Tobacco group Philip Morris International on Wednesday said it had bought 22.61% of U.K.-based respiratory drug developer Vectura in a market purchase.
World leaders have expressed concern at the chaotic scenes coming from Kabul, Afghanistan, with the Taliban now effectively taking control of the country.
In May, Portugal was among the very few countries that U.K. tourists could visit without having to quarantine. But that didn't last long and cancellations followed suit.
CJ Ujah, a member of Great Britain's silver medal-winning men's 4x100m relay team at the Olympics in Tokyo, has been provisionally suspended for an anti-doping violation.
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