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COVID-19 caused decline of London's labour market, exodus of migrant worke
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], November 19 (ANI/Sputnik): The coronavirus pandemic has hit London's labour market harder than the rest of the United Kingdom, causing a mass departure of foreign-born workers for the period of lockdowns, according to a study by UK-based think tank Centre for London and King's C
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Five Eyes Alliance expresses concern over Hong Kong legislators' disqualif
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Washington [US], November 19 (ANI): The United States, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Canada and Australia on Wednesday reiterated their serious concerns regarding China's imposition of new rules to disqualify elected legislators in Hong Kong and called on Beijing to reconsider their actio
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Amidst charges of sexual misconduct, British-Pakistani steps down from Hou
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London [UK], November 17 (ANI): Amid multiple allegations of sexual misconduct, Lord Nazir Ahmed has announced retirement from the House of Lords, the upper house of the United Kingdom's Parliament.
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UK bans travel from Denmark over new Coronavirus strain among minks
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London [UK], November 7 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Kingdom has prohibited entry into the country from Denmark starting Saturday following an outbreak of a new coronavirus strain at Danish mink farms, Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps has said.
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UK lawmakers vote in favour of month-long nationwide COVID-19 lockdown
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], November 4 (ANI/Sputnik): Lawmakers in the United Kingdom's House of Commons have voted overwhelmingly to approve the government's plan to introduce a four-week nationwide lockdown in England in order to curb the coronavirus disease.
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Cabinet approves signing of MoU between India, UK on cooperation in teleco
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 4 (ANI): The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given its approval for signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Ministry of Communications of India and the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sports (DCMS) of the Uni
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Cabinet approves MoU between India, UK on cooperation in field of medical
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New Delhi [India], November 4 (ANI): The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given its approval for signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO), India, and the United Kingdom Medicines and Healthcare Pr
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European Commission still awaits UK's response to EU's letter regarding Br
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Geneva [Switzerland], November 4 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Commission still did not receive the United Kingdom's response to a letter regarding London's violations of the Brexit agreement, Daniel Ferrie, the commission's spokesman, said on Tuesday.
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US, UK call for release of 'political prisoners' in Belarus
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Washington [US], November 2 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States and the United Kingdom urged Belarus to release "political prisoners" and all those detained for participation in the anti-government demonstrations in the East European country, representatives of the US and the UK at the UN Human
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UK firemen union joins push to make London demand probe into Beirut blast
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London [UK], November 2 (ANI/Sputnik): The UK Fire Brigades Union has joined the Amnesty watchdog group's initiative to make the United Kingdom demand an international investigation into the August 4 explosion in Beirut, the group announced on Monday.
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UK to allocate about USD 1.3 million for humanitarian aid to Nagorno-Karab
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London [UK], October 31 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Kingdom will allocate 1 million pounds (around USD 1.3 million) for humanitarian aid to Azerbaijan's conflict-torn region of Nagorno-Karabakh at the request of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the Foreign Office said.
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PIA suffers loss of Rs 250 billion since suspension of EU flights
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Islamabad [Pakistan], October 29 (ANI): Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has suffered a loss of Rs 250 billion since the suspension of flight operations to and from the European Union and the United Kingdom.
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