By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) -Britain’s King Charles was embraced by an Indigenous elder after a welcome smoking ceremony on Tuesday in the birthplace of Australia’s urban Aboriginal civil rights movement in Sydney, a day after being heckled by an Indigenous senator in Canberra. Charles met Indigenous elders at the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence …
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(Reuters) – Glasgow was confirmed as host of the 2026 Commonwealth Games on Tuesday, the Scottish city stepping in after the Australian state of Victoria withdrew due to cost concerns, with organisers set to deliver a pared-down edition of the multi-sport event. Among the sports to be axed from the programme are badminton, cricket, hockey …
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SYDNEY (Reuters) – King Charles visited a skin cancer clinic in Sydney on Tuesday where he met cancer survivors and researchers working on cures for the disease. The visit to the Melanoma Institute Australia was one of the final public appearances Charles made on his 16th official visit to the country, his first major overseas …
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CANBERRA (Reuters) – King Charles was accused of “genocide” by an Indigenous senator at Australia’s Parliament House on Monday, moments after he delivered a speech in which he paid his “respects to the traditional owners of the lands”. Charles, on his 16th official visit to Australia and his first major foreign trip since being diagnosed …
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By Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) -A British police officer was acquitted on Monday of the murder of a Black man he shot dead in London two years ago, an incident that led to large protests and anger among the capital’s Black community. Martyn Blake, 40, had pleaded “not guilty” to the murder of Chris Kaba, …
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By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will lend Ukraine 2.26 billion pounds ($2.94 billion) as part of a much larger planned loan from the Group of Seven nations backed by frozen Russian central bank assets to help buy weapons and rebuild damaged infrastructure. Defence minister John Healey said the money donated by Britain would …
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By Mitch Phillips LONDON (Reuters) -Uncapped Essex wicketkeeper-batter Michael Pepper has been called up to the England ODI squad to tour West Indies and, in the absence of injured captain Jos Buttler, could open with Phil Salt, the ECB said on Monday. Pepper, 26, was Essex’s leading scorer in this year’s Vitality Blast and hit …
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By Alistair Smout and Catarina Demony LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will not bring the issue of reparations for historical transatlantic slavery to the table at a meeting of Commonwealth nations that began in Samoa on Monday, but is open to engage with leaders who want to discuss it. Leaders and officials from 56 countries with …
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LONDON (Reuters) – A woman who threw a milkshake over Nigel Farage, leader of Britain’s Reform Party, has pleaded guilty to assault by beating, PA Media said on Monday. Victoria Thomas Bowen, 25, launched the McDonald’s banana milkshake at Farage outside a pub in Clacton-on-Sea, in southeast England, in June while the politician was on …
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LONDON (Reuters) – A prominent Saudi dissident who accuses Saudi Arabia of targeting him with spyware can sue the kingdom in London, his lawyers said on Monday. Yahya Assiri, a founder of the opposition National Assembly Party (NAAS) who lives in exile in Britain, alleges his electronic devices were targeted with surveillance software between 2018 …
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