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UK’s Johnson finally agrees to meet COVID-bereaved group

  • By Associated Press

LONDON (AP) � British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will on Tuesday finally meet with members of the COVID-19 Bereaved Families for Justice campaigning group. They have for more than a year sharply criticized his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Johnson’s Downing Street office confirmed Monday that the prime minister will hold a “private meeting� with

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UK counts on vaccines, ‘common sense� to keep virus at bay

  • By Associated Press

LONDON (AP) � Britain’s Conservative government is hoping a combination of relatively high vaccination rates and common-sense behavior will keep a lid on coronavirus infections this fall and winter and avoid the need for restrictive measures. That plan employs a lighter touch than most nations. Britain has recorded more than 135,000 coronavirus deaths. But it

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French minister: No mystery submarine deal came as ‘a shock�

  • By Associated Press

STOCKHOLM (AP) � France’s defense minister says it is “not a mystery� that that the announcement of defense deal among the the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia came as a shock to French officials. Defense Minister Florence Parly spoke on Friday after a meeting in Stockholm of the European Intervention Initiative, a 13-country

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UK’s Johnson reaches out to Macron amid submarine dispute

  • By Associated Press

PARIS (AP) � British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has sought to smooth over tensions with France over a geopolitical submarine dispute. Johnson promised in a phone call Friday with French President Emmanuel Macron that their countries would cooperate closely together around the world. France remains deeply angered by a strategic submarine deal by the U.S.,