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London schools to stay closed amid COVID-19 infection surge

After an urgent review, the Department for Education (DfE) decided that the "education contingency framework" will be applicable across all...

Royal Assent means Brexit all set for New Year's Day

Queen Elizabeth II's Royal Assent to the Brexit Bill passed speedily through both Houses of Parliament on Wednesday means the UK is all set...

Timeline of events in Britain's exit from the European Union

Today the United Kingdom and European Union announced that they have struck a provisional agreement, just over a week before the year-end d...

Karnataka government may make Apple party to inquiry into violence at Wistron

The Karnataka government could make Apple a party to the inquiry into the violence at the Wistron factory that makes iPhones, people famili...

UK cancels 'Christmas bubble' as new coronavirus variant accelerates

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the capital and other areas in southern England currently under Tier 3, the highest level of coronavir...

Karnataka Chief Minister Yediyurappa to hold talks on Monday to resolve Toyota deadlock

An executive at the TKML said the management will brief the chief minister about the strike and update him about the latest developments ah...

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern declares 'climate emergency'

The centre-left leader said the challenges posed by global warming meant parliament's declaration -- an act undertaken by more than a dozen...

Indian-origin MP, Gaurav Sharma, in New Zealand takes oath in Sanskrit

India's High Commissioner to New Zealand and Samoa, Muktesh Pardeshi said on Twitter that Sharma took oath first in "New Zealand's indigeno...

UK to end lockdown on Dec 2, to implement Covid Winter Plan until March 2021

As part of the restrictions, people will be expected to continue to work from home if they live in a Tier 1 region; in Tier 2, alcohol can ...

Pak-origin House of Lords member loses seat over charges of sexual exploitation of a Kashmiri

The Lords Conduct Committee recently published a report into the conduct of Lord Nazir Ahmed of Rotherham, concluding for the first time ev...

UK's Boris Johnson insists new lockdown will end on December 2

A second coronavirus lockdown in England will end on December 2, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday, despite suggestions it ...

Priyanca Radhakrishnan becomes New Zealand's first-ever Indian-origin minister: Report

Born in India, Radhakrishnan, 41, went to school in Singapore before moving to New Zealand to further her education. She has spent her work...

New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern credits virus response for election win

Speaking at a cafe near her Auckland home, Ardern said she expects to form a new government within three weeks and to prioritize work on th...

New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern says will form government in 2-3 weeks

Jacinda Ardern, who was handed a resounding victory in a general election on Saturday, said she had informed the country's governor general...

New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern wins ‘historic’ re-election

Ardern promised supporters she would build an economy that works for everyone, create jobs, train people, protect the environment and addre...

PM Jacinda Ardern on track for big re-election win in New Zealand polls, show early returns

Labour Party leader Ardern, 40, and National Party chief Judith Collins, 61, faced off in the election to form the country's 53rd parliamen...

UK blames software after 16,000 virus cases go missing

Matt Hancock said the "legacy computer system" at the Public Health England (PHE) agency that processed lab results caused 15,841 cases bet...