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UK extends wage support scheme until March amid new lockdown

10:34 pm November 5, 2020

LONDON (AP): The British government and the Bank of England joined forces Thursday to provide further support to an economy that is set for a difficult winter following the imposition of new coronavirus lockdown measures. Hours after the central bank increased its monetary stimulus by a bigger than anticipated 150 billion pounds ($195 billion), Treasury […]

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UK police recover stolen Ming dynasty vase worth $3 million

11:29 pm October 23, 2020

London: British police say they have recovered a 15th-century Chinese vase valued at 2.5 million pounds (USD 3.3 million) that was stolen in Switzerland last year. The Metropolitan Police force said Friday that they have arrested two men over the theft of the Ming dynasty vase. It is thought to have been stolen from a Swiss collection in June […]

UK judge refuses extradition of WikiLeaks founder Assange

Assange to hear judge’s verdict on US extradition on Jan 4

10:21 pm October 1, 2020

London: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will likely have to spend another three months in a British prison cell before finding out whether he can be sent to the U.S. to face espionage charges, the judge in his extradition trial said Thursday. At the conclusion of nearly four weeks of evidence in his extradition hearing at a court in London‘s Old […]

Indian diaspora groups in UK rally against new ‘fringe’ group on Kashmir

10:13 pm October 1, 2020

London: Indian diaspora organisations are rallying against a new “fringe” Conservative Party group on Kashmir and have issued letters to the ruling party headquarters, copies of which have also been sent to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Home Secretary Priti Patel. The protest follows the revival of a so-called “Conservative Friends of Kashmir” group, announced on social media last week by seven […]

British PM forced to defend India travel ban timing over Delta variant in Parliament

Boris Johnson says UK at ‘critical moment’ in coronavirus fight

11:59 pm September 30, 2020

London: Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday said the UK is at a “critical moment” in its fight to control the spread of coronavirus, as a further 71 deaths took the country’s death toll from the deadly virus to 42,143. Addressing a briefing from 10 Downing Street in London, Johnson struck a sombre note as he called for “collective forbearance, common sense […]