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[ad_1] Royal Mail has halted deliveries to Europe, with the exception of the Republic of Ireland, due to a travel ban to the UK triggered by the discovery of a new, more rapidly spreading strain of coronavirus. The company also added Canada and Turkey to its “on hold” list due …

[ad_1] The UK’s Brexit envoy Lord Frost was said to be prepared to reduce his demands for future fishing quotas if Brussels agrees to backtrack on other areas of the deal. Sources close to the talks say the UK is now willing to accept between 30 and 35 per cent …

[ad_1] Boris Johnson is facing intense pressure to impose another national lockdown in a few days as more than 40 countries banned arrivals from the UK in an effort to prevent a rapidly spreading new variant of the coronavirus. The government’s scientific advisers warned that inaction could cost tens of …

[ad_1] More areas in England could be placed on Level 4 restrictions, amounting to a lockdown, as the variant COVID strain spreads across the country, the government’s top scientific adviser suggested. London and vast tracts of south-east England have already been put in stricter measures due to the high presence …

[ad_1] The UK has recorded another 215 coronavirus deaths and 33,364 new cases in the last 24 hours. Last Monday the UK saw 20,263 new cases and 232 new deaths, but on Sunday it saw a spike in cases to a new high of 35,928. The second-largest increase in coronavirus …

[ad_1] Libyan Abu Agila Mohammad Masud has been indicted in a US court in connection with the 1988 Lockerbie bombing in which 270 people died. The intelligence official faces two criminal charges for the attack, which occurred 32 years ago today. In 2001, another Libyan intelligence officer, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, was …

[ad_1] The EU medical regulator has approved the Pfizer / BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for use throughout the European Union. The measure by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) paves the way for it to be implemented across the continent, although the European Commission has yet to give the green light to …

[ad_1] Theoretical conspiracy attorney Sidney Powell was seen at the White House on Sunday night, just two days after President Donald Trump raised the idea of ​​appointing his special counsel to investigate voter fraud. CNN spotted her leaving the residential side of the White House shortly before 9 p.m. ET. …

[ad_1] India announced a temporary ban on flights from the UK until December 31 starting at midnight Tuesday, spooked by a new and more transmissible strain of the coronavirus. The decision was made after a meeting of Health Ministry officials early Monday. “Taking into account the prevailing situation in (the) …

[ad_1] secondAddressing their own spikes in coronavirus cases, Asian nations, including Japan and South Korea, said they were closely monitoring a new super-virulent strain of the virus identified in Britain, but none immediately canceled flights from the UK. No Asian country has reported the new strain. RELATED: Britain Faces An …