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UK Conservatives lose seats, dealing blow to PM Boris Johnson

The losses suggest the broad appeal Johnson presented to win the 2019 election may be fracturing

Biggest rail strike in 30 years over pay and jobs brings UK to standstill

Picket lines appeared at dawn and will be lined by some of the more than 40,000 rail workers who are due to strike on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, bringing the network to a standstill

UK PM Boris Johnson calls for compromise to end major rail strike

UK PM Boris Johnson called for a sensible compromise on the pay demands by workers' unions that have resulted in the UK's worst rail strike in 30 years

UK gears up for biggest rail strike over workers' pay in decades

A walkout by an estimated 40,000 workers on this week is set to impact all train services after the RMT Union blamed the 'dead hand' of government for the misery in store for passengers

UK reports 50 new monkeypox cases, biggest epidemic beyond Africa

British health officials reported another 50 cases of monkeypox across the country on Friday, for a total of 574 cases. That makes the U.K.'s outbreak the biggest to date beyond Africa

TVS owned Norton Motorcycles plans electric range production in UK

The iconic British motorcycle maker, now owned by India's TVS Motor Co., will work with six UK partners including Delta Cosworth, HiSpeed Ltd

Airline staff shortages threaten to ruin millions of summer holidays

From Sydney, where passengers are waiting for hours to check in, to chaotic scenes in India and Europe, the aviation industry doesn't have nearly enough people to run operations smoothly

Apple Inc faces new lawsuit in UK, accused of misleading iPhone customers

The suit alleges that Apple abused its dominant market position by informing customers that software updates from late 2016 improved the battery life of the devices when in fact, it throttled it

UK appeals court upholds ruling to block Meta's Giphy acquisition

An appeals tribunal in the UK has upheld a previous ruling directing Meta to unwind its $315 million acquisition of online database and search engine Giphy

UK's job vacancy crisis could last 3-5 yrs brought by Covid, Brexit: Expert

As Britain's economy grapples with the impact of a record number of job vacancies, a labour market expert has warned that the problem may continue for another three to five years

Russia imposes sanctions against UK's media, defence figures in retaliation

Russia has imposed personal sanctions against 29 media representatives and 20 defence figures of the UK in a retaliatory move, the Russian Foreign Ministry has said

UK economy contracts sharply by 0.3% in April as slowdown looms

Gross domestic product fell 0.3% from March when output declined 0.1%, the Office for National Statistics said Monday

Tata Steel unveils 7 mn pound green investment plan for UK steel tube mill

Tata Steel has unveiled a 7-million pound investment plan for its Hartlepool Tube Mill in north-east England that the Indian steel major says will cut carbon emissions, improve capacity and reduce cos

Britain's Queen becomes world's second-longest reigning monarch

The UK has been celebrating the 96-year-old Queen's Platinum Jubilee to mark 70 years of service to the nation with grand events taking place last weekend

Russia using anti-ship missiles on land targets in Ukraine: UK military

Russian bombers have likely been launching 1960s-era heavy, anti-ship missiles meant to destroy aircraft carriers with nuclear warheads against land targets in Ukraine, UK intelligence report said

Google, Apple's mobile duopoly likely to be probed by UK regulator

After examining Google and Apple's "duopoly" for a year, the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has decided that they "hold all the cards" in the mobile phone market

Zelenskyy thanks UK for 'effective support' after meeting defence chief

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has thanked the U.K. for its effective support of Kyiv, following an in-person meeting with Britain's defense chief

UK scientists say unclear if monkeypox has peaked as more cases surface

UK health officials said they cannot tell if the spread of monkeypox has peaked in the country as they announced another 45 cases

G7 concerned about China's 'coercive' economic activities: UK Minister

Hitting out at China's debt-trap diplomacy, the Group of Seven (G7) foreign ministers expressed concerns about Beijing's "coercive" economic policies.

PM Modi to attend outreach sessions of UK-hosted G7 virtual summit today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be participating in the outreach sessions of the UK-hosted G7 virtual summit in Cornwall in the United Kingdom