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Inquiry investigating if Johnson misled parliamentCommittee could suspend JohnsonBereaved families say Johnson blaming everyone but himselfLONDON, March 22 (Reuters) - A combative Boris Johnson fought for his political career on Wednesday, as the former British prime minister said "hand on heart" he did not lie to parliament over COVID-19…

Google chatbot is the latest AI app to churn out essays, poems and computer code on command.Google has invited people in the United Kingdom and the United States to test its AI chatbot, known as Bard, as it continues on its gradual path to catch up with the Microsoft-backed ChatGPT. Bard, ChatGPT and other similar artificial intelligence apps…

Amid outrage over the vandalism at the Indian High Commission in London by Khalistan supporters, British Conservative MP Bob Blackman on Monday said the vast majority of Sikhs living in the UK “absolutely reject” the Khalistani project. He also asked the police to deal with the separatist elements properly. Bob Blackman, UK MP from Harrow…

<!-- -->Over the weekend, 112 supporters of separatist Amritpal Singh have been arrested.New Delhi: The foreign ministry summoned the seniormost diplomat of UK in New Delhi late last evening as the Indian flag was pulled down from the Indian High Commission in London by Khalistan sympathisers protesting against the police crackdown on…

<!-- -->Organisers said the demonstration was partly a response to the government's "inhuman" migration bill.London: Anti-racism protesters marched in London on Saturday to denounce the government's controversial plan to tackle cross-Channel migrant crossings by preventing arrivals from applying for asylum.'Around 2,000 protesters, many…

LONDON, March 17 (Reuters) - British interior minister Suella Braverman will visit Rwanda this weekend to discuss an agreement where Britain will relocate migrants who arrive without permission, as she doubles down on a plan that has been mired in legal challenges and controversy.Britain agreed to send tens of thousands of migrants more than…

BIRMINGHAM, England Trade unions representing Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) workers managed to find common ground with the government Thursday in a major breakthrough aimed at bringing an end to long-running strikes over a pay dispute. The deal gives a 5% pay rise for NHS staff, including nurses and…

Strikes at UK airports and ports are set to impact travellers in March and April.After striking over February half-term, UK Border Force are again walking out on 15 March.Although the UK government aims to minimise disruption, it warns that those travelling on the 15th and early the next day should be prepared to face longer wait times at UK…

One of Hong Kong’s most senior finance officials is planning to visit the UK in April in the territory’s first ministerial-level trip to the country in three years and a sign of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s quiet reset of UK-China economic relations.The proposed trip by financial services secretary Christopher Hui is the first since the…

Increased childcare funding is expected to feature in the UK government's budget this week, in a bid to ease pressure on families and particularly women.Childcare costs in the UK are among the highest in the 38-nation OECD, accounting for nearly a third (29 percent) of a family's income compared to just nine percent in France. That has led to a…