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A walkout by officials from the United States, Britain and Canada over Russia's participation in a meeting of officials from the world's 20 biggest economies did not derail the meeting's focus on addressing headwinds confronting global growth, the body's chair said on Wednesday (April 20).

Britain's Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, had a face-to-face meeting with Queen Elizabeth on Thursday (April 14), his spokesperson said after The Sun newspaper reported the visit.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Saturday (April 9) in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, "in a show of solidarity with the Ukrainian people," a Downing Street spokesperson said.

Worse yet, an increased energy price cap was expected to push inflation even higher and deal yet another blow to household finances.

Russia, the United States and Britain traded accusations at the United Nations on Tuesday (March 22) over the possibility of a chemical weapons attack in Ukraine, but none produced any evidence to back their concerns.

British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said on March 10 the West should look at how it can help countries that are particularly dependent on Russian energy.

Tensions between Russia and Ukraine have not affected the Thailand-UK aviation route, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) said on Thursday.

South Korea and Britain have agreed to launch talks this year to upgrade their free trade deal in a move to deepen ties in digital trade and other new issues, Seoul's trade ministry said Tuesday.

"So far, there is insufficient evidence to determine whether BA.2 causes more severe illness than Omicron BA.1, but data is limited and UKHSA continues to investigate."

Rishi Sunak announced a billion pounds ($1.3 billion) of support for U.K. hospitality businesses struggling with slumping demand triggered by a record wave of Covid-19 infections, as he declined to rule out further curbs to tackle the fast-spreading omicron variant.

LONDON - Boris Johnsons ruling Conservative Party lost a seat Friday that it had safely held for almost 200 years, in a fresh blow to the British prime minister that renewed questions about his leadership.

LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has mostly been able to do what he wants since his Conservative Party won a historic majority of seats in Parliament, but on Tuesday he faced a massive rebellion from his own side, as lawmakers came out against his proposals to head off an exploding number of infections driven by the new omicron variant.