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UK Foreign Secretary: Sentences against Georgian political leaders aim to block them from upcoming elections
Georgia Today
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July 16, 2025
The United Kingdom has expressed strong concern over what it describes as politically motivated actions by the Georgian government, including the recent sentencing of several opposition leaders and broader democratic backsliding in the country....
UK government and Meta team up on open-source AI
TahawulTech
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July 16, 2025
Meta has teamed up with a UK government institute in order to develop open-source AI models for public agency use. The social media giant is contributing $1 million to the open-source AI fellowship for a programme administered by the Alan Turing...
How Britons coped with the scorching summer of 1976: Doctors advised beer and crisps to replace lost salt, bikinis were the norm and Trafalgar Square's fountain became a swimming pool
Daily Mail
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July 16, 2025
Britain is again experiencing a scorching summer. The Environment Agency warned this week that a hosepipe ban could be imposed on most of England, and wildfires have been raging in places including East London. For some, the soaring temperatures...
‘UK-Africa Creativity Must Thrive’
London Daily Digital
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July 16, 2025
Mayor Sadiq Khan Urges Government to Support International Students and Boost Creative Ties with Africa London Mayor Sadiq Khan has called on the government to reconsider proposals that could deter international students from studying in the UK,...
UK's secret plan to relocate Afghans after data leak
Mehr News Agency
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July 16, 2025
In February 2022, the personal details of nearly 19,000 people who had applied to move to the UK after the Taliban came to power in Afghanistan were leaked by the British Ministry of Defense (MoD). It was reportedly released in error, before the...
British tennis player Tara Moore handed four-year doping ban despite being initially cleared
The Independent
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July 16, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
How to watch British Open: Betting odds, potential weather and more
The Dallas Morning News - Texas
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July 16, 2025
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Golf’s oldest championship returns to one of the newer links courses. New is relative in this case, because Royal Portrush was founded 137 years ago. But this is only its third time hosting the British Open, and the...
UK defence secretary offers ‘sincere apology’ for leak of Afghans’ personal data
Breaking News from Ireland
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UK defence secretary John Healey has offered a “sincere apology” on behalf of the British government for a massive data breach which exposed details of Afghans who helped British troops. Shadow defence secretary James Cartlidge also apologised on...
'I put people who made sacrifices for British forces first', Ben Wallace tells LBC after £7bn Afghan data breach
Radio X
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16 July 2025, 07:11 | Updated: 16 July 2025, 09:01 Thousands of people are being relocated to the UK as part of a secret £850 million scheme set up after the breach. Picture: Alamy A former Tory defence secretary has said he makes “no apology” for...
UK indies collaborating amid shift in agency model
The Media Leader
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July 16, 2025
Independent agencies can deliver holding group-scale services without the red tape by collaborating — but co-ordination, training and tech knowledge need to be tackled. This is according to a report from SBS, a programmatic curation platform...
Dinesh Karthik Reveals The Truth About Jitesh Sharma Getting Stopped At Lords : ‘These Are Some Issues With Social Media…’
News24
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July 16, 2025
A video of Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Jitesh Sharma being stopped by a security guard outside the Lord’s Cricket Ground went viral on social media. The incident took the internet by storm. However, veteran cricketer and commentator Dinesh Karthik...
Bill Belichick reignites Robert Kraft feud with feisty statement about New England Patriots era
Daily Mail
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July 16, 2025
By OLIVER SALT Published: 09:04 EDT, 16 July 2025 | Updated: 09:06 EDT, 16 July 2025 Bill Belichick has hit back at Robert Kraft after the New England Patriots owner recently claimed hiring him was a 'big risk' back in 1999 - instead arguing that...
England penalised WTC points and match fee for breaching Code of Conduct in ENG vs IND 2025 3rd Test
Sportskeeda
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July 16, 2025
England were dealt a massive blow for maintaining a slow over-rate in the recently concluded third Test against India at Lord's. Ben Stokes' side has been fined 10 per cent of their match fee and also docked two valuable World Test Championship...
UK's secret plan to relocate Afghans after data leak; thousands unprotected
Press TV
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Britain has set up a secret plan to bring thousands of Afghans to the UK following a major data breach that exposed their personal information, putting them at risk of retaliation by the Taliban after the group regained control of Afghanistan. In...
England Docked ICC WTC 2025–27 Points for Slow Over-Rate in Lord’s Test, Slip to Third Spot in Standings
Latestly
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July 16, 2025
Mumbai, July 16: The England cricket team slipped a rung to third position in the World Test Championship table on Wednesday after being docked two points for maintaining a slow over rate in the third Test against India at Lord's. Ben Stokes and...
England take brutal dig at Washington Sundar through Jofra Archer’s 10-year-old tweet during ENG vs IND 2025 3rd Test
Sportskeeda
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July 16, 2025
India all-rounder Washington Sundar was subject to trolling during the third Test against England. England took a brutal dig at the all-rounder through an old tweet from pacer Jofra Archer. In 2015, Jofra Archer put up a tweet, asking how long it...
Far-right memes are poisoning British politics
New Statesman
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July 16, 2025
A black man harasses a white woman in a railway carriage, then a white man comes up and punches him. Christians passing through Jerusalem are spat on by Jews, who then boast of killing Jesus. A softly spoken British imam explains that Muslims must...
Atlanta News First, Gray Media launch ‘We The People’ leading up to America’s 250th birthday
Atlanta News First - Georgia
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July 16, 2025
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Three simple words, consisting of only 11 letters, formed the preamble to human history’s first test in self governance, an experiment still ongoing more than two centuries after a new nation’s founding. On July...
UK tourists warned 'ignoring' Majorca and Tenerife warning will lead to 'hostility'
Birmingham Live
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July 16, 2025
UK tourists face "hostility" in a string of popular Spanish islands, it has been warned. An anthropologist warned that “a lack of open debate and clear action by authorities could fuel deeper resentment,” according to Canarian Weekly. Agustín...
UK Government’s Secret Plan to Relocate Over 33,000 Afghan Citizens Sparks Controversy
Khaama Press
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July 16, 2025
The UK government has launched a secret plan to relocate over 33,000 Afghan citizens, sparking widespread controversy and concerns. British media reports reveal that the UK government has secretly started a plan to relocate over 33,000 Afghan...