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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

'Final throw of the dice': UK, EU to resume talks in efforts to save Brexit

Since Britain formally left the EU on Jan. 31, negotiators have missed several deadlines for a deal with the world's largest trading bloc before a status quo transition period ends on Dec. 31

Hong Kong ex-lawmaker Ted Hui says his bank accounts have been frozen

Five accounts belonging to Hui, his wife and parents have been inaccessible since Saturday, he said in an interview with the newspaper

UK Queen not to get special treatment, will wait in line for Covid vaccine

The UK's Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip will not get preferential treatment, but will instead "wait in line" during the first wave of the Covid-19 vaccines reserved for the over-80s

Group of 36 UK MPs seek ministerial intervention in India's farmer protests

India has called the remarks by foreign leaders and politicians on protests by farmers as "ill-informed" and "unwarranted" as the matter pertained to the internal affairs of a democratic country.

Fauci apologizes for casting doubt over UK's approval of Pfizer vaccine

"I do have great faith in both the scientific community and the regulatory community in the UK," Fauci said

Fortune or foresight? AstraZeneca, Oxford stories clash on Covid-19 vaccine

The discrepancy, reported for the first time by Reuters, centres on the regimen administered to a smaller group of volunteers in the late-stage trials, of half a dose followed by a full dose