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British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's 5-year sent
Updated : 10 hours, 59 min ago IST
London [UK], March 8 (ANI): Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian charity worker who was in an Iranian jail for almost five years for alleged sedition charges, has finally had her ankle monitor removed. She now faces another trial on separate charges.
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After year of virtual summits amid pandemic, PM Modi to step out a
Updated : 4 days, 22 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 3 (ANI): Now that the vaccination drive is in full force and COVID-19 restrictions are easing up, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to follow a busy diplomatic calendar in the coming days.
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UK records another 5,455 coronavirus cases, 104 deaths
Updated : 6 days, 16 hours ago IST
London [UK], March 1 (ANI/Xinhua): Another 5,455 people in Britain have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 4,182,009, according to official figures released Monday.
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UK PM faces backlash for 'journalists abuse people' remark
Updated : 1 week, 5 days ago IST
London [UK], February 23 (ANI/Sputnik): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has sparked criticism after telling children on Tuesday that journalists "are always abusing people," with a Labour lawmaker urging him to apologize and the head of the National Union of Journalists saying that such rema
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'Very optimistic' of meeting target to lift COVID lockdown but not
Updated : 1 week, 5 days ago IST
London [UK], February 23 (ANI): United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday said that he is "very optimistic" about meeting the government's target of fully lifting the COVID-19 legal limits on social contact by June 21, but admitted that nothing can be guaranteed.
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UK unemployment rate up to 5.1 pc in Q4 of 2020
Updated : 1 week, 5 days ago IST
London [UK], February 23 (ANI): The UK unemployment rate rose to 5.1 per cent in the three months to December last year, while the number of workers on payroll has fallen by 726,000 since the COVID-19 pandemic began in February 2020, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported on Tuesd
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UK bans non-essential international travel till at least May 17
Updated : 1 week, 6 days ago IST
London [UK], February 23 (ANI): In view of the spread of COVID-19, United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday announced a ban on non-essential international travel from and to the country till at least May 17.
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England schools to reopen on March 8 as Johnson announces 'roadmap
Updated : 1 week, 6 days ago IST
London [UK], February 22 (ANI): School in England will re-open from March 8 as part of "roadmap" to ease the current coronavirus-induced lockdown, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Monday.
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UK PM warns there will be more deaths as he announced "cautious" e
Updated : 1 week, 6 days ago IST
London [UK], February 22 (ANI): United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson, on Monday has warned there will be more deaths from Covid-19 as the country "cautiously, but irreversibly" exits lockdown.
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Most people in UK don't trust Johnson can take England out of COVI
Updated : 1 week, 6 days ago IST
London [UK], February 22 (ANI/Sputnik): Only 24 per cent of people in the United Kingdom think Prime Minister Boris Johnson can safely take England out of its third COVID-19 lockdown, a new poll released ahead of Johnson's much-awaited announcement on a roadmap to normality has shown on Mond
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UK aims to offer a COVID-19 vaccine jab to every adult by end of J
Updated : 2 weeks ago IST
London [UK], February 22 (ANI): More than 17.5 million people in the United Kingdom or more than 1 in 3 adults have now had their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and the country aims to offer a jab to every adult by the end of July, said UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday (local time).
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Merkel video showing her rushing to retrieve forgotten face mask t
Updated : 2 weeks, 1 day ago IST
Berlin [Germany], February 20 (ANI): In a viral video, German Chancellor Angela Merkel was seen jumping out of her seat in alarm as she realises that she has forgotten her mask on the Speaker's desk from where she delivered an address in the country's parliament, the Bundestag, Berlin earlie
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