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The article focuses on the quest of the national women's soccer team of England, called the Lionesses, for another World Cup title since its victory in 1966. It informs about the match between England and Spain in the Women's World Cup final and points out the significance of the 2023 England versus Spain game. It discusses the difference between women's soccer and men's soccer in terms of racial diversity, social class representation and gender sensitivity.

The article focuses on a six-day strike by junior doctors in England, the longest labor action yet, leading to a cascade of canceled appointments and surgeries, creating additional challenges for Queen's Hospital and the crisis-ridden National Health Service.

The article reports the rise in the number of new coronavirus cases in the Great Britain which stood at 27,743 on July 28, 2021 after lifting the restrictions which confounded scientists and drawn warnings from Boris Johnson and other officials who comment it is too soon to declare victory.

The article reports that prime minister Boris Johnson has announced plan to shut down restaurants, pubs and retail shops in England and mentions measures presented as part of tier of restriction covering England.

The article offers information on the strategy adopted by the Scotland's government after the three-months lockdown to control the Covid-19 pandemic.

The article discusses the travel restrictions imposed by the Great Britain's government for the U.S. travelers, along with discusses the plans of the European Union regarding travel restrictions.

The article reports that U.S. President Donald Trump' remarks that Scotland Yard police knew the assailants of the London bomb blasts have angered British Prime Minister Theresa May. The president is reported to have cited the terrorist attacks to promote his travel ban on Muslims to the U.S. Minister Theresa May has reportedly stated that any speculation regarding the incident would not help anyone while the matter was under investigation.

This article discusses how the credit crisis is beginning to be felt in the European economy. Several countries, such as Germany and England, have reduced their economic growth forecasts and have said that financial markets are vulnerable to the crisis which originated in the U.S. home mortgage market. Most of Europe's large banks believe that they have prepared themselves adequately for potential losses.

This article offers a look at the investigation of the death of the Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, who ingested the radioactive substance polonium 210. German authorities have announced the beginning of a criminal investigation of Dmitri V. Kovtun, a Russian businessman who met with Litvinenko in London on November 1, 2006.

Reports that British police arrested a Somali man believed to be one of the bombers behind the London attacks of July 21, 2005. Author's view that the arrest is the biggest breakthrough yet in the investigation; Review of the arrest, in which a twenty-four year old British resident named Yasin Hassan Omar was subdued by authorities in a predawn raid in Birmingham; Report from a senior European intelligence officer that the house in which the suspect was arrested contained finished bombs and a variety of bomb components.

Reports that markets across Europe and the U.S. were thrown into turmoil following the subway bombings in London, England, but recouped much of their losses by the day's end. Initial reactions of traders in Europe; Performance of the DAX Index, the FTSE 100 stock index and the New York Stock Exchange; Similarity of the trading patterns; How the London Stock Exchange remained open after the four terrorist attacks, though the market closed lower; Overview of the international markets; Observation that in the weeks and months after the initial shock of terrorist attacks, stock markets have been resilient; Views of economists, who fear a possible lowering of consumer confidence in Britain; How, in the U.S. the full impact of the attacks on consumer confidence will be evaluated in the weeks leading up to the next Federal Reserve policy-making meeting; Significance of the rebound in the price of oil. INSET: London Exchange Continues With Trading, by Heather Timmons.

LONDON -- They were shown around their rooms at Buckingham Palace by their hostess, Queen Elizabeth herself. They got to meet and have an actual conversation with one of the few couples in the world even more famous than they are: Prince William and his wife, the Duchess of Cambridge (formerly known as Kate Middleton). And when the time came to exchange gifts with the royal family, an exercise fraught with potential public-relations perils, President Obama and his wife, Michelle, were more than prepared. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The International Monetary Fund said Saturday that it would stand by its managing director, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, despite concluding that he had shown poor judgment in a sexual affair with a subordinate. After receiving a report from an outside law firm, the executive board of the fund said there was no evidence Mr. Strauss-Kahn had abused his power or shown favoritism in his brief relationship with a senior official at the fund, who later resigned to take a job in London. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reports that all the people arrested in the wake of the failed car bombings in London, England, and at Glasgow Airport in Glasgow, Scotland, are expatriates. All eight arrested people are from the medical profession. Seven of them are physicians and one, a woman, is a laboratory technician. It is said that the development will have impacts on Great Britain's National Health Service.

The article reports on an increase in police presence in London, England following attempted car bombings in June 2007. On July 2, 2007, Londoners found the police patrolling the streets, posted at subway entrances and walking through train stations. At the airports of Great Britain, cars have been banned altogether.

Reports on the bid of Deutsche Börse AG for the purchase of the London Stock Exchange in England.

Focuses on Werner G. Seifert, chief executive of the German stock exchange company Deutsche Börse. Seifert's bid for the London Stock Exchange, which was rejected as inadequate; Views of analysts; Discussion of Seifert's proposal; Reference to Deutsche Börse's bid for the London Stock Exchange four years ago; Significance of a merger of Deutsche Börse and the London Stock Exchange; British investors and the question of costs.

Discusses the rivalry between Boeing and Airbus regarding the prospects for their newest planes, the 7E7 and A380. How success at the Farnborough International Air Show in Farnborough, England, is measured by the number of new orders for aircraft; Observation that Airbus, now the leader in the industry, is winning the publicity war; Expectation that Airbus will announce one new customer for the A380; Comparison of plane orders for Airbus and Boeing; How these two planes symbolize different views of the development of air travel; Overview of Boeing's public relations battle with Airbus.

Focuses on the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank on the occasion of London, England-based parent company HSBC Holdings PLC's February 22, 1999 announcement of the bank's 1998 earnings. Report of earnings in United States dollars and plans to seek a listing on the New York Stock Exchange; Implications of HSBC plans to market their holdings as a single entity; History of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank and reasons for HSBC's move.