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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 […]

Countries begin to seal off UK amid new coronavirus variant surge

5:12 pm December 21, 2020

London: France became the latest European country to close all its borders with the UK after Germany, Italy, Belgium, Denmark, Bulgaria, the Irish Republic, Turkey and Canada suspended flights amid growing concerns of an ”out of control” new variant of coronavirus spreading at a much faster pace in parts of England. India, so far, remains in the […]

Several EU nations halt UK flights, fearing virus variant

10:13 pm December 20, 2020

Berlin: The German government said on Sunday it was planning to restrict travel to and from Britain because of the new coronavirus variant. A government spokesman said Germany is working on a regulation to restrict travel between Germany and Britain to protect the country from the new coronavirus variant. The government said it was in contact with […]