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Prince Charles visits 99-year-old Prince Philip in hospital

Prince Charles inaugurates virtual Diwali prayer meet

10:13 pm November 16, 2020

London: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has lauded the contribution of British Hindu, Sikh and Jain communities in helping the people during the coronavirus pandemic. Johnson said this in his message during a virtual Diwali prayer meet organised by NRI entrepreneur G P Hinduja and his family on Sunday. Prince Charles inaugurated the event by […]

Biden admin rolls back Trump-era citizenship test, reverts to 2008 version

Trump putting democracy to the test after his loss to Biden

8:54 pm November 14, 2020

Washington: Winston Churchill was not known for leaving his thoughts unspoken. One of them was this: “It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those other forms that have been tried.” President Donald Trump, who has professed admiration for, if not deep knowledge of, the British prime minister, is putting […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Virus makes for one of Europe’s loneliest WWI remembrances

9:30 pm November 11, 2020

Ypres: When a dawn fog lifted over countless World War I cemeteries and monuments in Belgium and France Wednesday, the pandemic ensured that the remembrance of the millions killed in the 1914-1918 conflict was one of the loneliest ever. Under the Menin Gate in western Belgium’s Ypres, at the heart of the blood-drenched Flanders Fields, usually thousands […]

UK defiant even after House of Lords rejects Brexit bill

11:04 pm November 10, 2020

London: The British government insisted Tuesday it will press ahead with legislation that breaks a legally binding Brexit treaty with the European Union, despite a resounding rejection of the bill by the upper house of Parliament. The House of Lords voted by large margins late Monday to strip from the Internal Market Bill clauses that […]

Britain ends long Brexit journey with economic break from EU

UK and EU to ‘redouble efforts’ on post-Brexit trade deal

9:22 pm November 7, 2020

London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the head of the European Union‘s executive arm agreed Saturday to stay in contact as their negotiating teams step up efforts to conclude a post-Brexit trade deal between the UK and the European Union before time runs out. With less than two months to go before the U.K. exits the […]