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Canada to halt passenger flights from Britain to contain coronavirus
OTTAWA: Canada is to halt the entry of passenger flights from Britain for 72 hours from midnight Sunday, reports Xinhua news agency quoted the authorities’ announcement Sunday. Canada became the latest nation to take action over a new fast-spreading strain of
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COVID-19: South Korea reports more recoveries for first time
SEOUL: South Korea reported more recoveries from the coronavirus than new infections today for the first time, since its outbreak emerged in January, as a downward trend in daily cases raised hopes, that Asia’s biggest epidemic outside China may be
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Harry and Meghan step back from senior roles in a surprise move
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan will step back from senior roles in Britain’s royal family and spend more time in North America, they said yesterday, an announcement that appears to have taken his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth, by surprise. After
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Tesco suspends Chinese supplier after suspected prisoner message
British supermarket giant Tesco suspended a Chinese supplier of Christmas cards yesterday after a press report said a customer found a message written inside a card saying it had been packed by foreign prisoners who were victims of forced labor.
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London Bridge attack: Britain to honour its dead with vigil
Britain today honoured the two people killed by a militant knifeman, who went on a stabbing spree near London Bridge in an attack that has thrust criminal justice to the centre of the election campaign. Jack Merritt, 25, and Saskia
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Malaysia trail 1-4 to Great Britain in Tokyo 2020 play-off
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has an uphill task in the second leg of their 2020 Tokyo Olympics qualifiers playoff after losing 1-4 to Great Britain in the first leg in London early today (Malaysian time). Besides having to display a courageous
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Man Returns to Family After 35 Years
KUALA LUMPUR : A local English daily recently carried the poignant story of how a 47-year search for an estranged father ended in heartbreak. The father of five left behind his family in Melaka to seek greener pastures in Britain
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Snap polls looms after parliament voted against Brexit
LONDON: The British parliament voted on Wednesday to prevent Prime Minister Boris Johnson taking Britain out of the European Union without a deal on Oct. 31, but rejected his first bid to call a snap election two weeks before the
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Johnson threatens election ahead of Brexit battle in Parliament
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has implicitly warned lawmakers that he would seek an election if they tied his hands on Brexit, ruling out ever countenancing a further delay to Britain’s departure from the European Union. Johnson’s promise to take the
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UK: Iran seized two oil tankers in Gur, Tehran says only one
LONDON/DUBAI: Britain said Iran seized two oil tankers in the Gulf yesterday and told Tehran to return the vessels or face consequences in the latest confrontation to ratchet up tension along a vital international oil shipping route. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards
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