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Thousands of British children ‘in agony’ awaiting NHS dental care
Jul 19, 2023 09:36Major shortcomings across the publicly funded British healthcare system, the National Health Service (NHS), have resulted in English children living “in agony” for years just to receive basic dental care.
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UN denounces UK refugee crackdown bill, calls it against international law
Jul 18, 2023 11:42The United Nations has warned that controversial British legislation purportedly aimed at deterring thousands of refugees from landing on the country's shores will have profound consequences for people in need of international protection.
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England's senior doctors turn down government's pay rise offer, plan new strike
Jul 17, 2023 04:10Amid an ongoing industrial action by UK's junior doctors, senior doctors in England are also planning a two-day strike, dismissing a meager six-percent pay rise offered by the government.
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Consumer group: UK food prices up by as much as 175%, govt. action needed
Jul 17, 2023 04:00A British consumer group has alerted the country's authorities to the meteoric rise in prices of food items over the past two years, urging prompt action to shield households amid the country's unprecedented cost-of-living crisis and soaring inflation.
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UK invites Saudi crown prince for official visit, first since Khashoggi murder
Jul 16, 2023 09:49The United Kingdom has invited Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) for an official visit to the country, indicating that Western countries are easing off on the kingdom following the gruesome murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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UK’s 2nd-largest trade union backs anti-Israel boycott movement
Jul 16, 2023 05:31Britain's second-largest trade union has declared its support for the pro-Palestine Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movements against the Israeli regime, slamming UK government legislation barring institutions from boycotting products made in Occupied Territories.
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Underfunding and burnout set off fresh doctors strike in UK
Jul 14, 2023 04:23Tens of thousands of junior doctors across England have begun a five-day strike in what's been described as the longest single walkout by doctors in the history of the country's National Health Service.
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Junior doctors to stage biggest walk-out in UK health service
Jul 13, 2023 04:17Junior doctors in the United Kingdom are set to stage a five-day walk-out over pay and working conditions, the biggest industrial action in the history of the country’s state-funded National Health Service (NHS) so far.
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UK minister warns West 'not Amazon' delivery service for Ukraine weapons
Jul 13, 2023 04:10The British defense secretary has said the West is not an “Amazon” delivery service for weapons shipment to Ukraine, in an extraordinary snub of Ukraine’s repeated requests for more arms to fight against Russia.
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Canada, Sweden, Ukraine, UK pursue ‘political objectives’ by referring flight case to ICJ: Iran
Jul 10, 2023 03:15Iran has said Canada, Sweden, Ukraine, and Britain have failed to live by their own stated commitment to resolving the row over the accidental downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane in 2020 through diplomatic channels by referring the case to the World Court.