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UK foreign secretary urged to take action on Saudi woman jailed for 34 years over tweets
Aug 22, 2022 01:38British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has been urged to intervene in the case of Salma al-Shehab, a Leeds University student and Saudi women's rights activist that has been sentenced to 34 years in prison for following and retweeting the critics of the kingdom on Twitter.
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Over 1,900 Felixstowe port workers to begin eight-day strike over pay
Aug 21, 2022 03:36More than 1,900 workers at Britain's biggest container port are walking out of their jobs for eight days from Sunday over pay with their union and shipping companies warning the walkout could seriously affect trade and supply chains.
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UK says Putin 'has no moral right' to sit at G20 summit
Aug 20, 2022 11:17Russian President Vladimir Putin has “no moral right” to attend the Group of 20 leaders’ summit in Indonesia, a spokesperson for Britain's foreign secretary says.
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UK’s national rail strike shuts most services, causes travel chaos
Aug 20, 2022 08:43Disruptions to Britain’s transport system are expected to stretch into the weekend with train workers seeking to keep their jobs and earn higher wages stage yet another nationwide strike.
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Plagued by cost-of-living crisis, UK resorts to war-torn Syria with offer of lower tariffs
Aug 20, 2022 02:03The UK has promised to liberalize trade with Syria, offering lower tariffs to the war-torn country as part of plans to bring its cost-of-living crisis under control.
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Iran marks CIA-orchestrated 1953 coup d'état, slams US as ‘record-holder’ in wars, coups
Aug 19, 2022 10:46Tehran says the United States is a record-holder of interfering in the affairs of independent states, naming the US-orchestrated coup of 1953 in Iran as an instance of that “dark history.”
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Fresh nationwide rail strikes hit UK
Aug 19, 2022 01:56Another mass walkout has brought the UK's railway network to a grinding halt causing major disruptions.
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UK suffers worst inflation rate in G7 amid record soaring prices
Aug 18, 2022 15:09Britain is suffering the worst inflation rate among the G7 countries with skyrocketing prices further tightening the squeeze on the British public.
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Planned eight-day strike at port threatens UK’s supply chains
Aug 18, 2022 09:54The most significant of a growing wave of strikes in Britain will go ahead with an eight-day walkout after pay talks broke down with employers at Felixstowe port in Suffolk, England.
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UK inflation tops 10%, highest since 1982
Aug 17, 2022 06:25British consumer price inflation jumped to 10.1% in July, its highest since February 1982, up from an annual rate of 9.4% in June, intensifying the squeeze on households, official figures showed on Wednesday.