. Sheeran had been involved in a …
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By Amlan Chakraborty NEW DELHI (Reuters) – England’s record of one win in their last 17 tests is clearly not good enough but Joe Root is still the right man to skipper the side, former bowler Darren Gough told Reuters. Root has come under pressure after England slumped to a 4-0 defeat in the last …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will launch a publicly-owned system operator to take over some of the responsibilities of the National Grid and help the country meet its net zero emissions climate target, the government said on Wednesday. Britain is striving to reach net zero emissions by 2050, a goal that will require a huge increase …
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(Reuters) – British exhibitions group Hyve on Wednesday proposed to sell its Russian business, citing warnings from customers that they would boycott its Western events if it continued to operate in the country after its invasion of Ukraine. Hyve said the proposed sale for a maximum price of 72 million pounds ($93.96 million) is also …
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LONDON (Reuters) -The world must act to stop the mass murder in Ukraine, British Health Secretary Sajid Javid said on Wednesday, comparing reports of civilian killings by Russian troops to a 1995 genocide in Bosnia. Since Russian troops withdrew from towns and villages around the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, Ukrainian troops have been showing journalists corpses …
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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s involvement in the development of hypersonic missiles with treaty partners the United States and Britain was part of an effort to achieve peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Wednesday. Britain, the United States and Australia on Tuesday agreed to cooperate on hypersonic weapons and …
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(Reuters) – Heavy fighting and Russian air strikes continue in the encircled Ukrainian city of Mariupol, British military intelligence said on Wednesday. “The humanitarian situation in the city is worsening,” the defence ministry said. “Most of the 160,000 remaining residents have no light, communication, medicine, heat or water. Russian forces have prevented humanitarian access, likely …
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By Simon Evans MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) -Manchester City have a slender lead from the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final after Kevin De Bruyne’s 70th minute goal earned them a 1-0 win over Atletico Madrid at the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday. It was a result City had to eek out against an Atletico side …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain, the United States and Australia on Tuesday agreed to cooperate on hypersonic weapons and electronic warfare capabilities, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s office said, following a call between leaders of the new defence alliance. The new AUKUS alliance, launched last September, prompted Australia to cancel a contract for a conventional French submarine …
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(Reuters) -The U.S. health regulator said on Tuesday GlaxoSmithKline and Vir Biotechnology’s antibody therapy was no longer authorized as a COVID-19 treatment, with data suggesting it was unlikely to be effective against the dominant Omicron sub-variant in the country. The move by the agency, which had already pulled its authorization for the sotrovimab therapy in …
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