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WEBMay 21, 2024 · The interior of Singapore Airline flight SG321 is pictured after an emergency landing at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi International Airport, Thailand, May 21, 2024. REUTERS/Stringer. One passenger was killed and 30 injured after a Singapore Airlines flight hit severe turbulence on Tuesday, flinging …
15.3 million Britons receive first coronavirus vaccine dose
WEBA total of 15,300,151 Britons have received the first dose of a COVID-19 jab, according to official data released on Monday, as the government begins to widen its vaccination programme to new groups of people.
Britain records 587 new COVID deaths, 21,088 cases | Reuters
WEBBritain recorded a 587 deaths from COVID-19 on Sunday, down from 1,200 a day earlier, and a further 21,088 cases of the disease, also a decrease from a day earlier.
South African variant bigger risk than UK variant - UK's Hancock
WEBREUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko. LONDON (Reuters) - The new variant of the COVID-19 virus identified in South Africa is even more of a risk than the highly infectious UK variant, British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Monday, adding that it was a “very significant problem”. “I’m incredibly worried about the South African variant, and that ...
UK economy grew more than thought at end of miserable 2020
WEBLONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s coronavirus-hammered 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, official data showed on Wednesday. FILE PHOTO: Commuters walk across the London Bridge during the morning rush hour, amid an ...
UK says vaccine manufacturing is 'lumpy' but still on course for ...
WEBBritain's vaccine rollout is limited by a "lumpy" manufacturing process affecting supplies of both Pfizer and AstraZeneca, but is on track to hit its targets, Vaccine Deployment Minister Nadhim Zahawi said on Monday.
Global health officials back AstraZeneca vaccine after South Africa ...
WEBHealth officials around the world gave their backing to the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19, after a study showing it had little effect against mild disease caused by the variant now spreading quickly in South Africa rang global alarm.
With just days to go, Britain urges business to prepare for end of ...
WEBBritain on Monday urged businesses to prepare for Brexit, just days before a transition period designed to smooth the UK's departure from the European Union comes to an end.
Only "teething problems" in Britain-Northern Ireland trade, says …
WEBJan 13, 2021 · British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday there were teething problems in trade between Britain and its province of Northern Ireland but that goods were flowing effectively and in normal volumes.
UK-EU trade slumps in first month of new Brexit rules | Reuters
WEBTrade between the United Kingdom and the European Union was hammered in the first month of their new post-Brexit relationship, with record falls in British exports and imports of goods as COVID-19 restrictions continued on both sides.
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