Cassell Bryan-Low

As Hepatitis C Spreads, Scotland Steps In

online.wsj.com — Scotland is making a push to control the deadly hepatitis C virus, which kills about 350,000 people a year globally, among one of the groups most vulnerable to the infection: drug users.

U.K. Lawmakers Challenge Google Over Tax

online.wsj.com — U.K. lawmakers accused Google of manipulating how it characterized its business in Britain to lower its tax bill, a claim denied by the Internet giant which says it complies fully with tax laws.

Bank Bailout Blues Stall U.K. Recovery

online.wsj.com — Five years after rescuing the Royal Bank of Scotland, one of the world's biggest banks, the British government still hasn't figured out what to do with it-a sign of the country's struggle to put its banking woes behind it.

U.K. Military Weighs Spending Shift

online.wsj.com — Britain's defense ministry is weighing whether to outsource the purchase and servicing of all the military equipment used by its armed forces, a cost-savings move that would be a first by a Western government.

Clubby London Trading Scene Fostered Libor Rate-Fixing Scandal

online.wsj.com — The Libor-manipulation probes are highlighting how favor-trading between brokers and traders escalated from expense-account meals and nighttime carousing to more legally questionable activities.

U.S. Shifts View of Syrian Chemical-Weapons Use

online.wsj.com — U.S. intelligence agencies believe with varying degrees of confidence that the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has used chemical weapons, including sarin gas, in that country's civil war, the White House told congressional leaders Thursday.