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July 23, 2021 at 1:12 pm

US pilot thanks British man who guaranteed a happy landing

LONDON (AP) — U.S. Air Force Maj. Grant Thompson thanked a British photographer the best way he knew how - by ripping the flight patch...

July 23, 2021 at 5:44 am

Judge: ‘Plausible’ N Ireland bombing could have been stopped

LONDON (AP) — A Northern Ireland judge ruled Friday that there was plausible evidence that authorities could have prevented the worst single atrocity of the...

July 22, 2021 at 11:44 pm

England quarantine rules being relaxed to avoid shortages

LONDON (AP) — The British government has sought to ease food supply pressures in England by exempting more than 10,000 workers from quarantine rules that...

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July 22, 2021 at 7:04 am

EU chief rejects renegotiation of NI rules in Brexit pact

LONDON (AP) — The head of the European Union's executive arm flatly refused Thursday to renegotiate post-Brexit trade rules with the U.K. after Prime Minister...

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July 21, 2021 at 2:50 am

Report: UK border officers to stop routine COVID checks

While the change is designed to reduce waiting times for airport immigration checks, it has raised concerns about importing new coronavirus cases at a time...

July 20, 2021 at 9:06 am

Climate envoy says US, China must end world’s ‘suicide pact’

LONDON (AP) — U.S. climate envoy John Kerry called on China to join America in urgently cutting greenhouse gas emissions and described the international alliances...

July 19, 2021 at 9:01 am

UK opts not to vaccinate most under-18s against COVID-19

LONDON (AP) — The British government has decided not to inoculate most children and teenagers against COVID-19 until more safety data on the vaccines become...

July 19, 2021 at 8:17 am

UK government backs Guaidó claim in Venezuelan gold fight

LONDON (AP) — The British government sought Monday to prevent Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro from gaining access to nearly $2 billion of gold held by...

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Reuters photographer Danish Siddiqui covers the monsoon floods and landslides in the upper reaches of Govindghat, India, Saturday, June 22, 2013. Afghan government forces battled Friday to retake a border crossing with Pakistan from Taliban insurgents, and the Reuters news agency said one of its photographers was killed in the area. Reuters said Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Siddiqui, who was embedded with the Afghan special forces, was killed Friday, July 16, 2021, as the commando unit sought to recapture Spin Boldak. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) RMX101 RMX101

July 16, 2021 at 11:42 am

‘He was our eye’: Reuters photographer killed in Afghanistan

A Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer for the Reuters news service was killed Friday as he chronicled fighting between Afghan forces and the Taliban near a strategic...

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July 15, 2021 at 10:25 am

England player abused by racists slams social media giants

LONDON (AP) — One of the England soccer players targeted with online racist abuse after his team’s loss in the final of the European championship...