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UK court rules on missing Iranian oil rig: Fars news agency
Oct 20, 2021 03:13A court of appeal in the UK has issued its final verdict on a controversial case known as the missing Iranian oil rig while ordering suspects in the case to compensate an Iranian Oil Ministry company, a local news agency report shows.
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Cambridge University halts $550mn deal with UAE over Pegasus spyware
Oct 16, 2021 04:58The proposed $550 million deal between the University of Cambridge and the United Arab Emirates is on hold due to the Persian Gulf state’s use of Pegasus spying software, the university’s vice-chancellor has said.
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COVID testing site suspended in UK over delivering false negatives
Oct 16, 2021 03:11A COVID-19 testing site in central England has been suspended after it was revealed that it had been wrongly giving negative PCR test results to people who were infected.
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UK keeps exporting tear gas to West Asian authoritarian regimes
Oct 15, 2021 06:44The UK government has approved tear gas exports to numerous authoritarian West Asian regimes, including in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan and Oman, over the past decade, new research finds.
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Russia rejects British tabloid's report about 'stolen design' of Sputnik V
Oct 12, 2021 11:36Russia has angrily rejected a recent allegation in a British tabloid that it has stolen and used the design for the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine to develop its Sputnik V shot.
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Nursing crisis sweeps wards in England as NHS battles to find recruits
Oct 10, 2021 05:32Hospitals in England are struggling to recruit staff for tens of thousands of nursing vacancies amid a mounting workforce crisis in the country.
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One in six Britons unable to buy essential food items, survey finds
Oct 08, 2021 16:08Around one in six Britons have been unable to buy essential food items in the last two weeks due to a shortage of products and a supply chain crisis, statistics show.
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UK National Grid warns of widespread blackouts in winter
Oct 08, 2021 02:46The UK's National Grid has warned over the “tight” supply of electricity this winter and raised the alarm over a greater risk of blackouts, as energy prices are sky-rocketing in the country.
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Two in three UK firms expect to raise prices in Christmas run-up: Poll
Oct 07, 2021 05:17Almost two-thirds of manufacturers in the UK plan to raise their prices in the run-up to Christmas after coming under mounting cost pressures, according to the latest quarterly survey by a leading employers’ group.
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UK gas price hits record: Families in dire straits, industries going bust
Oct 07, 2021 05:11The price of gas in the UK hits its highest level to date, sending a shudder down the spine of households and businesses.