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British archives show Thatcher approved Cory Aquino’s asylum request during height of 1986 People Power

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- British prime minister Margaret Thatcher granted Corazon Aquino's request for asylum at the height of…

UK’s Johnson gets down to work after sweeping election victory; Brexit, top priority

  by Alice RITCHIE Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Prime Minister Boris Johnson got down to work…

Victims of London Bridge attack lauded by their families

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- British police on Sunday named the two victims who died in the London Bridge terror…

Two killed by knifeman as terror returns to London Bridge

  by Robin MILLARD / Charlotte DURAND Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- A man suspected of stabbing…

UK truck victim families take on loans to repatriate remains to Vietnam

HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) -- Some families of the 39 Vietnamese people found dead in a truck in Britain last month…

Johnson sends 100 troops to help UK flood victims

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Tuesday the army would deploy 100 troops in northern…

Fosun buys Thomas Cook brand for £11 million

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Chinese conglomerate Fosun has snapped up the Thomas Cook brand for £11 million ($14.2 million), weeks…

Vietnam ‘strongly condemns’ human trafficking after UK truck tragedy

  HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) -- Vietnam said Saturday that it "strongly condemns" human trafficking, after British police confirmed 39 people…

Three held over UK truck deaths freed on police bail

LONDON, United States (AFP) -- Three suspects arrested in Britain over the deaths of 39 people found in a refrigerated…

Dread builds in Vietnam over fate of missing UK migrants

  by Tran Thi Minh Ha Agence France Presse NGHE AN, Vietnam (AFP) -- Dread mounted across Vietnam on Sunday…

Up to 20 Vietnamese feared among 39 UK truck dead

  by Tran Thi Minh Ha Agence France Presse NGHE AN, Vietnam (AFP) -- As many as 20 Vietnamese citizens…

39 dead in truck were Chinese: British media

  LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- The 39 people found dead in a truck in Britain were Chinese nationals, British…

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