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PayPal Holdings Inc will allow customers in the UK to buy, sell and hold bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies starting this week, the company said on Monday. The roll-out, which marks the first international expansion of PayPal’s...

Britain’s bluechip firms last year slashed chief executive pay as the pandemic struck but the head of Covid vaccine maker AstraZeneca still pocketed a chart-topping o15.45 million, a survey showed Thursday. With many businesses plunging into...

As combat between Taliban terrorists and Afghan security forces increases, the British government has ordered all British citizens to leave Afghanistan immediately. On Friday, the Taliban ambushed and assassinated the director of Afghanistan’s government media center...

Boarders of a vessel off the coast of the United Arab Emirates’ Fujairah region in the Gulf of Oman have gone, according to a British maritime agency, and an incident that was previously seen as a...

Sajid Javid, the British health minister, confirmed that he tested positive for COVID-19, but that his symptoms were minor and that he had had two doses of the illness vaccine. Javid, who has been health secretary...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will on Monday unveil a plan to lift coronavirus restrictions from July 19, while urging the population to “learn to live with” the virus. Johnson had initially aimed for a full...

US fashion giant Gap has confirmed it plans to close all its 81 stores in the UK and Ireland and go online-only. The firm said it would close all its stores “in a phased manner” between...

Hong Kong is to ban all flights from the UK to curb the spread of the Delta variant of Covid. The UK is to be classified as an “extremely high-risk” country, the highest rating Hong Kong...

After the resignation of Matt Hancock, Sajid Javid will be the new Minister of Health of the United Kingdom. He was the former finance minister of the country. Sajid Javid was announced as the new health...

More than 60,000 fans will be allowed to attend the semi-finals and final of Euro 2020 at Wembley, the British government announced on Tuesday. The matches will see the largest crowds assembled at a sporting event...