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Back to news homeUK, India launch post-Brexit free trade talks
The UK and India kicked off talks in New Delhi on Thursday to lock in a new free trade agreement. It’s the most ambitious round of trade talks that Britain […]
EU blocks merger of Daewoo and Hyundai
The European Union on Thursday blocked the merger of South Korean shipbuilding giants Daewoo and Hyundai over concerns about restricting supplies of large liquified natural gas (LNG) carriers. The 27-nation […]
US: Inflation hits highest rate in four decades
Inflation in the United States rose 7% over 2021, an increase not seen since June 1982, the US Department of Labor said Wednesday. With energy and food prices removed from […]
Poorer nations dump close-to-expiry COVID vaccines: UNICEF
More than 100 million doses of COVID vaccines were rejected in December, says UNICEF official, while 681 million shipped doses are unused in about 90 countries.Poorer nations last month rejected […]
Blinken: US still unsure who is behind Havana Syndrome cases
Blinken’s remarks come as report says cases of perplexing illness affect diplomats in Paris and Geneva.United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said Washington is still trying to get […]
Chinese spy infiltrated UK Parliament, MI5 alleges
Intelligence agency says female Chinese national ‘engaged in political interference activities’ on behalf of Beijing.The United Kingdom’s domestic intelligence service has alleged that a woman suspected of working on behalf […]
Two trains collide in southwestern England
Police in southwestern England said they were responding to a crash involving two trains in Salisbury on Sunday. “We are currently at the scene of a train crash involving two […]
Dutch customs officers discover four tons of cocaine in Rotterdam
Customs officers seized more than four tons of cocaine in two containers at the port of Rotterdam, Dutch prosecutors said on Sunday. The illegal drugs, which have an estimated street […]
Japan stabbing attack: At least 17 injured on Tokyo train
A 24-year-old man stabbed several passengers on board a train in Tokyo before igniting a fire on Sunday, according to local authorities and the police. What do we know so […]