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Scottish Government to continue its 'fairer approach' to tax, says minister: The Scottish Government will continue to pursue a “fairer and more progressive ...
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Scottish Government to continue its 'fairer approach' to tax, says minister: The Scottish Government will continue to pursue a “fairer and more progressive ...
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Scottish Government to continue its 'fairer approach' to tax ...
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U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Sparks Debate Over Plan to End ‘Sick Note Culture’
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Liz Truss sheds tear as she reveals impact on her teenage daughters of short-lived premiership
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US State Dept expects to finalize AUKUS trade exemptions in next 120 days: The U.S. State Department said on Friday it expects to finalize trade exemptions for ...
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US State Dept expects to finalize AUKUS trade exemptions in next 120 days
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Rishi Sunak 'rejects post-Brexit youth mobility scheme' : Downing St said it wants to make deals with individual EU member states
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Rishi Sunak 'rejects post-Brexit youth mobility scheme'
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PIP payment to be overhauled as Sunak shakes up the benefits system: Rishi Sunak has announced a major review of how Britain's disability benefits system ...
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PIP payment to be overhauled as Sunak shakes up the benefits system
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Antisemitic false Rothschild quote cut from Liz Truss memoir: The ex-PM's publishers apologise and agree to remove a fake quote tied to an antisemitic conspiracy ...
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Antisemitic false Rothschild quote cut from Liz Truss memoir
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Modi Urges Strong Government Amid Global Unrest: India Votes: Each day, Bloomberg journalists take you across a selection of towns and cities as they gear up for ...
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Modi Urges Strong Government Amid Global Unrest: India Votes
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Can AI help solve Japan’s labour shortages?: Japan is seeing if artificial intelligence can tackle its increasing shortfall of workers.
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Can AI help solve Japan’s labour shortages?
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Sunak to cite Britain’s ‘sicknote culture’ in bid to overhaul fit note system: Prime minister to express concern about ‘over-medicalising’ normal worries with ...
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Sunak to cite Britain’s ‘sicknote culture’ in bid to overhaul fit note ...
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A smoking ban is pointless and illiberal: Why is Britain poised to ban cigarette smoking, when the habit is already dying out anyway? Smoking is seen by the ...
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A smoking ban is pointless and illiberal
Quick Glance: UK Lawmakers Support Groundbreaking 'Smoke-Free Generation' Bill
  • The British government's plan for a landmark smoking ban to prevent young people from ever smoking passed its first hurdle in Parliament despite opposition from within Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservative Party.

  • The bill, announced by Sunak, would make it illegal to sell tobacco products to anyone born after January 1, 2009, creating one of the toughest anti-smoking measures in the world to establish the 'first smoke-free generation' in modern Britain.

  • The bill also includes measures to crack down on youth vaping, such as banning the sale of cheap disposable vapes and restricting their flavors to prevent children from becoming addicted to nicotine.

  • The number of people who smoke in the U.K. has declined by two-thirds since the 1970s, but approximately 6.4 million people in the country still smoke, accounting for about 13% of the population. Smoking remains the number one preventable cause of death, disability, and poor health.
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Ten Hag reveals Garnacho apology after forward supported critical tweets: LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Erik ten Hag claimed Manchester United's squad is not ...
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Ten Hag reveals Garnacho apology after forward supported critical tweets
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Sunak Expected to Announce New UK Warship Program, FT Reports: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is preparing to announce a new warship program ...
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Sunak Expected to Announce New UK Warship Program, FT Reports
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Cameron tells Netanyahu UK will not ban IRGC: Report: LONDON: The UK will not proscribe Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization ...
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Cameron tells Netanyahu UK will not ban IRGC: Report
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US and UK impose fresh Iran sanctions in wake of Israel attack: Most of the sanctions are linked to Iranian drone production
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US and UK impose fresh Iran sanctions in wake of Israel attack
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What to know about the U.N. vote on whether to admit Palestinians as full members
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Quick Glance: US Blocks UN Resolution for Palestinian Full Membership
  • In the Security Council, 12 countries voted for a UN resolution recommending full Palestinian membership, with the US opposing and two countries abstaining.

