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Brits Brace for New Heat Record
The United Kingdom is bracing itself for the heat expected Monday and Tuesday, which will see a never-before-issued code red in parts of England. A temperature of 40 degrees may be measured for the first time.
The UK's current heat…
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Sunak Again Round Winner in Race for Successor to Prime Minister Johnson
Five more candidates are running to succeed British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. At the moment, former finance minister Rishi Sunak seems the most promising.
He also received the most votes in the second round to become the leader…
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Crisis in British Government After Another Minister Resigns
After two leading ministers had already resigned their duties on Tuesday, a third British minister resigned from the government of Boris Johnson on Wednesday. Will Quince, the Secretary of State for Children and Family Affairs has handed in…
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Boris Johnson: Putin would Never have Embarked on This Macho Invasion If He were a Woman
The war in Ukraine is a “perfect example of toxic masculinity”. Boris Johnson said so during the G7 summit in Schloss Elmau, Germany. It is not the first time that the British prime minister has made a striking statement about the Russian…
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Brits can Stop Gas Exports to Europe in Case of Major Crisis
The British government could stop natural gas exports to mainland Europe if the energy crisis escalates further and the country faces gas shortages, reports the business newspaper Financial Times.
The United Kingdom transports gas…
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Johnson Wants to Protect Steel Industry from High Energy Prices
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is considering taking measures to protect steel producers in his country from the financial consequences of rising energy prices.
According to Johnson, there is no such protection mechanism in…
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Strike Shuts Down British Rail, Union Hints at More Actions
British rail is largely flat for the second day this week. Tens of thousands of employees have resigned due to dissatisfaction with the lack of an agreement on, among other things, extra pay.
Mick Lynch of the RMT union warns that…
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UK Inflation at New High in More Than 40 Years
The cost of living in the United Kingdom rose further in May to a new high in more than 40 years. British inflation stood at 9.1 percent in May, reports the British statistics office.
Inflation was already 9 percent in April,…
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