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Topic: United Kingdom

UK set to ease lockdown on 11 May as PM Johnson comes under pressure to get economy running

UK govt is drawing up guidance for employers on how to return to work safely as it tries to mitigate the economic damage caused by the coronavirus crisis.

Covid-19 deaths decline in Europe as countries begin to ease out of lockdown

UK reported 315 deaths from Covid-19, down from the 621 confirmed a day before. Italy, Spain, Germany and France also reported their lowest fatalities since March.

PM Boris Johnson returns to work today but it still isn’t clear when UK can

With lockdowns being partially lifted on the European continent, PM Boris Johnson is under pressure to move Britain also to the next phase.

Boris Johnson won’t have to pay hospital bills. And it’s not because he is PM

Johnson must thank former PM Clement Attlee and his three main goals for the UK.

UK begins world’s biggest Covid-19 trial to zero in on treatment, results likely by June

The RECOVERY trial will be conducted by Oxford University researchers, and has already enlisted around 5,300 coronavirus patients.

It won’t be ‘business as usual’ with China after Covid-19, UK says

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said UK has seen good cooperation from China but there were ‘hard questions’ to be answered about how it started.

UK prepares to extend lockdown as coronavirus cases continue to rise

UK Foreign Secy Dominic Raab, standing in for British PM Boris Johnson, will chair a crucial meeting Thursday during which the Cabinet will finalise plans for an extension.

UK coronavirus death toll rises to 12,868

The latest figures reveal that out of the 313,769 who have been tested across the country, 98,476 people have tested positive for Covid-19.

UK PM Boris Johnson says he risked dying during Covid-19 treatment

PM Boris Johnson won’t return to work right away, instead continuing his recovery at his official country residence.

UK to receive first batch of 3 million paracetamol packets from India by Sunday

The shipment will coincide with a series of charter flights arranged by the UK government to fly out British residents stranded in India's Covid-19 lockdown.

On Camera

Charlie Kirk’s killing has America at war with itself. Foreigners & visa-seekers ‘warned’

Conservative activist Charlie Kirk, gunned down this week, was no ordinary influencer. He helped bring the Trump administration to power. His death has deepened America’s Left-Right divide.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Navy gets first Tata-made Spanish 3D surveillance radar for its warships, 19 more to come

It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.

Gen Zs have taken down the Nepal regime. Here’s why this will never happen in India

To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.