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Pakistan among four countries added to Britain’s travel ban list
3Apr By Mike TrudellNo Comments
World

Pakistan among four countries added to Britain’s travel ban list

As the world witnesses a sudden increase in coronavirus cases, Britain has said it would add Pakistan, Bangladesh, Kenya, and the Philippines to its travel “red list”, banning entry of people arriving from those countries unless they are British or Irish nationals.“From 4 am on April 9, Pakistan, Kenya, the Philippines and Bangladesh will be put on the list, the government said, joining about three dozen other nations mainly in Africa, the Middle East and South America,” the UK government said in a statement on Friday.British High Commissioner Christian Turner informed that only the UK/Irish nationals and those with residency rights will be allowed to travel from to and from 04:00 (UK time) on Friday, April 9.“Anyone arriving into England after that will have to book a managed quarantine h...
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India can play a crucial role in easing global reliance on China: British lawmaker
31Aug By Mike TrudellNo Comments
China, World

India can play a crucial role in easing global reliance on China: British lawmaker

An influential British lawmaker with the ruling Conservative party, Iain Duncan Smith has said that India could play a crucial role in reversing the alarming strategic dependence of the world’s democracies on China.Sir Iain pointed out that authoritarian China, under Xi Jinping, has made no secret about its ambition to emerge as an unrivalled global power by the middle of the century.“The Chinese government has become even more dictatorial and intolerant in the last few years under President Xi and as far as I can make out by what he has said and by their behaviour, that his government’s plan is that by 2040 or thereabouts, China wishes to be the world’s biggest economy possessing the world’s largest and most powerful military. Those things are what they said they wish to be, and everythin...
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