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Grocery giant Tesco cuts overnight roles; 1,600 jobs at risk

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said, “It’s crucial we continue to push the frontiers of our defence space ambitions, enhancing our military resilience and strengthening our nation’s security…reports Asian Lite News Following publication

February 2, 2022

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Russian forces pose ‘clear danger’ to Ukraine, says Boris

That could bring the former Soviet republic closer to NATO, anathema to its old overlord Moscow, which has massed tens of thousands of troops near Ukraine’s borders in recent weeks…reports Asian Lite

February 2, 2022

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Attenborough, WHO among nominees for Nobel Peace Prize

Environmentalists have won the Nobel Peace Prize in the past, including Kenyan activist Wangari Maathai, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and former US Vice President Al Gore, reports Asian Lite News

February 2, 2022

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UK, US, Canada sanction top Myanmar justice officials

The Canadian government in a statement said the military had “shown no sign of reversing course” on the humanitarian and political situation in Myanmar in the past year…reports Asian Lite News The

February 1, 2022

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Britain to introduce new bill to scrap EU laws two years since Brexit

Although it then left the 27-member bloc’s single market and customs union, it kept many European laws on the books, pledging to change or repeal them individually post-Brexit…reports Asian Lite News The

February 1, 2022

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NATO, UK will ‘support’ Ukraine if invaded by Russia, but won’t send troops

Truss did say it was “very unlikely” British troops would be involved should there be a fight for Ukraine…reports Asian Lite News NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg reiterated on Sunday that NATO would

February 1, 2022

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Covid-19 daily dashboard amended to include reinfections

The new data shows that reinfection rates averaged around 1.4 percent of cases until 16 November 2021, when a spike in infections took place following the emergence of the Omicron variant…reports Asian

February 1, 2022

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Foreign Secretary Liz Truss tests positive for Covid-19

Truss is the second UK cabinet minister to contract coronavirus, after the UK’s Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi who earlier confirmed his positive diagnosis on Sunday…reports Asian Lite News Foreign Secretary Liz Truss

February 1, 2022

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Next 24 hours could decide PM’s future

Boris Johnson’s immediate predecessor and Conservative party colleague Theresa May, whose exit he is said to have engineered, sarcastically asked him if he had not read Covid rules, did not understand them

January 31, 2022

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Boris ‘sorry’ after ‘partygate’

He also pledged to get on with the job” despite widespread political and public anger and calls for him to quit or be forced out…reports Asian Lite News UK Prime Minister Boris

January 31, 2022

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