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British Environmental Activist Sentenced To Five Years In Jail For Blocking Highway
The protest caused significant traffic delays and accidents, with costs exceeding 1.8 million pounds.
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Greta Thunberg Pleads Not Guilty After Arrest At London Climate Protest
Climate activist Greta Thunberg pleaded not guilty to a public order offence charge in a British court on Wednesday following her arrest last month at an environmental protest in London.
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UK MP Who Told Activist To 'Go Back To Bahrain' Guilty Of Racial Abuse
A British lawmaker who once commanded UN peacekeeping troops in Bosnia was fined on Friday, after being found guilty of racial abuse.
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Duchess Of Edinburgh Makes "Secret" Visit To Iraq, Meets Politicians
The Duchess of Edinburgh travelled to Iraq this week, meeting politicians and feminist activists in a rare visit by a British royal to the war-scarred country, Iraq's presidency said.
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Brazil Drug Trafficker Ordered Killings Of British Journalist, His Guide: Cops
Police said the case over the murders of UK journalist Dom Phillips, 57, and Bruno Pereira, a 41-year-old Indigenous activist, was "90 percent" wrapped up and "practically closed."
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Vodafone CEO Nick Read to Step Down After Four-Year Tenure, Telecoms Firm Says
Vodafone CEO Nick Read is set to step down after 20 years at the British telecoms firm, and four years as the company's CEO. Read's tenure was marked by a steep fall in the company's share price, nearly 20 percent this year. The firm recently announced flat earnings for its first half, and is in talks to merge its rival Three UK, owned by Hong Kong...
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Video: UK Activists Throw Cake On King Charles' Wax Statue At London's Madame Tussauds
Climate activists vandalised King Charles III's waxwork statue at London's Madame Tussauds. Video footage posted on the internet showed the two protesters wearing Just Stop Oil T-shirts smearing cake over the lifelike model of the British monarch.
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"Protect Our Sky": Ukraine Activist's Emotional Plea To British PM
Western powers must enforce a no-fly zone over Ukraine to stop an unfolding humanitarian catastrophe, an activist said in an impassioned plea to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to do more to help her country in the wake of Russia's attack.
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Activist Greta Thunberg Slams UK Prime Minister For Using Private Jet During COP Climate Meet
Climate activist Greta Thunberg on Friday slammed British Prime Minister Boris Johnson for using a jet during his hosting of the COP26 summit in Glasgow and called world leaders' behaviour "hypocritical".
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UK Blocks GBP 3.2-Billion Class Action Against Google Over Allegedly Tracking iPhone Users’ Information
The UK Supreme Court has blocked a planned GBP 3.2 billion (roughly Rs. 31,980 crore) British class action against Google over allegations the Internet giant unlawfully tracked the personal information of millions of iPhone users.
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Meet The 11-Year-Old British Boy Who's Walking To Save The Earth
Jude Walker, an 11-year-old boy, is on an odyssey he hopes will help save the planet: he is walking to London from northern England in a bid to garner support for a carbon tax to tackle carbon emissions.
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Hong Kong Court Denies Bail To Democracy Activist
A Hong Kong court denied bail on Friday to pro-democracy activist Chow Hang-tung, who was re-arrested on the eve of the anniversary of the former British colony's handover to Beijing and the centenary of the Chinese Communist Party.
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Viral: Priyanka Chopra's Reaction To User Asking If Nick Jonas And Jameela Jamil Are Divorced
On Friday night, a user tweeted: "Wait, so did Nick Jonas and Jameela Jamil get divorced?"
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Teen Climate Activist Stages Protest From Arctic Ice Cap
Armed with a placard reading 'Youth Strike for Climate", 18-year-old British activist Mya-Rose Craig is staging the most northerly protest in a series of youth strikes worldwide.
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Sarojini Naidu 141st Birth Anniversary: All About "Nightingale Of India"
Known as one of the most prominent figures in India's struggle for freedom from British rule, Sarojini Naidu was a political activist and a poet. Her work as a poet earned the name of "Nightingale of India".
