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Rajasthan CM urges govt to ban all flights from UK over new Covid strain

Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot expressed concern on the new strain of coronavirus emerging in the UK and urged the government to ban all flights from Britain and other European countries immediately

Saudi Arabia halts international flights over fears of new Covid-19 strain

Saudi Arabia has halted all international flights for a week amid fears over a highly infectious new mutant strain of the novel coronavirus which has been discovered in Britain

Oil prices slip amid worries over fast-spreading new coronavirus strain

Oil prices slid as a new coronavirus strain in the UK raised concerns that tighter restrictions there and in other European nations could stall recovery in global economy and its need for fuel

Germany suspends air links with the UK over discovery of new Covid strain

German Healthcare Minister Jens Spahn confirmed that Germany was suspending the UK-bound flights starting from midnight due to the mutated Covid-19 strain discovered in the country

UK could agree on 'mini deals' with European Union if trade talks fail

People familiar with both sides of the negotiations told Bloomberg that the trade talks are unlikely to wrap up on Sunday

Model rebel

Book review of SYLVIA PANKHURST: Natural Born Rebel

EU-UK trade talks floundering over fish as cutoff day approaches

Deep into a crucial weekend of negotiations, a breakthrough on fishing rights remained elusive for the European Union and Britain

London enters highest Covid-19 alert as UK reviews other lockdown tiers

The UK government is reviewing the tiered lockdown allocations for different parts of the country

FB, Twitter, TikTok face fines in UK if they fail to limit illegal content

Facebook, Twitter and TikTok face fines of up to 10% of turnover if they fail to remove and limit the spread of illegal content under laws proposed by Britain

Air India gets reprieve in UK court over aircraft lease payments

The Indian state-owned carrier has been seeking a buyer for some time now as the government wants to divest its 100 per cent stake in Air India

No deal on Brexit trade 'very very likely', says British PM Johnson

Britain quit the EU in January but remains an informal member until December 31

Strong possibility UK, EU would fail to make new trade deal: Boris Johnson

British PM Johnson said there was "a strong possibility" Britain and the EU would fail to strike a new trade deal, but vowed to do whatever he could to avoid a tumultuous split in three weeks

UK Supreme Court enables $18.5 billion class action against Mastercard

The judgment dismisses an appeal by Mastercard

Following India protests closely, says UK after Boris Johnson gaffe

The gaffe occurred during the weekly Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) session in the House of Commons on Wednesday

Canada introduces bill to implement post-Brexit trade agreement with UK

The Canadian government has introduced a bill to implement the newly inked post-Brexit trade agreement with the United Kingdom, Global Affairs Canada said in a statement

UK asks those with severe allergies to skip Pfizer jab after 2 reactions

Starting with the elderly and frontline workers, Britain began mass vaccinating its population on Tuesday

87-yr-old Indian-origin man to be one of world's first to get Covid vaccine

An 87-year-old Indian-origin man from England will become one of the first people in the world to get a vaccine against Covid-19 when he receives his Pfizer-BioNTech

90-yr-old British woman 1st in world to get Pfizer vaccine outside trial

Margaret Keenan, a 90-year-old grandmother from Britain, has become the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine outside of a trial following its rapid clinical approval

UK, EU leaders to meet face-to-face to try to seal Brexit trade deal

British and EU leaders will meet face-to-face to try to seal a post-Brexit trade deal after failing again to narrow their differences recently

UK records another 17,272 Covid-19 cases, 231 deaths take tally to 61,245

Another 17,272 people in Britain have tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 1,723,242, according to official figures