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UK heatwave shuts Google Cloud, Oracle data centre servers
London: The record-breaking heat in the UK has led to cooling-related outages at the Google Cloud and Oracle servers, leaving the customers flummoxed as they never experience such outages. Google Cloud said…
- World
UK PM race: Rishi Sunak wins first round in Tory leadership contest
London: Erstwhile Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak, who is of East African Indian origin, won the first round of balloting in the British ruling Conservative party to choose a Prime Minister,…
- World
Won’t damage their chances: Boris Johnson on UK PM candidates
London: Outgoing British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday that he would not want to damage the chances of any of the candidates in the leadership race to succeed him at…
- Middle East
Iran arrests British Deputy Ambassador on spying charges
Tehran: Iran has arrested the deputy head of the United Kingdom’s mission in Iran, Giles Whitaker, and several other academics on charges of espionage, local media reported on Wednesday. The Islamic Revolutionary…
- Technology
UK opens probe into Microsoft’s $69 bn acquisition of ‘Call of Duty’ maker
London: The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on Wednesday announced a formal investigation into Microsoft’s $68.7 billion acquisition of ‘Call of Duty’ maker Activision Blizzard. The UK watchdog has invited comments…
- World
UK PM names new Health Secretary, Finance Minister after Javid, Sunak resign
London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday named new UK Health Secretary and Finance Minister shortly after Health Secretary Sajid Javid and Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak tendered their resignation,…
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Indian diaspora in UK march against danger of ‘genocide’ in the country of their origin
By M Ghazali Khan London: Hundreds of Indian diaspora from all over the UK gathered outside 10 Downing Street, the official residence of the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in London on…
- Middle East
Watch: 52-year-old Iraqi pilgrim arrives in Makkah on foot from Britain to perform Haj
A 52-year-old British man of Iraq-Kurdish origins Adam Muhammad arrived in Makkah on foot on Sunday, crossing 11 countries after completing about 11 months’ journey on foot to perform the Haj 2022.…