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EU Parliament set to vote on stricter limits for air pollutants

Lawmakers backed the Ambient Air Quality Directive (AAQD), proposed in 2022 by the European Commission, with 381 votes in favour and 225 against, during the last plenary session of this EU mandate…reports

25 April 2024

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Sunak, Scholz vow support for Ukraine for ‘as long as it takes’

Sunak embarked on a two-day trip to Europe designed to get the spotlight back on Ukraine after months of world attention on Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza…reports Asian Lite News The

25 April 2024

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UK to boost defence spending to 2.5% of GDP

Last month, Sunak faced calls from three former defence secretaries to pledge an increase to 3% of GDP on the armed forces in the Tory election manifesto…reports Asian Lite News Britain will

24 April 2024

Economy·UK News

Antisemitism row: Met police chief praises officer’s conduct

A 13-minute video of the exchange shows the officer offering to escort Falter away from the demonstration, and saying he was being disingenuous about his motives for wanting to cross the road

24 April 2024

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Girl, 7, among five dead on Channel migrant boat

The prefect of Pas-de-Calais, where Wimereux is located, said the boat set sail from the Plage des Allemands with “an unprecedented 112 people on board”…reports Asian Lite News Five people, including a

24 April 2024

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Wet wipes containing plastic to be banned from sale

According to DEFRA’s Beach Litter Monitoring Data for 2015-2020, an average of 20 wet wipes were found per 100 metres of beach surveyed across the U.K…reports Asian Lite News Wet wipes containing

24 April 2024

UK News

UK Parliament passes Rwanda asylum law

The home secretary, James Cleverly, says it was a “landmark moment in our plan to stop the boats”…reports Asian Lite News Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda deportation bill will become law after peers eventually

23 April 2024

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Former parliamentary aide charged with spying for China

Beijing has previously hit back at claims of an orchestrated overseas espionage campaign…reports Asian Lite News London’s Metropolitan Police on Monday said it had charged two men with allegedly spying for China

23 April 2024

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War, fear of war spur global military spending to new record

The increased spending exactly matched the global rate of inflation of 6.8 percent, so it doesn’t necessarily translate into greater military efficacy everywhere…reports Asian Lite News The world spent $2.4 trillion on

23 April 2024

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‘Israel-style iron dome defence system needed in UK’

The UK currently spends just over 2 per cent of GDP on defence, but there are growing calls for this to be increased to at least 2.5 per cent, with some figures

22 April 2024

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