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British army serviceman charged with terrorism offenses | CNN
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A British serviceman has been charged with terrorism and explosives offenses, the London Metropolitan Police said Friday.
Daniel Abed Khalife, 21, from Beaconside, Stafford, was charged after an investigation by the Met’s Terrorism Command, concerning two…
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Number of EU students enrolling in UK universities halves post-Brexit
The number of EU students enrolling in British universities has more than halved since Brexit – with sharp declines in scholars from Italy, Germany and France, figures reveal.Brexit is seen as the primary deterrent, with home fees and student finance no longer available to EU students who do not already live in the UK with settled or pre-settled…
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Indian Students Likely to Be Hit Hard As UK Plans to Cut Duration of Post-Study Visa
New Delhi: United Kingdom’s home secretary, Suella Braverman, is planning to cut the period of stay allowed for overseas students under a post-study visa route, according to Mint based on a leaked report published by a UK media house.
At present, foreign students who complete graduation in the UK are allowed to stay back in the country for up to…
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Celebrities call on UK banks to stop financing new oil, gas and coalfields
Famous names including Stephen Fry, Emma Thompson and Mark Rylance have joined activists and businesses in calling on the UK’s big five banks to stop financing new oil, gas and coal expansion.Make My Money Matter, a campaign set up by Richard Curtis, the screenwriter, director and Comic Relief co-founder, has written to the chief executives of…
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UK Museums Oppose The Word ‘Mummy’, Say It “Undermines Individual’s Humanity”
<!-- -->The museums have replaced the word with 'mummified remains'.The museums in Britain have banned the word 'mummy' to describe the ancient Egyptian human remains on display, according to a report in CNN. The museums have claimed they don't want to offend the dead people and "undermine their humanity", the outlet further said. Instead,…
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Great Britain takes curling gold in packed match against US | News, Sports, Jobs
From left, curlers for Great Britain Angus Bryce, Mark Watt and Blair Haswell launch a stone down the ice while two of their opponents in the gold medal match on Saturday — Chase Sinnett and Benjamin Richardson — watch on. Great Britain won gold 5-1 with the USA taking silver. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone)SARANAC LAKE — Team USA’s men’s…
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More student visas for India not part of the trade deal, U.K. Trade Secretary says
British Secretary of State for International Trade Kemi Badenoch. File.
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Kemi Badenoch, United Kingdom’s International Trade Secretary, has reiterated that issuance of more student visas for India is not a part of the anticipated Free Trade Agreement (FTA). She reasoned that the FTA is not a deal negotiating free movement!-->>-->!-->>-->…
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FTA negotiations with India ‘well advanced’, next round set to commence soon: UK minister
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London, January 21
Negotiations between Britain and India for an ambitious Free Trade Agreement (FTA) are “well advanced”, with the next round of talks set to commence very soon, a UK Foreign Office minister told peers in a debate in Parliament here, asserting that a…
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Is life in the UK really as bad as the numbers suggest? Yes, it is
At a time of shortages, we are certainly not short of gloomy economic forecasts. The Resolution Foundation think-tank notes that average real earnings have fallen by 7 per cent since a year ago and predicts that earnings will take four or five years to recover to the levels of January 2022.Yet if the forecasts are bad, it is the scene in the…
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Analysis | Britain’s Rolling Railway Crisis Is No Joke
Comment on this storyCommentYuriko Kotani, a Japanese stand-up comedian based in the UK, tells of seeing a poster on a London Overground train that proclaimed 93.4% of services ran within five minutes of their scheduled time. Her confused reaction: “Are they apologizing?”Those who have traveled on a train in Japan, or one of the other…
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