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Newtownabbey: How often have you heard that a person has named their child after a famous person or a place? We’re sure, quite many times! But, how often have you heard that parents have named their kid after a dish or food item they liked? It is quite amusing, right? Well, the cherry on the […]
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David Last, 54, from the UK credited Apple Watch for saving his life after his heart stopped an astonishing 138 times in a 48-hour testing period at the hospital, reports the Independent.
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This news comes as a further blow to the government in London as it grapples with a brutal cost-of-living shock, Bloomberg reported.
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London: Britain’s prime ministerial candidate Rishi Sunak said he wants to change the UK-India relationship to make it a more two-way exchange that opens up easy access to UK students and companies in India. During a campaign hustings event hosted by the Conservative Friends of India (CFIN) diaspora organisation in north London on Monday evening, […]
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London: British health authorities said Friday the monkeypox outbreak across the country may be peaking and that the epidemic’s growth rate has slowed. The U.K.’s Health Security Agency said in a statement there were “early signs that the outbreak is plateauing,” with 2,859 cases detected since May. No deaths have been reported. Last month, authorities […]
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London: China represents the “largest threat” to Britain and the world’s security and prosperity this century and there is evidence to suggest it has targeted countries from the US to India, UK Prime Ministerial candidate Rishi Sunak said on Monday. The 42-year-old former Chancellor set out a series of plans he would undertake if elected […]
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London: Britain shattered its record for highest temperature ever registered Tuesday amid a heat wave that has seared swaths of Europe, as the U.K.’s national weather forecaster said such highs are now a fact of life in a country ill-prepared for such extremes. The typically temperate nation was just the latest to be walloped by […]
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London: The new leader of the UK’s ruling Conservative Party who will succeed Boris Johnson as the British Prime Minister will be announced on September 5, the body responsible for the Tory leadership elections has said. The 1922 Committee of Conservative backbench MPs on Monday set out the timetable and rules of play for the […]
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London: Health officials in the UK have found poliovirus in sewage samples in London, 19 years after it was eliminated by 2003. According to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), the poliovirus in sewage samples collected from the London Beckton Sewage Treatment Works, was probably imported to London by someone who was recently vaccinated overseas […]
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London: Apple is set to face another class-action lawsuit seeking damages worth $935 million in the UK over intentionally slowing down the performance of older iPhones to encourage customers to buy newer models. Consumer rights campaigner Justin Gutmann is filing the lawsuit in the Competition Appeal Tribunal in London, on behalf of up to 25 […]
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Hyderabad: After a harrowing and much publicised trial by social media, actor Johnny Depp decided to pamper himself with a meal at the well-known Varanasi restaurant in Birmingham, UK. The star is said have to gorged on delicacies such as shish kebabs, chicken tikka, paneer tikka masala, lamb karahi and tandoori king prawns and topped […]
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London: Salman Rushdie, the Mumbai-born author of the Booker Prize-winning novel ‘Midnight’s Children’, leads a list of over 40 professionals and community champions of Indian-origin to be honoured in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list. Rushdie is named a Companion of Honour, an exclusive club with membership limited to just 65 people at any given time, […]
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London: Super cyclones, the most intense form of tropical storms, are likely to have a much more devastating impact on people in India in the future due to climate change, according to a modelling study. Researchers from the University of Bristol in the UK examined the 2020 Super Cyclone Amphan – the most costly cyclone […]
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London: The US has confirmed the first case of Monkeypox in a Massachusetts man, while the infection spreads to Europe with 14 cases of the virus confirmed across the UK, Portugal and Spain. According to a statement from the US’ Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) the patient in Massachusetts had not recently travelled to […]
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Hyderabad: In another major achievement for Telangana, UK-headquartered Surface Measurement Systems has announced the establishment of Particle Characterisation Laboratory in Hyderabad, the first-of-its-kind facility in the country. The company also has aggressive expansion plans for the next two years. Spread across 7,000 sqm, the facility will focus on pharmaceutical powder characterisation, and will be a […]
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Hyderabad: Industries Minister KT Rama Rao left for London and Davos on Tuesday leading a delegation to showcase Telangana as an investment destination for several multinational companies from May 18 to 26. The natives of Telangana have set up hoardings welcoming the Minister to London. After London, the Minister will be visiting Davos, Switzerland to […]
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London: Google is facing a class-action lawsuit in the UK for allegedly using confidential medical records belonging to 1.6 million individuals for its artificial intelligence (AI) division called DeepMind. DeepMind allegedly passed data on patients for a smartphone app called ‘Streams’ that it received from the Royal Free NHS Trust in London, without the patients’ […]
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London: A second Covid-19 booster dose, or the fourth jab against the virus, boosts immunity more than the initial or the third dose, according to a UK trial. The UK rolled out fourth doses to over-75s and those over the age of 12 who are immuno suppressed in April. It is also offered in Israel […]
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By Emma McClean, Aidan Hehir The day after Russian troops crossed the border to begin their invasion of Ukraine, the United Nations Security Council drafted a resolution condemning the invasion and calling on Russia to withdraw unconditionally. What happened next was predictable enough: Russia vetoed the resolution. As one of five permanent members of the […]
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San Francisco: After facing fines from European consumer and market regulators, Google has introduced an equal “Reject all” and “Accept all” buttons for tracking cookies on its platforms. Anyone visiting Search and YouTube in Europe, while signed out or in Incognito Mode, will see a new cookie consent choice. “This update, which began rolling out […]