(Reuters) – Britain’s King Charles and Queen Camilla will travel to Australia and Samoa in October but not New Zealand as the monarch continues his cancer treatment, Buckingham Palace said on Sunday. Some British and Australian media outlets had questioned whether the trip would take place at all in the weeks that followed news of …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British police on Monday charged a man with two counts of murder after human remains were discovered in suitcases at Bristol’s Clifton Suspension Bridge. Yostin Andres Mosquera, 34, was charged with the murder of two men, identified by police as 62-year-old Albert Alfonso and 71-year-old Paul Longworth. The two victims had been …
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By Naomi Rovnick and Anousha Sakoui LONDON (Reuters) – Investors are looking at UK markets as a potential haven as political uncertainty rises in the U.S. and elsewhere in Europe, in what could mark a stunning turnaround for a country that appeared to have lost its traditional appeal to global capital. A landslide election victory …
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By Andy Bruce (Reuters) – Asking prices for British homes coming to the market fell this month, with signs that some buyers are waiting for the Bank of England to cut interest rates, a survey from property website Rightmove showed on Monday. The company said the average asking price was 373,493 pounds ($484,943) for property …
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By Hanna Rantala and Natasha Mulenga LONDON (Reuters) – “This is a career highlight,” popular K-pop group Stray Kids said as they headlined the British Summer Time (BST) Hyde Park Festival on Sunday. The eight-man group from South Korea debuted in 2018 after being formed by JYP Entertainment through a reality show. Theyhave won over …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Sunday that its forces had taken control of the village of Urozhaine in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, which if confirmed would be the latest in a series of gains since capturing the strategic town of Avdiivka in February. Ukrainian bloggers said that Kyiv’s forces had relinquished control …
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(Reuters) – Britain’s government will enact tough rules on government spending and strengthen the role of the official budget watchdog in its legislative agenda this week, the new Labour government said on Sunday. “To ensure nobody can play fast and loose with the public finances ever again, this new bill will strengthen the role of …
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(Reuters) -Kate, Britain’s Princess of Wales, was greeted with a standing ovation at the Wimbledon tennis championships on Sunday, in her second public appearance this year while she undergoes treatment for cancer. Tennis fan Kate, patron of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, wore a bright purple dress as she strode …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s new government is preparing over 35 bills for the formal start of the parliamentary year on Wednesday and has put economic growth at the heart of its agenda, Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s office said. Starmer, who ended 14 years of Conservative rule earlier this month with a sweeping election win for his …
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By Mark Gleeson BERLIN (Reuters) – Captain Harry Kane and his England teammates are desperate to banish the disappointment of losing the last European Championship final by overcoming Spain in Sunday’s decider in Berlin, and winning a first major trophy in almost 60 years. Kane is one of eight of the squad in Germany who …
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