LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to meet soon on a call on Sunday when they also spoke about the royal family and of their two countries “warm ties”, according to statement from Downing Street. “The two leaders stressed the importance of the close and warm ties between …
LONDON (Reuters) – Beatles musician Paul McCartney has warned that artificial intelligence could be used to “rip off” artists, urging the British government to make sure upcoming copyright reforms protect its creative industries. Globally the music and film industries are grappling with the legal and ethical implications of AI models that can produce their own …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain on Sunday said it would force retailers to implement stricter age-verification checks to stop children buying knives, in a tightening of policy days after a teenager admitted killing three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance event. Axel Rudakubana’s knife attack in July was described last week as one of the …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said Saturday that he had a call planned with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in the next 24 hours. Speaking to reporters on Air Force One, Trump said he and Starmer “get along well” despite him being “liberal, which is a little bit different for me.” (Reporting by Nandita …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Buckingham Palace published a new photograph of King Charles wearing a kilt made of a tartan named in his honour to mark the birthday of Scotland’s national poet Robert Burns on Saturday. Burn’s Night is an annual celebration of the poet, who was born in 1759 and died in 1796. In the …
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By Padraic Halpin DUBLIN (Reuters) – Record high winds from Storm Eowyn battered Ireland and Northern Ireland on Friday, leaving one man dead and almost one-third of Irish homes and businesses without power and forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights. A man was fatally injured when a tree fell on his car in County …
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LONDON (Reuters) -An American woman wanted in the United States for the murder of two of her children and attempting to kill her third child can be extradited from Britain to the U.S., a judge in a London court ruled on Friday. Kimberlee Singler, 36, has been charged in Colorado with seven counts including the …
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NORWICH, England (Reuters) – A trendy pizzeria in the English city of Norwich has declared war on pineapples, charging an eye-watering 100 pounds ($123) for a Hawaiian in a bid to put customers off the disputed topping. Lupa Pizza recently added pizza topped with ham and pineapple to its account on a food delivery app, …
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LONDON (Reuters) – The Russian Embassy in London said that Russia posed no threat to undersea cables in Britain and other NATO countries, after UK defence minister John Healey accused Moscow of “malign activity” at sea. Britain said on Wednesday it had monitored a Russian spy ship in the English Channel for two days and …
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CHENNAI (Reuters) – Brydon Carse will replace Gus Atkinson for England’s second T20 International against India on Saturday while Jamie Smith has also been added to the squad. Atkinson bled 38 runs in his two wicketless overs in the series opener in Kolkata where India cruised to a seven-wicket victory with more than seven overs …
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