  • The US argued that Palestinian membership should result from negotiations between Israel and Palestinians to enable a two-state solution.

  • The Palestinian delegation emphasized that UN membership is a crucial step for peace in the region and criticized the Israeli government for its rejection.

  • Israel rejected the resolution and warned of its potential impact on future dialogues, especially in light of the recent escalation of violence in Gaza.
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Rishi Sunak Plans UK Sick Note Review in Push to Tackle Inactivity in Britain: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is planning to review the UK’s sick note system ...
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Rishi Sunak Plans UK Sick Note Review in Push to Tackle Inactivity in ...
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Labour warns Scotland facing two-tier dentistry system: Anas Sarwar said the Scottish Government’s ‘broken’ NHS funding model was forcing dentists to take on ...
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Labour warns Scotland facing two-tier dentistry system
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Biden imposes new sanctions on Iran after drone and missile attack on Israel: The Biden administration announced new sanctions on Iran targeting its missile and ...
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Biden imposes new sanctions on Iran after drone and missile attack on ...
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US and UK issue new sanctions on Iran in response to Tehran's weekend attack on Israel
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Quick Glance: US imposes new sanctions on Iran's drone program
  • The United States imposed new sanctions Thursday on sixteen people and two entities associated with Iran’s drone program to punish Tehran for the weekend's attack on Israel.

  • The sanctions target executives of an engine manufacturer supplying Iran’s Shahad-131 drones, companies servicing the engines, and individuals providing the drones to Iranian proxy forces in the Middle East.

  • Coordinated with European allies, the new sanctions aim to disrupt Iran's missile and drone program and isolate the country globally.

