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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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The contest to replace Boris Johnson is a choice between austerity and bigotry
Aug 19, 2022 11:56A choice between austerity and populist bigotry is a brutal one, and it portends a bleak immediate future for government in the UK.
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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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Contenders for Boris Johnson’s crown stress fealty to Israeli regime
Aug 18, 2022 16:38Following Israeli regime's recent savage attack on Gaza, the last two Tory candidates for PM are outcompeting each other in supporting it.
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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.
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Three million homes at risk of flooding in UK as heatwave subsides with thunderstorms
Aug 16, 2022 07:17The United Kingdom is on high alert for flash flooding as the subsiding heatwave paves way for torrential rains and thunderstorms, reports said.