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British Environmental Activist Sentenced To Five Years In Jail For Blocking Highway
The protest caused significant traffic delays and accidents, with costs exceeding 1.8 million pounds.
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Greta Thunberg Pleads Not Guilty After Arrest At London Climate Protest
Climate activist Greta Thunberg pleaded not guilty to a public order offence charge in a British court on Wednesday following her arrest last month at an environmental protest in London.
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UK MP Who Told Activist To 'Go Back To Bahrain' Guilty Of Racial Abuse
A British lawmaker who once commanded UN peacekeeping troops in Bosnia was fined on Friday, after being found guilty of racial abuse.
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Duchess Of Edinburgh Makes "Secret" Visit To Iraq, Meets Politicians
The Duchess of Edinburgh travelled to Iraq this week, meeting politicians and feminist activists in a rare visit by a British royal to the war-scarred country, Iraq's presidency said.
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Brazil Drug Trafficker Ordered Killings Of British Journalist, His Guide: Cops
Police said the case over the murders of UK journalist Dom Phillips, 57, and Bruno Pereira, a 41-year-old Indigenous activist, was "90 percent" wrapped up and "practically closed."
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Vodafone CEO Nick Read to Step Down After Four-Year Tenure, Telecoms Firm Says
Vodafone CEO Nick Read is set to step down after 20 years at the British telecoms firm, and four years as the company's CEO. Read's tenure was marked by a steep fall in the company's share price, nearly 20 percent this year. The firm recently announced flat earnings for its first half, and is in talks to merge its rival Three UK, owned by Hong Kong...
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Video: UK Activists Throw Cake On King Charles' Wax Statue At London's Madame Tussauds
Climate activists vandalised King Charles III's waxwork statue at London's Madame Tussauds. Video footage posted on the internet showed the two protesters wearing Just Stop Oil T-shirts smearing cake over the lifelike model of the British monarch.
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"Protect Our Sky": Ukraine Activist's Emotional Plea To British PM
Western powers must enforce a no-fly zone over Ukraine to stop an unfolding humanitarian catastrophe, an activist said in an impassioned plea to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to do more to help her country in the wake of Russia's attack.
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Activist Greta Thunberg Slams UK Prime Minister For Using Private Jet During COP Climate Meet
Climate activist Greta Thunberg on Friday slammed British Prime Minister Boris Johnson for using a jet during his hosting of the COP26 summit in Glasgow and called world leaders' behaviour "hypocritical".
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UK Blocks GBP 3.2-Billion Class Action Against Google Over Allegedly Tracking iPhone Users’ Information
The UK Supreme Court has blocked a planned GBP 3.2 billion (roughly Rs. 31,980 crore) British class action against Google over allegations the Internet giant unlawfully tracked the personal information of millions of iPhone users.
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Meet The 11-Year-Old British Boy Who's Walking To Save The Earth
Jude Walker, an 11-year-old boy, is on an odyssey he hopes will help save the planet: he is walking to London from northern England in a bid to garner support for a carbon tax to tackle carbon emissions.
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Hong Kong Court Denies Bail To Democracy Activist
A Hong Kong court denied bail on Friday to pro-democracy activist Chow Hang-tung, who was re-arrested on the eve of the anniversary of the former British colony's handover to Beijing and the centenary of the Chinese Communist Party.
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Viral: Priyanka Chopra's Reaction To User Asking If Nick Jonas And Jameela Jamil Are Divorced
On Friday night, a user tweeted: "Wait, so did Nick Jonas and Jameela Jamil get divorced?"
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Teen Climate Activist Stages Protest From Arctic Ice Cap
Armed with a placard reading 'Youth Strike for Climate", 18-year-old British activist Mya-Rose Craig is staging the most northerly protest in a series of youth strikes worldwide.
-
Sarojini Naidu 141st Birth Anniversary: All About "Nightingale Of India"
Known as one of the most prominent figures in India's struggle for freedom from British rule, Sarojini Naidu was a political activist and a poet. Her work as a poet earned the name of "Nightingale of India".
