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BRITISH police yesterday issued an “unreserved apology” to seven women deceived into sexual relationships with officers on undercover assignments, one of which led to the birth of a child.
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November 21, 2015, Saturday
BRITAIN aims to close its coal-fired power plants by 2025 under plans announced yesterday, becoming the first major economy to put a date on shutting coal plants to curb carbon emissions. Instead, the ...
November 19, 2015, Thursday
UK health care service providers and elderly care companies are seeking business opportunities in China to tap the rising demand for caretakers and elderly care homes, officials said yesterday. “We’re ...
Ding Yining | November 18, 2015, Wednesday
THE UK government is tapping online market to boost food and beverage exports to China to take advantage of the fast growing appetite for imported food, a senior British government official said in Shanghai ...
Vera Ye | November 12, 2015, Thursday
TAXI-HAILING service Uber is legal in London, Britain’s High Court ruled yesterday, following months of protests from drivers of the capital’s famous black cabs that the app was undercutting their business. ...
October 17, 2015, Saturday
STANDARD Chartered’s new Chief Executive Bill Winters plans to cut up to a quarter of the bank’s most senior staff to reduce costs, according to a memo sent to staff, which is likely to see about 1,000 ...
October 10, 2015, Saturday
THE Duke of Cambridge signed the birth register at Kensington Palace Tuesday afternoon, mirror.co.uk reported. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have formally registered the birth of Princess Charlotte, ...
May 6, 2015, Wednesday
BRITAIN'S Prince William met China's Communist President Xi Jinping on Monday before strolling through the Forbidden City, the former home of the country's imperial dynasties. Xi warmly welcomed the second-in-line ...
March 2, 2015, Monday
In an auspicious ceremony at the start of his first visit to China, Britain's Prince William launched the start of the UK season of the 2015 UK-China Year of Cultural Exchange by dotting the eye of a sculpture of internationally acclaimed character, Shaun the Sheep. At the start of the Chinese New Year of the sheep, the Duke’s gesture echoes the auspicious ceremony of dotting the lion’s eye in a traditional Chinese lion dance, bringing good fortune and happiness to this Year of Cultural Exchange. ...
March 2, 2015, Monday