UK inflation hits 2.1 per cent, vaults past Bank of England target
British inflation unexpectedly jumped above the Bank of England’s target in May when it hit 2.1 per cent, part of a post-lockdown climb in prices that is expected gather pace.
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Moscow makes Covid-19 jabs mandatory for many workers
City authorities in Moscow announced on Wednesday that all workers with public facing roles will be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19, one of the most forceful steps taken anywhere ...
Austria’s Arnautovic suspended for one game for goal celebration
Austria will be without forward Marko Arnautovic for Thursday’s Euro 2020 Group C match against the Netherlands after he was handed a one-match ban by UEFA.
An investigation was opened ...
Euro starter dishes provide just enough to whet the appetite
Cristiano Ronaldo is a match-winner, France are better than Germany and Spain can pass the ball all day without scoring – there really haven’t many surprises after the first round ...
What you need to know about the ‘Nepal variant’
When Portugal was recently removed from England’s green list for travel, the UK transport secretary, Grant Shapps, blamed it on a new coronavirus variant. “There’s a sort of ...
Brexit deal risks undermining N.Ireland peace, says UK’s Frost
The historic U.S.-brokered 1998 Irish peace agreement has been put at risk by the implementation of the Brexit divorce deal in the British province of Northern Ireland, Prime Minister ...
Meet Grace, the healthcare robot Covid-19 created
The Hong Kong team behind celebrity humanoid robot Sophia is launching a new prototype, Grace, targeted at the healthcare market and designed to interact with the elderly and those isolated ...
China to launch Shenzhou-12 manned spaceship on June 17
The Shenzhou-12 manned spaceship is expected to be launched at 9:22 a.m. Thursday (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, announced the China Manned Space Agency (...
Regeneron COVID-19 therapy cuts deaths among hospitalised patients who lack antibodies
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc’s COVID-19 antibody cocktail reduces deaths in hospitalised patients who have not mounted their own antibody response, a large British study published on Wednesday found.
The therapy, ...
US, EU agree end of tariffs in Airbus-Boeing dispute
The United States and the European Union have agreed a truce in their near 17-year conflict over aircraft subsidies, suspending for five years one set of Trump-era tariffs which had ...
Several people in hospital after parachute protest before France v Germany (V)
Several people are being treated in hospital for injuries caused by a protestor who parachuted into the Allianz Arena before France’s 1-0 win over Germany in the European Championship ...
Saudi Arabia executes man for offences he committed as a minor
Saudi Arabia has executed a man for offences rights groups say he allegedly committed while under the age of 18, despite the kingdom’s insistence that it has abolished death sentences ...
Gaza violence erupts for first time since end of last month’s fighting
Israeli aircraft struck Hamas sites in Gaza on Wednesday after incendiary balloons were launched from the Palestinian enclave in the first such attacks since the end of 11 days of cross-border ...
Ethiopian economic reform falls flat, investors flee
When Ethiopia awarded its first private telecom licence last week, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed hailed it as the crowning achievement of his plan to open up Ethiopia’s tightly controlled ...
Digital euro might suck away 8% of banks’ deposits -Morgan Stanley
A digital euro could suck away 8 per cent of euro zone banks’ customer deposits, analysts at Morgan Stanley have estimated, although the share may be far higher in some of ...
Hummels own goal gifts France 1-0 win over Germany
Title favourites France launched their Euro 2020 Group F campaign with a 1-0 victory over Germany on Tuesday, courtesy of an own goal by Mats Hummels, as the sluggish-looking hosts lost ...
US Justice Department rebuffed Trump bid to overturn election
Former President Donald Trump pressed the Justice Department during his waning weeks in office to join his failed effort to overturn his election defeat based on his false claims of ...
J&J to send 2 million Covid-19 vaccine doses to S.Africa by end-June
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Tuesday that Johnson & Johnson would send 2 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to the country by the end of the month, making up for ...
Record-breaking Ronaldo strikes late as Portugal sink Hungary
Cristiano Ronaldo struck a late double to help holders Portugal get off to a winning start with a 3-0 victory over Hungary in front of a 67,000 crowd on Tuesday as ...
How UK PM Johnson decided to delay Covid reopening
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday delayed by a month his plans to lift the last COVID-19 restrictions in England after modelling showed that thousands more people might die ...
EU data watchdogs ruling sharpens focus on Facebook, big tech
Facebook and other Silicon Valley giants could face more scrutiny and potential sanctions in the European Union after the bloc’s top court backed national privacy watchdogs to pursue them, ...
The People vs Arctic Oil’: Climate activists target Norway at human rights court
By Nerijus Adomaitis
Norwegian climate activists have asked the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to rule against Norway’s plans for more oil drilling in the Arctic, the campaigners ...
A game-changer? G7 climate pledge could shift Asia’s coal policy
By Beh Lih Yi and Michael Taylor
The G7 wealthy nations failed to go far enough at their weekend summit to halt the use of coal, but a pledge to ...
Ireland to lengthen quarantine for partially vaccinated Britons
Ireland will double the quarantine period for unvaccinated or partially vaccinated arrivals from Britain to 10 days but still plans to allow people to move more freely between the two countries ...