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Boris slams current target on sustainable aviation fuel

Johnson, who is facing criticism for returning to London by plane and not by train later on Tuesday, claimed that the jet he will be flying in uses 35% sustainable aviation fuel,

November 3, 2021

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World leaders pledge to end deforestation by 2030

The pledge to halt and reverse forest loss and land degradation is backed by almost £14 billion ($19.2 billion) in public and private funding, reports Asian Lite Newsdesk In the biggest step

November 2, 2021

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Sunak delivers Budget for stronger economy

A new temporary business rates relief for the hospitality industry, a freeze on fuel and alcohol duties and increasing the country’s National Living Wage to GBP 9.50 from April 2022, were among

October 28, 2021

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Johnson says COP26 ‘in the balance’

Under the UK’s presidency of COP this year, the premier said, 80 percent of the global economy had committed to net zero emissions by 2050, up from 30 percent before…reports Asian Lite

October 28, 2021

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US climate change envoy Kerry visits London for talks with PM

“Great to discuss how the world can raise global climate ambition ahead of COP26 to ensure we meet the goals of the Paris Agreement,” he wrote on Twitter…reports Asian Lite News. US

October 26, 2021

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Johnson says ties with Russia needs to improve

Relations between Britain and other Western countries and Russia plummeted over Moscow’s 2014 annexation of Crimea from Ukraine, and they accuse Moscow of continuing to support separatists in the country’s east, reports

October 26, 2021

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Inquiry finds UK’s Covid failings among worst in history

Tory MPs Jeremy Hunt and Greg Clark, who chair the committees, said the nature of the pandemic meant it was “impossible to get everything right”…reports Asian Lite News. The UK’s failure in

October 12, 2021

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Boris, Modi talk vaccine certification, Afghan situation

The telephone conversation came four days after the UK announced that Indian travellers fully vaccinated with both doses of Covishield or any other vaccine approved by it will not need to undergo

October 12, 2021

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PM vows ‘long overdue’ revamp of UK’s post-Brexit economy

Shrugging off panic-buying at petrol stations, bare supermarket shelves and retailers’ warnings of a bleak Christmas to come, the Tory leader says the short-term pain is worth it, reports Asian Lite News

October 7, 2021

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Gass hold talks with Taliban on humanitarian crisis

Separately in a Twitter post, Longden said that serious and substantial discussions with the Taliban leadership…reports Asian Lite News. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s High Representative, Simon Gass, and Charge d’Affaires of the

October 7, 2021

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