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politics
UK Warns Universities About Research Threat From Foreign StatesForeign states are using UK universities to “steal advantage” by covertly acquiring British intellectual property, the government warned, saying it would explore proposals to protect cutting-edge research and technology.April 25, 2024
politics
UK Rwanda Bill: What’s Behind Rishi Sunak’s Deportation Plans?The UK has developed a controversial solution to the migration pressures facing many developed nations: Send asylum-seekers to Africa. The plan — first floated by then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson in April 2022 — was to immediately deport migrants who arrive on British shores without permission some 4,000 miles (6,440 kilometers) to Rwanda and leave them there. Two years later, the UK has yet to fly a single migrant to the central African nation, having been rejected in a string of legal defeatsApril 22, 2024
markets
Norway’s $1.6 Trillion Fund Turns Developer on Trophy UK PropertiesNorway’s $1.6 trillion sovereign wealth fund kicked off a glitzy property-buying spree in London more than a decade ago. Now it’s trying to figure out ways to keep the shine on some of those increasingly tired trophy buildings.April 22, 2024