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UK's Prince William begins climate-focused trip to South Africa
CAPE TOWN - Britain's Prince William began a four-day trip to South Africa on Monday by meeting young environmentalists and playing rugby...
Nov 5, 20242 min read
Kemi Badenoch becomes first Black woman to head British Conservatives
LONDON - Kemi Badenoch became the Conservatives' new leader and the first Black woman to a head a major British political party on...
Nov 3, 20243 min read
Britain identifies its first case of new mpox variant
LONDON - Britain has detected its first case of new mpox variant clade Ib, the country's health security agency (UKHSA) said on...
Nov 1, 20242 min read
Exclusive-British Foreign Secretary Lammy to visit China in bid to reset ties, sources say
BEIJING - Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy will visit China next week, sources familiar with the plan said, as the new Labour...
Oct 11, 20242 min read
UK cedes Chagos Island sovereignty to Mauritius, retains Diego Garcia airbase
LONDON/PORT LOUIS - Britain said on Thursday it would cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal it said secured the...
Oct 4, 20243 min read
China's support to Russia should have implications, new NATO chief says
BRUSSELS - New NATO secretary general Mark Rutte said on Tuesday that China had become a decisive enabler of Russia's war in Ukraine....
Oct 1, 20241 min read
Putin's nuclear talk shouldn't stop NATO backing Ukraine, Stoltenberg says
BRUSSELS - NATO members should not be deterred from giving more military aid to Ukraine by Vladimir Putin's "reckless Russian nuclear...
Oct 1, 20242 min read
Analysis-Mark Rutte's NATO mission: rally West, reassure East, help Ukraine
BRUSSELS/AMSTERDAM - - NATO's next boss, Mark Rutte, will need all the coalition-building skills he honed as Dutch prime minister to hold...
Oct 1, 20243 min read
Acclaimed British actor Maggie Smith dies aged 89
LONDON - Britain's Maggie Smith, one of the most acclaimed actors of her generation with a career ranging from Shakespeare to Harry...
Sep 28, 20242 min read
Putin issues nuclear warning to the West over strikes on Russia from Ukraine
MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin warned the West on Wednesday that Russia could use nuclear weapons if it was struck with conventional...
Sep 26, 20243 min read
British Museum explores 'Silk Roads' trade routes in new exhibition
LONDON - A new exhibition exploring the vast network of the Silk Road trade routes opens at the British Museum in London this week....
Sep 26, 20241 min read
Analysis-UK Labour Party struggles at first conference in power
LIVERPOOL, England - A bumpy start, or just rather flat? Regardless, few at Labour's annual conference in the northern English city of...
Sep 24, 20244 min read
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