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The vaccines against Covid-19 are a “fantastic invention” and the world “should be accessing it in an equal way,” David Nabarro, who serves as one of the World Health Organization’s six special envoys tackling the pandemic, said on Sunday in an interview with Sky News’ Sophy Ridge. As a rich …

I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve been to jail – as a visitor, that is. Whether interviewing terrorists languishing at ‘her majesty’s pleasure,’ interrogating war criminals in Sierra Leone or hopping on a gurney inside Mississippi State Penitentiary’s lethal injection chamber, I’ve seen enough of the global …

UFC fighter Mike Perry and pornstar Kendra Lust were among the star-studded crowd in Florida, where Instagram sensation VanZant performed creditably on her bow as her new promotion’s biggest star, winning the final round of the five with a late flurry. Little-known scrapper Hart, who entered the bout with a record …

Speaking on Friday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman, Wang Wenbin, told reporters that China Global Television Network (CGTN) has strictly abided by British laws and regulations and claimed the decision to revoke the organization’s license brought into question Britain’s commitment to press freedoms.  “This is clear double standards and political suppression. …

The UK communications regulator Ofcom has revoked the license of China Global Television Network (CGTN), banning it from broadcasting in the country. The channel, which was due to set up its new European headquarters in London, is accused of being editorially controlled by the country’s ruling Communist Party and thus violating …

The UK’s controversial Covert Human Intelligence Sources (CHIS) bill is on the verge of becoming law, after MPs again voted overwhelmingly in its favour on 27 January. The legislation grants undercover operatives – both employees of British state agencies and their informants – permission to not only commit crimes up …

When a posse of Middle East heavies decided to gang up on one of its neighbors, things did not look good for Qatar, busy preparing for its role as host to one of international sports biggest events, the FIFA World Cup. In the face of the combined might of Saudi …

Royal Family, the 1969 fly-on-the-wall BBC documentary that chronicled a year in the life of Queen Elizabeth II and the royal family – which the Queen banned in 1972 for ‘cheapening’ the royals by ‘removing their mystique’ – recently resurfaced briefly on YouTube and has caused much consternation at Buckingham Palace.  …

No one really identifies as ‘British’, it’s basically just a type of passport. That used to be a simple quirk but it’s become something else of late, as evidenced by Gordon Brown’s strong comments on the United Kingdom: "I believe the choice is now between a reformed state and a …

In an op-ed for the Daily Mail, May wrote that the incoming administration of Joe Biden, whose inauguration as president of the US takes place on January 20, gives Britain “a golden opportunity” to reimagine itself on the world stage. “I believe a constructive role awaits a self-confident UK – …