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Musk invited to UK Parliament to discuss $44 bn Twitter buyout
London: Tech billionaire Elon Musk has been invited to testify in the UK Parliament regarding his proposed $44 billion acquisition of the micro-blogging site Twitter. In a letter, Julian Knight, the Chair…
- World
Boris Johnson returns to UK from India amidst more partygate fines
London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson returned to the UK on Saturday after a two-day visit to India amidst reports of more fines being issued by Scotland Yard for lockdown-breaching parties at…
- Science
World’s longest known COVID-19 infection lasted for 505 days in UK patient
London: An immunocompromised UK patient suffered the longest known days, 505, with Covid infections, claim researchers. Previously the longest known PCR confirmed case is thought to be 335 days. Researchers at the…
- World
UK PM Johnson to face partygate Parliament vote while in India
London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will face a crucial House of Commons vote this week on whether he should be referred for an investigation over his partygate statements to Parliament, it…
- World
UK: Indian-origin doctor guilty of sex offences against 48 patients over 35 yrs
London: A 72-year-old Indian-origin doctor practicing in Scotland was on Thursday found guilty of sex offences against 48 female patients over 35 years. Krishna Singh, a general practitioner (GP), was accused of…
- World
Russia, contesting elections to 4 UN committees, loses all
United Nations: Russia, contesting elections to four UN committees, lost all of them, including one to Ukraine, a verdict being seen as Moscow’s isolation on the global stage. Elections were held in…
- Technology
UK watchdog to probe Face ID privacy complaint against Apple
London: The data watchdog in the UK is launching a probe into Apple after a former senior woman engineer claimed the tech giant accessed smartphones of its employees via the Face ID…
- World
UK imposes toughest’ new sanctions against Russia
London: Britain on Wednesday announced what it described as a “significant ratcheting up” of sanctions on Russia, including a full asset freeze on the country’s largest bank Sberbank and end to all…
- World
Boris Johnson expected to visit India towards month end
London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is planning a visit to India towards the end of this month with a focus on strengthening bilateral ties against the backdrop of the ongoing India-UK…
- World
UK ends COVID-19 international travel restrictions
London: All remaining COVID-19 pandemic related international travel restrictions, including filling in Passenger Locator Forms before arrival and compulsory pre-departure tests for unvaccinated travellers, have been scrapped from Friday, the UK government…
- World
New UK bill to send tech CEOs faster to jail if fail to comply
London: In a significant move, the UK government on Thursday said that its revised online safety law will speed up the process against tech CEOs to send them to jail if their…
- Middle East
British-Iranians Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, Anoosheh Ashoori freed
Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Ashoori, who had been detained on ‘secret’ charges by the Iranian Government since 2016 and 2017 respectively, are now reunited in the UK with their families. The Iranian Government arrested…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia, UK sign MoU to form strategic partnership council
Riyadh: Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud and visiting British Prime Minister Boris Johnson have signed a memorandum of understanding on the formation of a strategic partnership council between…
- World
UK pays Iran USD 530 mn debt for unfulfilled tanks order
London: Following the release of two British nationals held in Iranian prisons for several years, UK foreign minister Liz Truss on Wednesday confirmed that the UK had paid Iran a USD 530…
- World
Two British Iranian prisoners return to UK after Iran deal
London: Two British Iranian dual nationals, who have been held captive in Iran for five and six years, have been allowed to fly back to the UK on Wednesday after a deal…
