Sport

England: A chance to cement themselves as one of the greatest ever limited-overs teams

Editorial Bureau October 22, 2021

No team has ever held the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup and T20 World Cup at the same time. England look as good a chance as any side ever has to pull it off, going into the tournament as the No.1 team in the world. Having gone all the way to the final in 2016 […]

Sport

Warm-up wrap: Van der Dussen century stuns Pakistan; wins for India, England and Afghanistan

Editorial Bureau October 21, 2021

India, England, Afghanistan and South Africa all registered wins in the second set of warm-up games of the day ahead of the Super 12 stage of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021. South Africa clinch last-ball thriller against Pakistan MATCH CENTRE Russie van der Dussen hit a stunning unbeaten century off 51 deliveries as […]

Sport

Soccer-Southgate wants more women hired for England training set-up

Editorial Bureau September 17, 2021

England manager Gareth Southgate said the Football Association needs to recruit more women to work in the men’s national team training set-up after he was put on the spot by his daughter. The England men’s team currently have only two women among the 40 personnel who help prepare the squad for internationals. “We haven’t got […]

Business

Turkey to be removed from England’s red travel list

Editorial Bureau September 17, 2021

LONDON (UK) – Travellers returning to England from Turkey will not have to quarantine as the government is set to remove dozens of countries from the so-called COVID red list for travel, The Times newspaper said on Thursday. Ministers will also announce on Friday that they will scrap the amber classification to simplify the traffic […]

UK

Britain mulls easing COVID-19 travel rules for England

Editorial Bureau September 17, 2021

LONDON (UK) – Britain will on Friday consider easing England’s COVID-19 rules for international travel after the travel industry complained that a myriad of onerous rules and red tape were hobbling airlines, holiday and tourism companies. In a bid to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, Britain has a maze of different rules requiring […]

Finance

UAE to invest $14 billion in UK industries, sovereign wealth fund says

Editorial Bureau September 16, 2021

DUBAI – The United Arab Emirates plans to invest 10 billion pounds ($13.8 billion) in Britain over the next five years, building on the two country’s long-running business ties, an Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund said on Thursday. The fund, called Mubadala, said the investment in Britain’s energy transition, infrastructure, technology and life sciences

UK

UK lawmakers urge Bank of England to penalise fossil fuel financing

Editorial Bureau September 16, 2021

LONDON – UK lawmakers on Thursday called on the Bank of England to help tackle climate change by boosting investment in green finance and penalising banks that finance the fossil fuel industry. The intervention by a cross-party group of 51 lawmakers comes ahead of the COP26 global climate talks to be held in Glasgow, Scotland, […]

UK

England to offer COVID vaccine to all 12- to 15-year-olds

Editorial Bureau September 14, 2021

LONDON (Reuters) -All 12- to 15-year-olds in England will be offered a COVID-19 vaccine after top medical advisers said on Monday that children would benefit from reduced disruption to their education. (Content and photos syndicate via Reuters)

Sport

Cricket-Fifth England v India test called off after COVID-19 case

Editorial Bureau September 10, 2021

MANCHESTER, England (Sports) -The fifth test between England and India at Old Trafford was cancelled barely two hours before its scheduled start on Friday after the tourists failed to field a side following a COVID-19 case in their camp. India were 2-1 up in the series heading into the final test but the match was […]

UK

Lung cancer patients in England to get Amgen drug that targets a gene mutation

Editorial Bureau September 10, 2021

LONDON (UK) – Lung cancer patients in England will become the first in Europe to receive a drug made by U.S. biotech Amgen Inc that targets a specific gene mutation, the country’s health service said on Friday. NHS England said it was fast-tracking lung cancer drug sotorasib after it was shown in clinical trials to […]