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A superpower's long decline

Book review of THE AGE OF DECADENCE: A History of Britain, 1880 to 1914

UK unveils package to support Hong Kong families escaping draconian law

The UK government has launched a 43 million pound package to help the new arrivals from Hong Kong with housing, education and employment

Italy, Britain still recommend AstraZeneca vaccine but suggest age limits

British say benefits outweigh risks for vast majority. Most cases of blood clots found in women under 60, EMA says

Britain registers another 4,052 coronavirus cases, 43 deaths: Govt

Another 4,052 people in Britain have tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 4,345,788, according to official figures released Wednesday

Britain's economy grew more than thought at end of miserable 2020

UK's Covid-hit economy grew more quickly than previously thought in the final three months of last year but still shrank by the most in more than three centuries in 2020 as a whole

Building back worse

The UK urgently needs a dynamic, entrepreneurial mission-setting state to confront the triple crisis of Covid-19, rising inequality, and climate change

Climate change to put UK's farming, dairy sector under massive stress

The UK's two important farming sectors, dairy and potato growing, will be badly hit by climate change over the next 30 to 50 years, the country's national weather service the Met Office has warned

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson gets his first dose of AstraZeneca vaccine

Johnson, 56, received his vaccine at the same hospital where almost a year ago he was put in an intensive care unit and given oxygen via a tube in his nose after he contracted the virus

Britain to slow coronavirus vaccine rollout due to supply crunch in India

Britain will have to slow its vaccine rollout next month due to a supply crunch caused by a delay in a shipment of AstraZeneca shots from India and the need to test the stability of 1.7 million doses

Britain's NatWest bank faces money laundering charges, rise in costs

The action is the first such case against a British bank under a 2007 money laundering law

India to take up with UK racism issues when required: Jaishankar

India will take up with the UK when required the alleged incidents of racism in Britain, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said in the Rajya Sabha on Monday

UK coronavirus update: Another 5,534 Covid cases, 121 deaths reported

Another 5,534 people in Britain have tested positive for Covid-19, taking the total count of coronavirus cases in the country to 4,253,820, according to official figures released Saturday.

UK Covid-19 variant has significantly higher death rate, study finds

The B.1.1.7 variant was first detected in Britain in September 2020, and has since also been found in more than 100 other countries

Criticised on pay, UK's Johnson expresses gratitude to health workers

Johnson, who himself was treated in hospital last year when he became severely ill with Covid-19, has come under fire for failing to meet his promise to look after health workers

Shake off your ill will, Britain tells EU over post-Brexit trade

Since Britain left the EU last year, relations between the two have soured

European Union, Britain clash again as post-Brexit tensions escalate

The Protocol was designed to ensure an open border between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic after Brexit

Britain to freeze personal tax thresholds until 2026, says Rishi Sunak

Sunak said the freeze was part of an approach to start fixing the public finances as he looks for ways to raise funds following unprecedented measures to support jobs and the economy during Covid

Jaishankar, British Foreign Secy Raab discuss progress in bilateral ties

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday spoke with British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab and reviewed the progress in bilateral cooperation as well as discussed regional and UN issues. "Nice talking to UK Foreign Secretary @DominicRaab. Reviewed the progress in our bilateral cooperation. Also discussed regional and UN issues," Jaishankar tweeted. Raab had visited India last December and held talks with Jaishankar during which the two sides had agreed on the key elements of an ambitious 10-year roadmap to further broaden ties, and also boost strategic cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region.

UK's Sunak extends Covid rescue plan but firms to pay more tax from 2023

A tax cut for home-buyers was also extended until the end of June

Sunak to promise 'whatever it takes' in UK's new Covid-19 budget plan

Sunak has so far spent almost 300 billion pounds ($419 billion) on emergency support measures and tax cuts