#BREAKING UK PM to self-isolate when not working, following minister's infection: Downing St
#UPDATES UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will undertake "only essential government business" in the week ahead after he was designated a close contact, following Health Secretary Sajid Javid’s confirmation he had tested positive
#UPDATE UK PM #BorisJohnson will undertake "only essential government business" in the week ahead and will self-isolate when not working, Downing Street says, after he was designated a close contact of Covid-positive Health Secretary #SajidJavidu.afp.com/UE5h
#UPDATE UK PM #BorisJohnson and finance minister #RishiSunak will work remotely in the week ahead after being designated close contacts of Covid-positive Health Secretary #SajidJavid, Downing St says, reversing an earlier announcement u.afp.com/UE5h
#BREAKING UK's self-isolating PM Johnson urges public to 'be cautious' against Covid on eve of lifting pandemic curbs in England
#UPDATE British PM #BorisJohnson on Sunday urged the public in England to "be cautious" against Covid on the eve of lifting pandemic curbs, as he confirmed he will be self-isolating until July 26 u.afp.com/UETx
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#BREAKING Biden says still considers Xi a 'dictator'
#UPDATE US President Joe Biden said after a summit with Xi Jinping that he still considers the Chinese president a "dictator", after he sparked fury from Beijing by making the comparison earlier this year.
"Well look he is, I mean he's a dictator in the sense that he's a guy who's running a country, a Communist country, that's based on a form of government totally different than ours," Biden said at the end of a news conference when a reporter asked if he would still use the term to describe Xi
#BREAKING China will not begin armed conflict with any nation, President Xi Jinping said Wednesday, after a high-stakes summit with US President Joe Biden.
"China does not seek spheres of influence, and will not fight a cold or hot war with any country," he told a gathering of business leaders in San Francisco
#BREAKING Any compromise with Russia will 'destroy' Ukrainian statehood: presidential aide to AFP
#BREAKING Putin says West used grain deal for 'political blackmail'
VIDEO: Ukrainian firefighters battle flames after a Russian strike on Odesa.
Ukraine's president accused Russia of deliberately targeting grain export infrastructure in the city after Moscow ended a landmark deal and lifted security guarantees in the Black Sea
#BREAKING Putin says situation 'difficult' in Rostov in southern Russia
#UPDATE Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday acknowledged a "difficult" situation was unfolding in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don, where the Wagner mercenary group has taken control of key military sites in an effort to oust Russian military's top brass.
#UPDATE President Vladimir Putin vowed Saturday he would not allow Russia to slip into civil war, after the leader of the Wagner mercenary force seized a key military headquarters overseeing the offensive in Ukraine.
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#BREAKING Titanic sub operator believes passengers have 'sadly been lost': statement
#UPDATE The US Coast Guard now says the discovered debris from the submersible -- which was carrying five passengers down to the wreckage of the Titanic when the small vessel vanished on Sunday -- suggests 'catastrophic loss'
#BREAKING Pakistan offer condolences to family of British-Pakistan nationals on Titanic sub