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British PM Johnson self-isolating after COVID-19 contact
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is self-isolating after coming into contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19, a fresh setback after infighting among his top advisers plunged Downing Street…
4-day of events planned to mark UK queen’s 70yrs on throne
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Britain will hold "a blockbuster weekend of celebrations" in the summer of 2022, featuring an extra day's public holiday, to mark Queen Elizabeth's 70th anniversary on the throne, the government announced on Thursday.
The…
England set for another virus lockdown
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is considering imposing a new lockdown across England within days following warnings his localised restrictions strategy has failed to curb soaring coronavirus rates, reports said…
UK lawmakers file case against Johnson
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A group of British opposition lawmakers have filed a legal case against Prime Minister Boris Johnson over what they say is his failure to protect the public's right to free and fair elections after allegations of Russian…
Virus unlikely to be eradicated: UK expert
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There is very little chance of the coronavirus being eradicated and so people will have to live with it for "evermore", a British scientist on the government's advisory committee for the pandemic said on Wednesday.
"We…
London goes into stricter lockdown
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London, the world's international financial capital, will enter a tighter COVID-19 lockdown from midnight on Friday as Prime Minister Boris Johnson seeks to tackle a swiftly accelerating second coronavirus…
Britain’s Meghan doesn’t do social media for ‘self-preservation’
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Meghan, Britain's Duchess of Sussex, said on Tuesday she has no social media accounts "for her own self-preservation" and has no idea what is being said about her online.
Meghan, who with her husband Prince…
UK’s Johnson unveils three-tier system of lockdown measures
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday imposed a tiered system of further restrictions on parts of England including shutting pubs as the COVID-19 outbreak accelerates, though anger is rising at the cost of the…
COVID-19: New local lockdown restrictions in England to be unveiled
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New local lockdown rules for England are due to be announced later.
The Liverpool City Region is expected to face the tightest restrictions under a new "three tier" system, which will classify regions as being at a…
UK PM Boris Johnson wishes Trump, First Lady “speedy recovery”
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who had tested positive for Covid-19 on Friday wished US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump a rapid recovery.
"My best wishes to President Trump and the First…