  • President Joe Biden emphasized the US commitment to holding Iran accountable, utilizing economic tools to counter Iran's activities, as stated by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.
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UK's prime minister Sunak to visit Poland soon to discuss security, Polish PM says
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UK's prime minister Sunak to visit Poland soon to discuss security ...
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The SNP’s net zero hypocrisy: The Scottish nationalists are no stranger to hypocrisy, as their latest U-turn shows. For on Thursday afternoon the Yousaf regime — ...
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The SNP’s net zero hypocrisy
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Young people to have free movement across UK in new European Commission plans: Under the current plans, the scheme would allow participants to stay in their host ...
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Young people to have free movement across UK in new European Commission ...
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UK refuses to say if Israel sought help against Iran drones: The UK government has declined to comment on whether Israel requested British military assistance in ...
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UK refuses to say if Israel sought help against Iran drones
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I was quoted over £7,000 for details of my rapist's trial: Juliana Terlizzi was raped by her boyfriend. She brought him to justice – but a copy of the court ...
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I was quoted over £7,000 for details of my rapist's trial
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Only one man can stop the world plunging into full-scale war: Benjamin Netanyahu’s popularity in Israel is at an all-time low. Yet, we are waiting, helplessly ...
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Only one man can stop the world plunging into full-scale war
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Britain would rather rot from the inside than treat immigrants with respect: The anti-immigration issue cannot be relegated to simply being a matter of a ...
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Britain would rather rot from the inside than treat immigrants with ...
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Version of Churchill’s hated portrait immortalized in ‘The Crown’ goes up for auction
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Version of Churchill’s hated portrait immortalized in ‘The Crown’ goes up ...
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US to reduce licensing by 80% for UK, Australia to boost AUKUS: The U.S. Commerce Department is scaling back export control requirements for Australia and the ...
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US to reduce licensing by 80% for UK, Australia to boost AUKUS
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Something blue: British kits for Paris 2024 stripped back and traditional: Team GB and ParalympicsGB official kits have been unveiled by adidas with no sign of ...
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Something blue: British kits for Paris 2024 stripped back and traditional
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UK's Rwanda asylum plan to be debated on April 22: Britain's plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda will be debated on Monday April 22 in the House of Commons ...
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UK's Rwanda asylum plan to be debated on April 22
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'I started saving at 6': Dubai expat on learning to value money as a child - News | Khaleej Times
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UK and US hit Iran with new sanctions in wake of attack on Israel: The Foreign Office sanctioned seven individuals and six entities involved in Tehran’s drone ...
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UK and US hit Iran with new sanctions in wake of attack on Israel
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Penny Mordaunt gets into a Commons spat over comments about changes to England's football shirt
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Penny Mordaunt gets into a Commons spat over comments about changes to ...
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Trains are ‘cheaper than planes’ on UK domestic routes. Really?: A new piece of industry research makes sense - until you scrutinise the prices
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Trains are ‘cheaper than planes’ on UK domestic routes. Really?
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UK politicians urge Rishi Sunak to ban Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
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UK politicians urge Rishi Sunak to ban Iran's Islamic Revolutionary ...
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UK imam's alleged input in school prayer ban case denied by mosque: London Central Mosque has denied that one of it's imams said it was permissible for Muslim ...
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UK imam's alleged input in school prayer ban case denied by mosque
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CAF issues Jamaican dollar bond on international market: The Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF) has issued its first-ever bond denominated ...
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CAF issues Jamaican dollar bond on international market
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China is a national security threat to UK health data, leaked letter reveals: Minister reveals 'significant work related to national security' after MP ...
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China is a national security threat to UK health data, leaked letter ...
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Portrait of the Week: the war on smoking, Trump’s trial and O.J.’s death: Home Rishi Sunak, the Prime Minister, said that British fighter jets had shot down ‘a ...
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Portrait of the Week: the war on smoking, Trump’s trial and O.J.’s death
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As India votes, women and youth could put Modi and his BJP over the top: Unlike in most democracies, women and young people tend to be relatively conservative in ...
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As India votes, women and youth could put Modi and his BJP over the top
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Warning to middle class women aged under 45: The study did not find the same results for men or working class women
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Warning to middle class women aged under 45
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Trump's eclectic London inner circle: from Nigel Farage to Liz Truss: Liz Truss, Arron Banks and Andy Wigmore were among those cheering when Trump gave a speech ...
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Trump's eclectic London inner circle: from Nigel Farage to Liz Truss
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Who is Count Binface? 2024 London mayor candidate and 'space warrior': Meet London mayoral candidate Count Binface. Who is he, what is his 2024 manifesto ...
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Who is Count Binface? 2024 London mayor candidate and 'space warrior'
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Minister says 'there must be justice' in WASPI compensation update: Scotland's First Minister Humza Yousaf said it must be 'urgently put right'
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Minister says 'there must be justice' in WASPI compensation update
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Ministers accused of Cabinet Manual breach with threats to Waitangi Tribunal: Shane Jones said he was looking forward to reforming the tribunal while David ...
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Ministers accused of Cabinet Manual breach with threats to Waitangi ...
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News Podcast: The Biggest Election in the World: In India, more than 900 million people are allowed to vote. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is hoping for a third ...
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News Podcast: The Biggest Election in the World
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'What price your sneer': Shanmugam hits backs at Economist commentary on Singapore's leadership transition
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'What price your sneer': Shanmugam hits backs at Economist ...
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'I am happy NatCon was able to go ahead,' says Belgian Prime Minister De Croo: De Croo addressed parliament over the controversial events surrounding the ...
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'I am happy NatCon was able to go ahead,' says Belgian Prime Minister De ...
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The battle over Adivasi identity: In southern Rajasthan, the Bharat Adivasi Party challenges the BJP's narrative on Adivasi identity and history.
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The battle over Adivasi identity
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What Maryam spoke about: Punjabiyat, cultural bonds that tie India, Pak Punjabs: The shared Punjabi identity has been invoked on several occasions by politicians ...
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What Maryam spoke about: Punjabiyat, cultural bonds that tie India ...
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Israel’s muted Iran retaliation raises hope war in Middle East may be avoided: Western allies are urging restraint amid fears of a regional conflict
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Israel’s muted Iran retaliation raises hope war in Middle East may be ...
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Olympic chief Bach says AI can be a game changer for athletes: LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — IOC president Thomas Bach said artificial intelligence can help ...
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Olympic chief Bach says AI can be a game changer for athletes