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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson sacked the minister who helped end three years of political stalemate in Northern Ireland, in a wider reshuffle as Johnson reshapes his cabinet. Julian Smith was central to restoring Northern Ireland’s devolved government, a key element of the 1998 Good Friday peace accord. He won him praise at the time from all sides of the political divide. Business Minister Andrea Leadsom,  Attorney General Geoffrey Cox, and Junior Minister for Housing Esther McVey were among the ministers to confirm their sacking from the cabinet on Twitter. Environment Minister Theresa Villiers confirmed on Facebook she had also…

The Haven Practice becomes the third medical centre to shut in two days after a staff member at one surgery tested positive for coronavirus. The County Oak Medical Centre closed with a message left saying: “Unfortunately, the building has had to close due to an urgent operational health and safety reason.” A second medical centre in the city, Warmdene Branch Surgery, also shut on Monday citing, ”health and safety reasons”, according to local media. A British man who has not been identified tested positive for coronavirus in Brighton on Feb. 6 after travelling to Singapore. He has since been taken…

The Japanese the health ministry said that, another 39 people have tested positive for the coronavirus on the cruise ship Diamond Princess quarantined in Japan and one quarantine officer also infected, bringing the total to 175. At Yokohama port, ambulances and fire trucks continued to be on standby to evacuate passengers off from the ship to take them to a hospital. Sightseeing vessels were operating around the quarantined cruise ship and sightseeing passengers could be seen waving handkerchiefs and taking photographs of Diamond Princess as they got close. The Diamond Princess was placed in quarantine for two weeks upon arriving…

A US judge has given the go-ahead for telecoms giant T-Mobile US to buy its smaller rival Sprint. The £20bn deal will mark a major shakeup of the industry as it will mean there will be just three major players in the American mobile phone market. The ruling will pave the way for the completion of a deal first agreed two years ago.Shares in Japan’s SoftBank, which owns Sprint, jumped after the announcement. A federal judge rejected a claim by a group of Democrat-led states that the planned merger would break anti-competition laws and mean higher prices for customers. If…

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will give the green light to the country’s High Speed 2 (HS2) rail project, reported the BBC on Tuesday. The government will say that the whole of the project which will link London to Birmingham and then split into two and connect the northern English cities of Manchester and Leeds should go ahead, said the BBC. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will give the green light to the country’s High Speed 2 (HS2) rail project, reported the BBC on Tuesday. The government will say that the whole of the project which will link London to…

Hong Kong’s leader called for ‘full cooperation’ of the people on Tuesday after four residents showed symptoms of coronavirus and were sent to a hospital from a residential building in Hong Kong, where a man and woman confirmed with coronavirus lived. Early Tuesday morning, authorities evacuated more than 100 residents in 35 households after two people from the building were confirmed with the coronavirus. The government said it was investigating drainage pipes in the building of the Tsing Yi district in the New Territories amid worries the virus could have spread through the system. Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam…

A Court of Appeals judge has ordered the Home Office not to deport people to Jamaica on Tuesday unless they had access to a functioning, non-O2 Sim card on or before 3 February. The order comes after lawyers argued some set to be deported from two detention centres could not get legal advice due to issues with an O2 mast. The Home Office says it is “urgently asking the judge to reconsider”. Earlier, Labour’s Diane Abbott said removing the detainees was “unfair”. But Home Secretary Priti Patel said many were guilty of “serious offences”. Ms Patel said every person on…

The European Union will provide protective equipment such as gloves and masks to China, the EU Commissioner for Crisis Management said today. Speaking to journalists in the EU’s Emergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC), Janez Lenarcic added that France and Germany had already sent 12 tonnes of equipment to China to help fight against a spreading coronavirus epidemic and that the EU was assessing what more its member states could offer. The World Health Organization last week said the world was facing a chronic shortage of gowns, masks, gloves and other protective equipment in the fight against the virus. President Xi…

Britain’s decision to grant China-based Huawei Technologies HWT.UL a limited role in its 5G network despite U.S. concerns will not hinder efforts to reach a U.S.-UK trade deal, White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on Friday. “We will be working with our British cousins on 5G. We think we can work with them and show them options. We’d love to do a free trade agreement,” Kudlow told Fox Business Network. Asked if a reportedly contentious call between U.S. President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson could interrupt the planned deal, Kudlow said: “No, it wont” and cast…

Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Sunday a coalition between his centre-right Fine Gael party and left-wing nationalists Sinn Fein is not an option as the parties’ policies are “not compatible”. “For us coalition with Sinn Fein is not an option, but we are willing to talk to other parties,” Varadkar told journalists in Dublin, speaking following Saturday’s election. The head of rival centre-right party Fianna Fail earlier on Sunday declined to rule out a coalition with Sinn Fein.