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February 19, 2021

Hope for virus-hit UK economy despite sales slump

Retail sales in Britain tumbled and government borrowing soared in January after the country re-entered lockdown over the coronavirus pandemic, official data showed Friday. But signs that the worst could be over came in separate figures showing the UK economic…

February 19, 2021

UK spy chief apologises for past treatment of homosexuals

The head of Britain’s foreign intelligence service MI6 on Friday apologised for the agency’s historic treatment of homosexuals, calling it “wrong, unjust and discriminatory”. MI6 barred homosexuals from serving in the intelligence agencies until 1991 on security grounds, claiming they…

February 19, 2021

UK’s Prince Harry to lose all honorary titles

Britain’s Prince Harry will relinquish his honorary military appointments and patronages after confirming to Queen Elizabeth II that he and his wife Meghan Markle will not return as working royals, Buckingham Palace announced Friday. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex,…

February 19, 2021

Food poverty plagues foreign students in UK during pandemic

On a recent rainy evening in East London, dozens of young people lined up outside a cramped community hub to collect rice, vegetables and other food essentials. In the line were foreign students who came to Britain to pursue their…

February 19, 2021

NatWest bank slumps into annual loss, to exit Ireland

Britain’s NatWest bank has slumped into an annual loss on coronavirus fallout, it said Friday, adding it would shut its Ulster Bank operations in Ireland, impacting around 3,000 staff. NatWest, which last year changed its name from Royal Bank of…

February 19, 2021

Huawei exec loses UK court bid to access HSBC records

A senior executive for the Chinese tech giant Huawei lost a British High Court bid Friday to access banking records which she said would help her battle extradition from Canada to the US. Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou —…

February 17, 2021

UK pushes for UN pact on vaccine ceasefires in war zones

Britain will on Wednesday call on the UN Security Council to push for temporary ceasefires in conflict zones to enable the “moral duty” of rolling out vaccines against the coronavirus. Britain holds the council’s chair this month and Foreign Secretary…

February 16, 2021

Dutch curfew upheld in court as South Africa donates jabs

A coronavirus curfew in the Netherlands was upheld in the country’s appeals court on Tuesday after a bitter legal tussle, as South Africa gave a boost to its neighbours by offering to donate hundreds of thousands of vaccine jabs. The…

February 16, 2021

US, Britain cry foul as Myanmar’s Suu Kyi hit with new charge

Myanmar’s military on Wednesday drew fresh international criticism by slapping a new charge on deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, as the generals cut off the internet for a third straight night in a bid to grind down an…