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UK takes first steps towards new trade deal with Israel

As part of her visit, the International Trade Secretary will also confirm plans to host a UK-Israel Innovation Summit this spring…reports Asian Lite News International Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan will today meet

February 2, 2022

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Boris assembles new cohort of business leaders to turbocharge economy

This new Businesses Council will help drive this vision forward and ensure our Plan for Growth is delivered successfully – levelling up across the country and powering a high growth, high productivity

February 2, 2022

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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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