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Australia to buy US nuclear subs in ambitious new pact

by Jim Watson with Sebastian Smith in Washington Agence France-Presse SAN DIEGO, United States (AFP) -- Australia announced Monday it…

HSBC buys failed US bank SVB’s UK arm for £1

by Roland JACKSON The UK arm of failed US lender Silicon Valley Bank has been bought by HSBC for a…

Thousands of hospital doctors walk out in latest UK strike

by Helen ROWE UK hospital doctors on Monday began a three-day strike over pay at the start of a week…

BBC sport output in chaos as Lineker taken off air in asylum row

London, United Kingdom | AFP | Saturday 3/11/2023 by James PHEBY The BBC's sport service was in meltdown on Saturday…

Queen’s corgis take centre stage at London exhibition

London, United Kingdom (AFP) -- A new exhibition of photographs showing the relationship between Queen Elizabeth II and her beloved…

Australia PM says to meet Biden in US, submarine deal expected

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australia's prime minister on Wednesday said he will soon meet President Joe Biden in the United…

Pincered at sea, lobsters get new hope on land in UK

by Sylvain PEUCHMAURD Agence France-Presse WHITBY, United Kingdom (AFP) -- The tiny lobsters are safe from predators -- including each…

Britain’s Prince Harry loses home on royal estate: reports

  Prince Harry and his wife Meghan are being evicted from their home on the British royal family's Windsor estate,…

Football captain from Thai cave rescue dies in UK

  London, United Kingdom | AFP | by Jitendra JOSHI One of 12 boys dramatically rescued from a Thai cave…

Questions mount for Scotland’s SNP as Sturgeon quits

Edinburgh, United Kingdom | AFP | Calls mounted within the Scottish National Party (SNP) on Thursday to postpone a special conference…

Giving Ukraine jets would need ‘months if not years’ of training: UK PM

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Thursday said sending fighter jets to Ukraine would require…

Half a million strike in UK’s largest walkout in 12 years

Half a million workers went on strike in Britain on Wednesday, calling for higher wages in the largest such walkout…

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