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Passengers in England to receive refunds for cancelled Christmas travel

Passengers who have cancelled their Christmas travel plans will have their train and coach bookings refunded, the government has announced. The transport secretary, Grant...

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‘The coughing would not stop’: MP talks of ‘unbearable pain’ of Covid

A shadow minister who became the first female MP to be hospitalised by Covid-19 has described the “unbearable pain” caused by coughing fits and...

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France’s ban on UK transport came as surprise, says Grant Shapps

France’s 48-hour ban on freight hauliers from Britain was “surprising”, the UK transport secretary has said, amid expected chaos at British ports. Although Grant...

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Why more Indian girls have been pushed into illegal marriages during the Covid pandemic

Equality Check — embed — fix With no way of supporting herself during lockdown, Bela Bai, a widow from India’s Madhya Pradesh state, did...

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Общество

Caste-based area names to be changed across Indian state to ‘increase unity’

The names of neighbourhoods in the Indian state of Maharashtra based on the caste of people who have traditionally lived there are to be...

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Технологии

‘It’s a colony’: Why Texas won’t take Silicon Valley’s crown just yet

It didn’t come as a huge surprise when Oracle Corp announced it was moving its headquarters from California to Texas last week. The world’s...

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Firm with mystery investors wins £200m of PPE contracts via ‘high-priority lane’

A company with mystery investors and links to the Isle of Man was awarded government contracts worth £200m to supply the UK with personal...

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Новости США

Covid and media cuts behind fall in recorded US lightning strike deaths

Lightning strike fatalities in the US have dipped to one of the lowest figures in years, and an organization that tallies such incidents suspects...

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Технологии

iPhones vulnerable to hacking tool for months, researchers say

For almost a year, spyware sold by Israel’s NSO Group was allegedly armed with a computer security super-weapon: a zero-footprint, zero-click, zero-day exploit that...

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Covid chaos disrupts Kent ports as France bans UK freight

Miles of lorry queues and travel chaos were expected across Kent on Monday morning after France announced a 48-hour ban on passengers and freight...

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Social media blitz to warn migrants against UK voyage

Migrants sit onboard a boat navigating in agitated waters between Sangatte and Cap Blanc-Nez (Cape White Nose), in the English Channel off the coast...

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Новости США

‘I can’t hide my disgust, my disdain’: judge lambasts Michael Flynn

When a stone-faced Michael Flynn entered courtroom 24 in the US district court in Washington DC on Tuesday, it looked like a cozy deal...

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Babies and children ‘forgotten and failed’ in Covid response, say health workers

Babies and young children have been forgotten and failed in England’s pandemic response, health visitors have said. The annual survey by the Institute of...

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Britain faces EU-wide travel ban to curb spread of Covid mutation

Last train to Paris: a farewell among staff for the last scheduled Eurostar from London after travel restrictions were imposed by the French government...

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