Barnier gathers allies to support national ambitions

The EU's point man on Brexit is moving ahead with national come-back.
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EU crisis as one-third of UK shoppers stop buying EU exports since Brexit

MORE than a third of British consumers have stopped buying produce from EU countries since Brexit, a new survey has indicated.
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Labour leader in Wales breaks ranks with Keir Starmer - ‘Will follow advice of scientists'

ICYMI: WELSH First Minister Mark Drakeford has admitted he does not agree with Sir Keir Starmer on the issue of prioritising teachers for coronavirus vaccines.
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WHO expert 'cannot rule out' possibility that Covid 'escaped' from controversial Wuhan lab

ICYMI: A WHO expert who visited the Wuhan laboratory at the centre of controversy over the origins of the coronavirus told the BBC this morning that the possibility of a lab leak "remains on the table".
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Royal Family LIVE: Philip will see Meghan Markle and Harry's exit as 'dereliction of duty'

ICYMI: PRINCE Philip will see Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's departure from the Royal Family - dubbed Megxit - as a "dereliction of duty", according to a royal expert.
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Meghan Markle POLL: Do you think Duchess will make a move into politics? VOTE

ICYMI: MEGHAN MARKLE could be poised to make a move into US politics, a US political strategist has claimed. Do you think the Duchess of Sussex should move into politics? Vote here.
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‘Be respectful’: Victoria government asks media not to hound asthmatic whose use of nebulizer caused snap Covid-19 lockdown

Victoria’s top quarantine official asked that compassion be shown to the corona-infected asthmatic believed to be the source of an outbreak at a Holiday Inn hotel that prompted a strict five-day lockdown in the Australian state. Read Full Article at RT.com
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India’s space agency to build homegrown alternative to Google Maps, after country introduces ‘own’ Twitter & WhatsApp

India’s space agency has partnered with MapmyIndia, a tech company specializing in digital map data, to build an alternative to Google Maps. The announcement comes as India rolled out local alternatives to Twitter and WhatsApp. Read Full Article at RT.com
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Russian & Chinese vaccines are necessary to win ‘world war’ against Covid-19 – Macron

The world needs vaccines developed in Russia and China to win the war against Covid-19, French President Emmanuel Macron said, calling the global effort a race against time as the virus causing the disease is constantly mutating. Read Full Article at RT.com
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SNP attacked as postal vote campaign redirects to party’s own website - furious row erupts

ICYMI: A PRE-ELECTION row has broken out after the Tories accused the SNP of turning Scotland into a "one-party state" over a postal vote campaign.
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‘Real-life Indiana Jones trap’ found while exploring ‘unseen’ passage of Egypt pyramid

ICYMI: AN EGYPT researcher has found a "real-life Indiana Jones trap" inside a passageway of the Bent Pyramid that he explored in great detail for the first time since it re-opened.
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EU shamed: Critical errors undermine entirety of bloc - 'Arrogance of power is paralysing'

THE European Commission has come under unforgiving scrutiny in the past few weeks after President Ursula von der Leyen was forced to admit she made huge mistakes with the EU vaccination strategy.
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Labour leader in Wales breaks ranks with Keir Starmer - ‘Will follow advice of scientists'

WELSH First Minister Mark Drakeford has admitted he does not agree with Sir Keir Starmer on the issue of prioritising teachers for coronavirus vaccines.
http://dlvr.it/Rw55FB

WHO expert 'cannot rule out' possibility that Covid 'escaped' from controversial Wuhan lab

A WHO expert who visited the Wuhan laboratory at the centre of controversy over the origins of the coronavirus told the BBC this morning that the possibility of a lab leak "remains on the table".
http://dlvr.it/Rw4hdC

Royal Family LIVE: Philip will see Meghan Markle and Harry's exit as 'dereliction of duty'

PRINCE Philip will see Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's departure from the Royal Family - dubbed Megxit - as a "dereliction of duty", according to a royal expert.
http://dlvr.it/Rw48SD