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April 6, 2022 at 5:16 pm

Civilians flee eastern Ukraine as signs point to stepped-up Russian attack

More than 11 million Ukrainians have fled their homes since the Feb. 24 invasion, including more than 4 million who have fled the country. I

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January 24, 2022 at 9:15 am

Julian Assange Can Appeal Decision to Extradite Him to U.S., U.K. Court Rules

LONDON — A British court ruled on Monday that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can appeal a decision that would allow for his extradition to the...

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Security guards stand next to a boarding that has been erected around the parameters of Trafalgar Square, in London, Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has resisted implementing new restrictions on business and social interactions during the holiday season, instead emphasizing an expanded vaccine booster program to control the spread of omicron. (Jonathan Brady/PA via AP) LOPH402 LOPH402

December 30, 2021 at 1:15 pm

Britain, on ‘war footing’ against the coronavirus, provides lessons for U.S.

Coronavirus cases in Britain reached new highs this week, driven by the omicron variant, with 189,213 cases reported across the country on Wednesday, twice the...

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December 22, 2021 at 1:10 pm

England reduces isolation requirements for people with coronavirus

England said Wednesday that it was reducing the number of days that people are required to isolate after showing COVID-19 symptoms — a change that...

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People wait to pass through security measures to enter a popular bar in Nottingham, England on Oct. 20, 2021, where there have been alarming reports of women being injected with syringes at crowded pubs and nightclubs, a variation of “spiking” someone’s drink. Britain has witnessed a disturbing spate of violence against women for the past year or more, and now police forces in both England and Scotland are investigating numerous reports of “needle spiking.” (Mary Turner/The New York Times) XNYT82 XNYT82

October 22, 2021 at 7:50 pm

‘Needle spiking’ of women in Britain stirs alarm over new kind of assault VIEW

Women are reporting being injected with syringes at crowded clubs in a horrifying variation of dropping pill into drinks. “This is a new depth,’’ said...

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FILE â€” Police officers walk past a makeshift memorial for Sarah Everard after they attempted to disperse a vigil in Clapham Common, London, March 13, 2021. Faced with nationwide consternation over a police officerâ€™s rape and murder of Everard, the London police have offered several safety tips to women in the event they come face-to-face with an officer they consider a threat, or someone posing as one. The advice provoked widespread criticism and mockery. (Mary Turner/The New York Times) XNYT71 XNYT71

October 1, 2021 at 10:46 am

London police, under fire for murder by an officer, respond with safety tips

The tips — issued after Wayne Couzens, the officer who abducted and murdered Sarah Everard, was sentenced Thursday to life imprisonment for her killing —...

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August 30, 2021 at 8:48 am

At Kabul Airport, a Sense of Calm and Resignation as Deadline Approaches VIEW

In the final hours Monday of the U.S. military presence in Afghanistan, hope dwindled among the Afghans seeking to escape the country via the international...

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July 22, 2021 at 10:24 am

Teen wins libel case against Tommy Robinson, British far-right activist

LONDON — Tommy Robinson, a British far-right activist, lost a libel case Thursday filed by a teenage refugee from Syria who had been filmed being...

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July 21, 2021 at 9:13 am

Britain to pay France 54 million pounds to help block migrant arrivals

LONDON — Britain has agreed to pay France 54 million pounds, about $73 million, to help clamp down on migrants crossing the English Channel by...

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July 20, 2021 at 10:32 am

On England’s canals, boaters embrace the peace and pace of a floating life

LITTLE BOURTON, England — On a damp June afternoon, a floating home bobbed gently on the Oxford Canal, where it was moored just outside the...

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