Britain’s Queen Camilla has hailed an Irish jockey’s “fantastic” win at the Cheltenham Festival after a day spent with her family at the races. Camilla met racing royalty when she presented rider Rachael Blackmore, dubbed the “Queen of Cheltenham”, with a trophy after her emphatic victory in the day’s feature race. Watching Blackmore’s ride Captain […]
LONDON (AP) — The former deputy chairman of Britain’s Conservative Party, who drew condemnation last month for saying the mayor of London is controlled by Islamists, has defected to the smaller right-wing Reform U.K. Party. Lee Anderson was suspended as a Conservative lawmaker in Parliament after he claimed that Islamists had “got control” of London […]
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron has strongly advocated the delivery of long-range weapons to Ukraine during a visit to Berlin on Thursday. “When it comes to the long range weapons I can only speak for Britains experience of how effective these weapons have been in helping Ukraine to fight of this illegal aggression,” he said […]
LONDON (AP) — In the run-up to the U.K.’s general election that opinion polls show the governing Conservative Party losing, Treasury chief Jeremy Hunt will seek to regain the political initiative by announcing tax cuts Wednesday during his annual budget statement. With the British economy hitting one definition of recession and public finances stretched, he […]
Every time investors have braced themselves for the AI bubble to burst in the last few months, a new eye-popping data point comes out to prove them wrong and send money flowing back into the stock market. The latest shock was Nvidia’s latest quarterly earnings, which managed to surpass investors’ already sky-high expectations and set […]
By Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s Rolls-Royce said annual profit more than doubled last year, beating consensus, and it forecast a further jump in 2024 as aircrafts powered by its engines fly more, defence orders flow and data centre demand rises. Rolls, which powers ships and submarines and makes power generation systems as well as […]
LONDON (AP) — British Foreign Secretary David Cameron on Monday toured battle sites of the Falklands War during a visit meant to underline that the Falkland Islands are a “valued part of the British family.” The visit by Cameron — the first British foreign secretary to make the trip to the South Atlantic archipelago in […]
Britain’s Prince Harry will not be allowed a temporary royal role while his father undergoes cancer treatment, according to reports. It was alleged that Harry told friends he would step into such a role while Charles is unwell. However, the arrangement he accepted when stepping down as a working royal alongside his wife the Duchess […]
Britain’s Labour dealt a crushing blow to UK prime minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives on Friday, winning contests for two new MPs in votes that suggested the opposition party was on track to win a British general election later this year. The double defeat underlined the flagging fortunes of the governing party and will do little […]
Britain’s King Charles has returned to London for what is widely expected to be further treatment following his cancer diagnosis. Charles and Queen Camilla flew by helicopter to Buckingham Palace from their private Sandringham home, and were driven the short distance to nearby Clarence House. It was announced last week that the British head of […]
Britain’s King Charles attended church on Sunday in his first public outing since announcing last week he had been diagnosed with cancer and would postpone some engagements to undergo treatment. Charles, wearing a brown overcoat and carrying an umbrella, waved as he arrived with his wife, Camilla, at St Mary Magdalene church in Sandringham in […]
Britain’s Prince Harry has settled the remaining parts of his phone hacking claim against the publisher of the Daily Mirror, the High Court in London has heard. Harry (39) sued Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) for damages, claiming journalists at its publications were linked to methods including phone hacking, so-called “blagging” – gaining information by deception […]