UK defers junk food deals, advertisement restrictions
The United Kingdom Department of Health and Social Care on Friday postponed restrictions on multibuy promotional deals and online and TV advertising for junk food products by one
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UK clarifies foreign, domestic response to cost of living crisis
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Court finds UK allowed undervalued Chinese imports into EU
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Lost Antarctic shipwreck from 1915 Shackleton expedition, Endurance, rediscovered
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United States bans importation of Russian fossil fuels
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Entomological Society of America renames invasive moth
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Australian cricketer Shane Warne dies aged 52
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Russia and China sign major gas pipeline deal for 30 years
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