Boris Johnson, a leadership candidate for Britain's Conservative Party, looks on during his visit at Wisley Garden Centre in Surrey, Britain, June 25, 2019. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

Boris Johnson courts financiers in race to become British PM

Boris Johnson, the frontrunner in the race to become Britain's next prime minister, has met hedge fund and private equity executives to raise donations for his leadership campaign, according to sources familiar with the matter.     Johnson, who on Tuesday reaffirmed his determination to take Britain out of the European Union ...

China defends centres for Muslim Uighurs at U.N. rights forum

The vice-governor of China's Xinjiang region responded to international condemnation of state-run detention camps on Tuesday by saying they were vocational centres which had helped "save" people from extremist influences. China had now effectively contained terrorism and religious extremism in Xinjiang, Vice-Governor Erkin Tuniyaz told the U.N. Human Rights Council ...

Eight plastic items marked for elimination from shelves by end of 2020

Disposable plastic cutlery, plates and bowls, straws and PVC packaging are among the eight items that should be eliminated, Wrap said. Disposable plastic cutlery, polystyrene packaging and plastic cotton buds and stirrers are among eight items that should be eliminated by the end of 2020, according to a report. Eight ...

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