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UK, EU clinch post-Brexit free trade agreement, hail biggest bilateral deal

10:12 pm December 24, 2020

London: The deal is done, Downing Street in London and European Union (EU) officials in Brussels confirmed on Thursday as both sides managed to thrash out a post-Brexit free trade agreement (FTA) just days before the December 31 deadline. Thousands of pages of legal text accompanies the deal, with details of the agreement set to emerge in […]

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UK-EU post-Brexit trade deal in the works

3:35 pm December 24, 2020

London : Crunch talks overnight led UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson summon his Cabinet for a late Wednesday night conference call to indicate that a post-Brexit trade agreement may be ready for sign off soon. The prime minister is expected to announce the contours of the agreement at a Downing Street briefing during the course of Thursday. Johnson and […]

UK identifies new South African coronavirus variant, tightens lockdown

10:32 pm December 23, 2020

London : Two cases of another new strain of COVID-19 linked to South Africa have been identified in the UK, Health Secretary Matt Hancock revealed here on Wednesday. Like the UK variant identified earlier, the new variant of the novel coronavirus is also driving a massive resurgence of the disease in South Africa, with experts warning the […]

Still stuck: 1,500 France-bound trucks stranded in England

4:37 pm December 22, 2020

London: More than 1,500 trucks were stranded in England on Tuesday morning amid fears that Britain could face food shortages if travel restrictions put in place to slow the spread of a new strain of the coronavirus aren’t lifted soon. Dozens of countries around the world have slapped tough travel curbs on the U.K. in […]

Indian students, families caught up in UK flight suspension

10:01 pm December 21, 2020

London: Many Indian students booked to travel back home to be with their friends and family in India over the Christmas and New Year period are among those caught up in Monday’s suspension of all flights to and from the UK as the world reacts to a new rapid-spreading strain of coronavirus detected in parts of England. While many […]