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November 30, 2021 at 2:04 am

Inflation in 19 nations using euro hits record high of 4.9%

Official figures show that consumer prices across the 19 countries that use the euro currency are rising at a record rate.

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FILE – People line up to get on an overseas flight at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, Nov. 26, 2021. As the world grapples with the emergence of the new highly transmissible variant of COVID-19, worried scientists in South Africa â€” where omicron was first identified â€” are scrambling to combat its lightning spread across the country. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File) LBJ119 LBJ119

November 27, 2021 at 1:36 am

COVID variant spreads to more countries as world on alert

U.K. Health Secretary Sajid Javid confirmed that two people have tested positive with the omicron variant and that the cases are linked and related to...

November 24, 2021 at 7:54 am

UK aims to put latest energy firm casualty in administration

Britain’s energy regulator is looking to appoint an administrator to oversee the latest business casualty in the country’s domestic energy market following the demand-led spike...

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November 22, 2021 at 7:48 am

Locals gather to pay respects to longtime British lawmaker VIEW

Hundreds of residents in the southeast English coastal resort of Southend have paid their respects to their longtime member of Parliament.

November 18, 2021 at 5:17 am

UK government faces criticism over high-speed rail revisions

The British government has came under fire for scrapping a long-planned high-speed rail line to the northern English city of Leeds as part of a...

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November 17, 2021 at 2:34 am

Christmas stretch: UK inflation highest in nearly a decade

Consumer prices in the United Kingdom surged at the fastest rate in nearly a decade in October amid soaring energy costs.

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November 16, 2021 at 3:25 am

UK labor market ‘resilient’ despite end of salary program

Analysts say the Bank of England is one step closer to raising interest rates next month after official figures showed that the end of the...

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November 12, 2021 at 2:10 am

AstraZeneca to book modest profit from coronavirus vaccine

British-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca says it will start to book a modest profit from its coronavirus vaccine as it moves away from the nonprofit model...

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November 11, 2021 at 1:22 am

UK economic growth held back by supply chain problems

The British economy slowed down during the third quarter of the year as widespread supply chain problems hobbled the recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.

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November 10, 2021 at 6:06 am

‘I’m so lucky’: Elton John receives prestigious UK award VIEW

Elton John has formally received one of the highest awards that can be bestowed by Queen Elizabeth II.

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