Frank Langfitt
Stories
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World
Scotland May Once Again Try To Break Away From The United Kingdom
People in Scotland are voting in regional parliamentary elections. Victory for nationalist candidates will lead to calls for a referendum on Scottish independence and a possible split from the U.K.
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Politics
Behind The Surge In Support For Welsh Independence
Recent polls show a surge in support for Welsh independence, with 33% of the people of Wales now saying that they would vote for independence if a referendum were to be held tomorrow.
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Health
Vaccinated U.S. Travelers Will Be Allowed To Visit Europe Again Starting This Summer
The European Commission president says she expects all 27 EU member states will accept visitors who've received COVID-19 vaccines, but the CDC is still warning against travel to much of Europe.
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Health
Religious Leaders Had To Fight Disinformation To Get Their Communities Vaccinated
Israel and the United Kingdom are among the top five most vaccinated countries. But to get there, they had combat rumors about the vaccines circulating in faith and minority communities.
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World
Violent Protests Over Brexit Continue In Belfast
Youths from the loyalist community in Northern Ireland continue violent protests against the UK government's Brexit policy, which they fear will lead to unity with the Irish Republic
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World
U.K. Government Report Draws Criticism Over 'Historic Denial' Of Race Issues
"To have published it any time in the last 20 years would have been seen as a whitewash," one commentator wrote. Now, he said, it's "almost criminally negligent."
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Health
As U.S. Vaccine Rollout Speeds Up, Inequality Stunts Progress Worldwide
More and more countries are getting shipments of vaccines and starting to inoculate their populations. But it's an unequal picture across the globe.
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World
British Broadcast Regulator Cancels License For Chinese Government's News Channel
The British broadcast regulator has canceled the broadcast license for CGTN, the Chinese government's international English language news channel.
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Food
Coronavirus Pandemic Disrupts Whisky Tastings In Scottish Highlands
Scotland's signature whisky business continues to struggle. That because of the coronavirus pandemic, and U.S. tariffs that are part of a long-running, unrelated trade dispute over airplanes.
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Health
Coronavirus Surge Puts British Hospitals Under Tremendous Stress
Britain's National Health Service is said to be at breaking point, with twice as many COVID-19 patients in hospitals than there were during the worst weeks of the pandemic last April.