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At a crossroads

The United Kingdom’s economy has encountered a challenging phase, with consecutive monthly declines in GDP marking the first back-to-back contraction since the tumultuous days of the Covid-19 lockdowns.

A lesson in diplomacy

The ongoing diplomatic crisis between India and Canada has captured the attention of not only politicians but also enthusiasts of international relations and diplomacy.

UK goes first

The Pfizer vaccine offers its own challenges, not the least of which is that it must be stored at temperatures below minus 70 degrees Celsius. The Moderna vaccine candidate can, in contrast, be stored at minus 20 degrees Celsius.

Disunited kingdom

The Scots were peeved with the decision to leave the European Union ~ they had voted to stay, but overall the vote was in favour of leaving - and in recent months have been increasingly perturbed by London’s handling of the coronavirus epidemic.

Fish and chips

Yet the clock is ticking and rather menacingly as 31 December, the date by which parliaments in London and Brussels must endorse a trade deal, approaches.

UK-EU have ‘useful review’ on Brexit, but difficulties remain

David Frost, the UK government's chief negotiator, and his EU counterpart Michel Barnier had a "useful review of the whole agenda before our talks" during informal Brexit discussions on Tuesday, Xinhua news agency quoted the spokesman as saying on Wednesday.