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In this Nov. 15, 2019, file photo a microphone stands at the entrance to a secure area during a closed-door interview with David Holmes, a career diplomat and the political counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Labor Department will begin restricting news organizations' use of economic data by barring computers from the rooms where reporters receive such data before its public release, department officials announced Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020.
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In this Sept. 18, 2019, file photo people stand in line to inquire about jobs available at the Bean Automotive Group during a job fair in Miami. On Friday, Jan. 10, 2020, the U.S. government issues the December jobs report.
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A view of Tata Steel's Port Talbot steelworks in south Wales, Sept. 15, 2023. Indian firm Tata Steel says it will close both blast furnaces at its plant in Port Talbot, Wales, with the loss of about 3,000 jobs.
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In this Monday, Nov. 11, 2019 file photo, fishermen arrange crabs after their boat returned from a fishing trip to the harbour in Hartlepool, England.
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A woman cycles on a Brompton folding bicycle past a sign outside Waterloo Station reminding people they are required to wear face coverings inside the station and whilst traveling on trains, in London, during England's second coronavirus lockdown, Friday, Nov. 20, 2020.
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British Bike Maker Pedals on Despite Brexit Uncertainty
The company, which exports hand-made folding bikes to 47 countries, looked at the uncertainty and started stockpiling parts.
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This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the virus that causes COVID-19.
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Britain's Home Secretary Priti Patel meets students and staff working on 'carbon capture' at Imperial College London in South Kensington, London, Tuesday Feb. 18, 2020. Britain has announced a new post-Brexit “points-based immigration system” said Patel, that will assess prospective immigrants on a range of skills, qualifications, salaries or professions, starting next year.
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UK Employers Fear Worker Shortages
The country is shutting out people its deems 'low-skilled' workers.
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, right, and Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte attend the launch of the upcoming COP26 UN Climate Summit in London, Feb. 4, 2020.
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Britain's Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn delivers a speech in London, England on Wednesday, Nov. 27 ahead of the general election on Dec. 12.
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The statue of former Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill stands in London's Parliament Square on Monday, Oct. 28.
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EU Grants Brexit Delay to Jan. 31
The decision was welcomed by politicians in the U.K. and the bloc — but not by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
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British candy producers show their products at the international candy fair ISM in Cologne, Germany, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019. Approx. 5 % of German production of sweets, with a value of around 800 million Euro, is exported to the important United Kingdom market.
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1/3 of UK Firms Consider Move
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In this grab taken from video, Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May speaks, during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, London, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019.
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EU Leaders Say No to Brexit Deal
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Planes are grounded at Gatwick airport, near London, as the airport remains closed with incoming flights delayed or diverted to other airports, after drones were spotted over the airfield last night and this morning, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018. London's Gatwick Airport remained shut during the busy holiday period Thursday while police and airport officials investigate reports that drones were flying in the area of the airfield.
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Drones Shut Down London Airport
London Gatwick closed its runway Wednesday evening after two drones were spotted.
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The United States installation 'Face Values', by designers Zachary Lieberman, sat demonstrating in the chair, and R. Luke DuBois, not pictured, which explores the role of facial detection technology in society is displayed during a media preview for the London Design Biennale at Somerset House in London, Monday, Sept. 3, 2018. The event runs from September 4 to 23.
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The restored Bluebird K7, which crashed killing pilot Donald Campbell in 1967, takes to the water for the first time in more than 50 years off the Isle of Bute on the west coast of Scotland, Saturday Aug. 4, 2018. The famed jet boat Bluebird has returned to the water for the first time since a 1967 crash that killed pilot Donald Campbell during a world speed-record attempt. Watched by Campbell's daughter Gina Campbell, the restored Bluebird was lowered Saturday into Loch Fad on Scotland's Isle of Bute, where it will undergo low-speed tests.
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Bluebird Jet Boat Floats 51 Years After Fatal Crash
The 1967 crash killed the pilot during a world speed-record attempt.
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From centr carrying banner, British lawmaker Vince Cable, Pro-EU campaigners Gina Miller, Tony Robinson and lawmaker Caroline Lucas join crowds taking part in the People's Vote march for a second EU referendum, at Trafalgar Square in central London, Saturday June 23, 2018. Leading Brexit supporters are talking tough, and opponents are taking to the streets, on the second anniversary of Britain's vote to leave the European Union. Saturday marks two years since a June 23, 2016 referendum resulted in a decision to quit the 28-nation EU.
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