France on Sunday urged Britain to help more with cracking down on people-smuggling gangs following a row between the two countries last week over an unprecedented boat accident in the Channel that cost 27 lives. “We have to work with our British friends and tell them a few things,” French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin told …
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FILE PHOTO: Smoke billows from the chimneys of Belchatow Power Station, Europe’s biggest coal-fired power plant, in this May 7, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Peter Andrews/File Photo April 15, 2021 By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Energy firms, businesses and traders from the European Union and Britain on Thursday urged the two sides to link their …
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FILE PHOTO: The first trucks leave Eurotunnel’s new customs border in Calais just after midnight, as Britain formally exits the European Union, France, January 1, 2021. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol April 8, 2021 PARIS (Reuters) – French exports to Britain picked up 4% in February but were still at only 84% of the monthly average of the …
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FILE PHOTO: A perimeter fence is constructed around what is officially known as a vocational skills education centre in Dabancheng in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China September 4, 2018. Picture taken September 4, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/ March 22, 2021 LONDON (Reuters) – Britain imposed sanctions on Monday on four Chinese officials and a construction company …
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People exit Bank station in the City of London financial district, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in London, Britain, March 4, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls March 5, 2021 By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s financial regulators on Friday called a formal halt to nearly all Libor rates from the end of this year, as …
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FILE PHOTO: The logo of Airbus is pictured at the entrance of the Airbus facility in Bouguenais, near Nantes, France, July 2, 2020. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe March 4, 2021 BERLIN (Reuters) – Airbus will make no forced redundancies in France, Germany and Britain, the European planemaker said on Thursday, as it reached an agreement with a …
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FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak leaves Downing Street, in London, Britain, November 25, 2020. REUTERS/Simon Dawson/File Photo February 16, 2021 By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) – British finance minister Rishi Sunak might have to raise a hefty 60 billion pounds ($83 billion) more in taxes each year to pay for the …
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People arrive to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at Crystal Palace Football Club Vaccination Centre, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in London, Britain February 4, 2021. REUTERS/Hannah McKay February 4, 2021 By Guy Faulconbridge and Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) – British researchers are to explore mixing doses of the Pfizer and AstraZeneca COVID-19 …
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FILE PHOTO: Vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine are pictured in a vaccination center as part of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination campaign in Geneva, Switzerland February 3, 2021. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo February 4, 2021 LONDON (Reuters) – Britain on Thursday launched a trial to assess the immune responses generated if doses of the COVID-19 vaccines …
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Amazon trailer trucks are seen at Cherbourg Harbour, France January 21, 2021. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes January 25, 2021 By Richard Lough and Padraic Halpin CHERBOURG, France/DUBLIN (Reuters) – From his office overlooking Cherbourg docks, general manager Yannick Millet points to trailers destined for Ireland that belong to Amazon and FedEx, new customers and a signal of …
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