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What's next for Northern Ireland after Sinn Fein records historic win?

Britain's decision in 2016 to leave the European Union and its borderless free-trade zone has complicated Northern Ireland's position.

Sinn Fein wins legislative election in Northern Ireland for first time

Sinn Fein has won 27 seats in the 90-seat Assembly, pushing the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) with 24 seats into the second place

Google, Facebook face tough tech rules from UK's new digital watchdog

Digital watchdog will protect small businesses and consumers; can impose fines on tech firms

UK health service rolls out arthritis drug Baricitinib to treat Covid

The UK's state-funded NHS said that from Thursday it is rolling out the use of arthritis drug Baricitinib after it has proven to save lives when given to the most seriously ill Covid patients

Essar sets up Vertex Hydrogen to help drive energy transition in UK

The UK's first low carbon hydrogen facility at Essar Stanlow will sit at the heart of the HyNet low carbon cluster, to produce a total of 1GW per year of hydrogen, across two units, from 2026

Musk invited to UK Parliament to discuss $44 billion Twitter buyout

Recently, Twitter announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by an entity wholly owned by Musk for $54.20 per share in cash in a transaction valued at nearly $44 billion.

UK accounting watchdog probes audits of Sanjeev Gupta-owned metal firms

The FRC said it made the decision to investigate the audits in February, but gave no further information

UK PM Johnson addresses Ukraine Parliament, pledges more military support

UK PM Boris Johnson on Tuesday became the first world leader to address the Ukrainian Parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, when he hailed the country's finest hour in the conflict with Russia.

Russia's chief propagandist threatens to 'plunge UK into depths of the sea'

Russian state media has urged President Vladimir Putin to wipe the UK off the map using his most-powerful nuclear weapons.

UK-India defence deal runs parallel to FTA talks, includes work on jet tech

Three rounds of negotiations for what is being called a free trade agreement - actually an interim or limited treaty - have now concluded

UK warns China of economic retaliation if it fails to 'play by rules'

Tensions between the UK and China escalated after UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss warned China to play by international rules or be ready to face action by the G7 group of leading global powers

Russian cyber soldiers launch disinformation campaign to target leaders: UK

Russian cyber soldiers have launched a new offensive against foreign leaders, targeting social media platforms with a large-scale disinformation campaign that seeks to legitimise the Ukraine invasion

UK Opposition criticises PM Johnson's visit to JCB factory in India

The Opposition parties in the UK have questioned in Parliament PM Boris Johnson's decision to visit a British-owned bulldozer factory in Gujarat during his visit to India last week.

Brexit: UK and EU at impasse over changes to Northern Ireland protocol

The two sides have been trying for months to overcome a deadlock over the Northern Ireland protocol, which sets the trading rules for the British region that London agreed before it left the EU

Moscow bans 287 UK lawmakers from Russia, drawing British sarcasm

Russia accused the UK lawmakers of fuelling "Russophobic hysteria" in Britain, drawing a defiant response from Prime Minister Boris Johnson

Only 1 in 4 Covid-19 patients feel fully recovered after a year: UK study

The most common ongoing long-COVID symptoms were fatigue, muscle pain, physically slowing down, poor sleep, and breathlessness

Chennai-based Prodapt to double UK exposure with £50 mn tech investment

Aims to create over 500 jobs, had set up new office in London earlier this year

Boris Johnson returns to UK from India amidst more partygate fines

The British Prime Minister has been issued with one fixed penalty notice of a fine over his birthday party in the Cabinet Room of Downing Street in June 2020, which he paid up immediately

India, UK ask Taliban to allow girls to return to secondary school

On Afghanistan, both sides expressed their serious concern about the humanitarian situation, violations of human rights and the hampered access of girls and women to education, said joint statement

British PM Boris Johnson says UK does not tolerate extremist groups

Asked about India's position on Russian aggression against Ukraine, he said, "You have to recognise that India came out strongly against what happened in Bucha."