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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain has set out plans to simplify and speed up post-Brexit border checks after repeated delays that the government previously blamed on the COVID-19 pandemic and then the war in Ukraine. The new model announced on Wednesday will be backed by more than 1 billion pounds ($1.25 billion) in spending and will cut the need for physical checks “for many types of goods”, a government statement said, […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain has set out plans to simplify and speed up post-Brexit border checks after repeated delays that the government previously blamed on the COVID-19 pandemic and then the war in Ukraine. The new model announced on Wednesday will be backed by more than 1 billion pounds ($1.25 billion) in spending and will cut the need for physical checks “for many types of goods”, a government statement said, […]

By Joseph Ax (Reuters) -The events underlying the criminal case against Donald Trump – hush money payments to suppress stories about extramarital affairs – took place nearly seven years ago. But any potential trial could be more than a year away. That raises the possibility that the former U.S. president could face a jury in a Manhattan courtroom as he seeks a return to the White House – or even […]

(Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson’s shares rose 3% before the bell on Wednesday as the company’s $8.9 billion offer to settle talc-related lawsuits gained support of thousands of claimants, easing an overhang on its plans to list consumer health unit Kenvue. Some analysts were positive about the new settlement that is far bigger than the original offer of $2 billion, as they believe it could bring an end to the […]

By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai on Wednesday will defend the Biden administration’s decision not to pursue traditional free trade deals and argue her approach of working to ease non-tariff barriers is better for workers and supply chain resilience. Ahead of a policy speech at American University, Tai said she is starting to change minds in Washington and in other capitals that the traditional approach […]

GLASGOW (Reuters) – The husband of former Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon has been arrested as part of an investigation into the funding of the governing pro-independence Scottish National Party, the BBC said on Wednesday. Police Scotland said a 58-year-old man had been “arrested as a suspect” and its officers were carrying out searches at a number of addresses linked to the investigation. Peter Murrell, 58, who stood down as the […]

BERLIN (Reuters) – Poland has cancelled the women’s foil World Cup set for April 21-23 in Poznan after the international fencing federation (FIE) decided to readmit Russian and Belarusian athletes while the war in Ukraine is ongoing, the Polish fencing federation said on Wednesday. The FIE on March 10 cleared fencers from Russia and Belarus to return to international events just before the start of 2024 Paris Olympic qualifiers. The […]

MILAN (Reuters) – Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is in intensive care at Milan’s San Raffaele hospital, a political source told Reuters on Wednesday. The 86-year-old billionaire media tycoon has suffered repeated bouts of ill-health in recent years and came out of hospital just last week. Berlusconi, a four-times prime minister, had major heart surgery in 2016 and has also had prostate cancer. He has been repeatedly admitted to […]

MILAN (Reuters) – Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is in intensive care in a Milan hospital, a political source told Reuters on Wednesday. The billionaire media tycoon and four-times premier has suffered repeated bouts of ill-health in recent years and came out of hospital just last week. (Reporting by Angelo Amante, writing by Gavin Jones, editing by Crispian Balmer) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com