Tag: Cambridge

Future queen: Duchess of Cambridge turns 40

by Phil HAZLEWOOD Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, turned 40 on Sunday, hitting the milestone as her profile soars alongside her husband, Prince William, the future king. Since marrying into Britain’s most famous family in 2011, the former Kate Middleton has emerged to become one of the most popular royals — and a figure central to its future. Her image as a safe pair of hands, at a tricky time for the monarchy, was boosted at […]

Cambridge University to scrap fossil fuel investment

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain’s Cambridge University on Thursday pledged to stop investing in fossil fuels by 2030, bowing to pressure from environmentalists including its own students. The world-renowned seat of learning in eastern England said the pledge is part of its overall goal to slash carbon emissions to zero by 2038 — well ahead of the UK government’s 2050 target. The institution will now switch its £3.5-billion ($4.5-billion, 3.8-billion-euro) endowment fund — one […]

UK ‘increasingly likely’ to see +40C temperatures

by Kelly MACNAMARA Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Temperatures in Britain could exceed 40 degrees Celsius every three or four years by 2100 if greenhouse gas emissions continue unabated, research published Tuesday has found, as climate change increases the likelihood of scorching heat waves. The modelling study by Britain’s Meteorological Office found that emissions are dramatically increasing the likelihood of extremely warm days in the UK, particularly in the southeast. Without climate change, a […]

US Justice Department, FBI probing Cambridge Analytica: report

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US Justice Department and the FBI are investigating Cambridge Analytica, the British marketing analytics firm embroiled in the Facebook data scandal, and have questioned potential witnesses, The New York Times reported Tuesday. CA has vehemently denied exploiting data obtained from up to 87 million Facebook users for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, claiming it deleted data obtained in breach of the social network’s terms of service. The company announced early this […]

Prince William, Kate and their children begin visit to Canada

CANADA, United States (Reuters) — Britain’s Prince William and his wife, the Duchess of Cambridge, arrived in Canada on Saturday (September 24) for their second official visit to the country. The royal couple have brought their children, three-year-old Prince George and one-year-old Princess Charlotte, on the week-long trip. They were welcomed to Canada by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a military airport in the western province of British Columbia. Holding on to his parents’ hands, […]