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People wearing face masks walk through an underground shopping area in Seoul. (AFP)

Eased restrictions bring new cases in South Korea, virus fears in Italy

4 million people have been confirmed infected by the virus so far, and more than 279,000 have died worldwide

10 May 2020 9:57 AM

Medical staffers walk in hall leading to the COVID-19 emergency ward of the Santo Spirito hospital, in Rome. (AP)

Italy tops 30,000 coronavirus deaths

Compared to Italy, only United States and Britain have seen more deaths from the virus

09 May 2020 3:43 PM

Clinical staff wear personal protective equipment (PPE) as they care for a patient at the Intensive Care unit at Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge. (AFP)

UK overtakes Italy, reports highest coronavirus death toll in Europe

Only the United States, with a population nearly five times greater, has suffered more confirmed fatalities from the virus than Britain

06 May 2020 10:28 AM

Sikh doctors in UK complain about forced beard shaving

Sikh Doctors Association reports of at least five Sikhs being moved out of their usual shifts at the NHS hospitals

04 May 2020 3:52 PM

A woman wearing a face mask as a precaution walks past a shop window on Oxford Street in London. (AFP)

Johnson readies plan to ease lockdown in UK with new office guidance

A total of 28,446 people have now died in Britain, almost on a par with Italy, Europe's worst affected country

04 May 2020 3:33 PM

An Indian Navy helicopter (unseen) throws rose petals on the INHS Asvini (Indian Naval Hospital Ship) staff to pay tribute to all those involved in the fight against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Mumbai. (AFP)

Coronavirus global death toll hits 2,40,000

The United States has the highest number of total deaths with 65,645 out of 1,121,414 cases.

03 May 2020 12:20 PM

A medical worker takes a swab to test for the novel coronavirus COVID-19 from a visitor to a drive-in testing facility at the Chessington World of Adventures Resort, in Chessington. (AFP)

UK shadows Italy as worst hit in Europe

United Kingdom’s COVID-19 death toll rose by 621 on Saturday to a total of 28,131 as of May 1

03 May 2020 11:04 AM

A medic wearing a protective suit collects a swab sample of a woman for COVID-19 testing. (PTI)

Indian origin doctors in UK at greater risk of virus infection

While 37 per cent of the UK’s doctors are foreign-born, nearly one in 10 are from India, all currently on the frontline of Covid fight

02 May 2020 12:09 PM

A woman wearing PPE crosses an empty road at Oxford Circus, London. (AFP)

Britain has no lockdown exit strategy in sight

The number of deaths related to COVID-19 in hospitals across the United Kingdom has risen above 20,000

26 Apr 2020 4:56 PM

Britain's governing Conservative Party complained to the broadcasting regulator after its chosen representative was shut out of a general election television debate on climate change on Thursday. (Photo: Channel 4)

Boris Johnson skips climate change debate on TV, gets replaced by melting ice sculpture

Johnson has said he only wants to debate with Corbyn, seeing him as theoretically the only alternative prime minister.

29 Nov 2019 3:03 PM

Britain's Prince Andrew on Wednesday announced that he is quitting from the royal duties following controversy over his "ill-judged" association with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. (Photo: File)

'Regret my ill-judged association with Epstein': Britain Prince Andrew quits from royal duties

Andrew, however, denied the allegation.

21 Nov 2019 11:14 AM

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will not resign as a result of failing to pull Britain out of the European Union on October 31 - a deadline he repeatedly promised - "do or die" - would be adhered to. (Photo: File)

EU agrees to delay Brexit until January 31

More than three years after Britons voted 52-48 per cent for Brexit in a 2016 referendum, the country and parliament remain divided.

29 Oct 2019 11:39 AM

$After winning the backing of European Union leaders for his new Brexit deal, Prime Minister Boris Johnson was in London Friday looking to secure enough support to get the deal through the fractious British Parliament. (Photo: File)$

Boris Johnson returns to London to drum up support for Brexit deal

If Johnson's charm offensive manages to corral enough votes to pass the deal, Britain would leave EU in an orderly fashion on October 31.

18 Oct 2019 3:39 PM

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will on Thursday meet his Irish counterpart for last-ditch Brexit talks, with just days left to strike an EU divorce deal and both sides blaming each other for an impasse. (Photo: File)

British PM Boris Johnson to meet Irish leaders for last-ditch Brexit talks

The British leader's plans would also see Northern Irish politicians given a vote every four years on maintaining the agreed arrangements.

10 Oct 2019 12:04 PM

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Saturday he was making a "huge amount of progress" towards a Brexit deal with the EU, in an interview in which he compared Britain to the Incredible Hulk. (Photo: File)

UK's Boris Johnson claims huge progress in Brexit talks

Johnson took office in July promising to leave the EU next month with or without a deal, but has faced resistance from the House of Commons.

15 Sep 2019 9:35 AM

Britain's Brexit negotiators are to meet their EU counterparts twice a week throughout September, London said Thursday, in a bid to strike a new divorce deal. (Photo: Representational Image/ File)

UK, EU Brexit teams to meet twice-weekly in September

Britain is due to leave European Union on October 31 without withdrawal agreement, unless one can be struck and then approved by parliament.

30 Aug 2019 3:17 PM

This is the story of a 72-year-old retired electrician in Britain, who forgot to tell his surgeon that he wore dentures. (Photo: AP)

72-year-old's denture got struck in his throat, detected a week later

Six days after having a benign lump removed from his belly while under general anaesthesia, Jack turned up at the emergency room.

13 Aug 2019 8:55 AM

The Russian Embassy in the UK on Sunday slammed the British media's "biased" coverage of a rally held in Moscow this weekend. (Photo: ANI)

Russia slams UK media's 'biased' coverage of Moscow rally

On Saturday, about 1,500 people took to the streets in the Russian capital, of which, about 600 were detained for various offences.

05 Aug 2019 2:54 PM

Tensions have spiked between Iran and the West after Iranian commandos seized the British-flagged tanker, which came after British forces captured an Iranian oil tanker near Gibraltar, accused of violating sanctions on Syria. (Photo: AFP)

Iran says foreign oil tanker was ‘smuggling fuel’ to Arab countries, seized

‘IRGC's naval forces have seized foreign oil tanker in Persian Gulf that was smuggling fuel for some Arab countries," IRGC commander said.

04 Aug 2019 3:32 PM

The video, published by the semi-official Tasnim news agency, contains footage of the capture of the tanker, showing Guards abseiling onto the deck from a helicopter, with the audio recording superimposed. (Representational Image)

Don't put your life in danger: Iran publishes purported exchange with British warship

'You are required not to interfere in these issues,' the Guards' Navy representative said.

29 Jul 2019 3:36 PM

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