Britain’s main natural gas supplier assumes that high natural gas prices are not a temporary phenomenon but could last up to two years. “The market suggests that high gas prices will continue for the next 18 to 24 months,” Chris O’Shea, chief executive of Centrica, owner of gas supplier […]
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A taxi exploded in the English city of Liverpool around 11 a.m. local time on Sunday morning. A passenger on board died, and the driver was injured. Three arrests were made under UK terror law. In Liverpool – as in the rest of the United Kingdom – a two-minute […]
A school group in Scotland uses facial recognition to make children pay for their school meals. According to the schools, far-reaching biometric identification speeds up the payment process. On the Isle of Arran, Scotland, a school group begins rolling out a facial recognition payment system for secondary school meals. […]
The dire fuel shortages at many petrol stations in the UK could continue for weeks. According to the Petrol Retailers Association (PRA), the British petrol station industry association (PRA), it will take even longer before the situation normalizes and petrol stations have sufficient supplies again. Due to the shortage […]
The United States, the United Kingdom and Australia did not tell the European Union that they were working on a new military alliance. The European Commission has asked the three countries for explanations about the security pact, which they concluded on Wednesday, and will discuss the consequences with the […]
McDonald’s is without milkshakes in all its UK branches due to supply problems. They have therefore been temporarily removed from the menu. The fast-food chain also has no drinks that are normally supplied in bottles in the approximately 1250 restaurants in England, Scotland and Wales. More retail and hospitality […]
In Afghanistan, the Taliban say they now also control Kandahar, the country’s second-largest city. As a result, several countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada, are sending military personnel to accompany the departure of their embassy staff. Afghan cities are rapidly falling into the hands of […]
Against the World Health Organization (WHO) wishes, Britain will start vaccinating its vulnerable citizens against the coronavirus a third time from next month. This is reported by the British newspaper The Telegraph. So far, only Israel has embarked on the third round of jabs. The core of the discussion […]
England’s Liverpool is disappearing from the UNESCO World Heritage List. The maritime trading city is loosing status due to concerns about overdevelopment in the area, a UN agency committee said. The United Kingdom has said in a first reaction to the news that it is “very disappointed” and convinced […]
British police seized another record amount of cryptocurrency. The catch is part of a significant money-laundering investigation. Criminals would try to mask their own criminal practices with digital coins. At the end of June, the London police already found a record amount of 114 million pounds in suspicious cryptocurrency; […]
