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LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain’s new £1 coin with the symbols of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland goes into circulation from Tuesday on the eve of the launch of a Brexit process that has put national unity in doubt. The 12-sided coin is the first change to the shape of the £1 coin since its introduction in 1983. Britain’s finance ministry said the new coin would be “the most secure of its kind […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — The British government said Sunday that its security services must have access to encrypted messaging applications such as WhatsApp, as it revealed that the service was used by the man behind the parliament attack. Khalid Masood, the 52-year-old Briton who killed four people in a rampage in Westminster on Wednesday before being shot dead, reportedly used the Facebook-owned service moments before the assault. Home Secretary Amber Rudd told Sky News […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Lights on the Eiffel Tower will be switched off at midnight (2300 GMT) on Wednesday in solidarity with those killed and injured in a terror attack outside Britain’s parliament. The decision was taken by Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo following the deadly attack in which a man ploughed his car into pedestrians on London’s Westminster Bridge then leapt out and stabbed a policeman, killing three people and wounding more than 20. Hidalgo […]
by Dario THUBURN / Alice RITCHIE Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom – Four people were killed and 40 injured after being run over and stabbed in a lightning attack at the gates of British democracy on Wednesday attributed by police to “Islamist-related terrorism”. The attack unfolded across Westminster Bridge in the shadow of Big Ben, a towering landmark that draws tourists by the millions and stands over Britain’s Houses of Parliament — the very image of […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (Reuters) — When actress Judy Norman walks on stage for the play “Spillikin,” she performs beside a somewhat different cast member – a humanoid robot. Featuring a “robothespian,” the play brings love and technology together for a story about a robot maker who builds a robot to keep his wife company after he dies. And, as her dementia develops, it becomes increasingly difficult for her to distinguish the machine from the man. […]
by Mark McLAUGHLIN with Robin MILLARD in London Agence France-Presse EDINBURGH, United Kingdom – Scotland’s announcement on Monday that it will begin preparations for a new independence bid raised the spectre of one of Brexit’s most feared consequences — the break-up of the United Kingdom. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she would seek the semi-autonomous Scottish parliament’s authority next week to ask the UK government in London for the powers to hold a referendum before Brexit […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (Reuters) — A fifth big cat was spotted in London’s Trafalgar Square on Wednesday (March 8). Perched atop an inspection box near the four iconic bronze lion statues was an animatronic leopard, placed there to highlight the plight of the species. The 50kg, 1.3 meter long robot named ‘Lily’ was designed by animatronics expert John Nolan and his team. Nolan said the leopard lookalike took fifteen people and several weeks to build. […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) – HSBC profits plunged last year on huge writedowns and restructuring charges, the banking titan said Tuesday, warning of uncertainty over Brexit and Donald Trump’s economic policies. The London-headquartered bank with a focus on Asia said net profit tumbled to $1.29 billion (1.22 billion euros) in 2016, down 90 percent on a year earlier. Profit before tax stood at $7.1 billion, down 62 percent after HSBC slashed the value of its […]
By Love Ann Sison EBC London Bureau (Eagle News) — An extraordinary concert organized by Young Voices was held early this month at the London’s world famous O2 Arena Performing as the biggest school choir in the world, over 7,500 primary school students took part on February 7, 2017 during this music extravaganza alongside well-known artists such as soul/jazz singer Sharlene Hector, Beatboxers The Beatbox Collective, street-dance troupe Urban Strides as well as Guitar slinging & […]
From an 18th-century clockwork swan to a robot quoting Shakespeare, a new exhibition at the Science Museum in London charts the 500-year history of machines that fascinate and terrify in equal measure. https://youtu.be/oIKjQtfgBCI
(Reuters) — A 62-gun salute fired by the Honourable Artillery Company at the Tower of London and chimes at the Westminster Abbey on Monday (February 6) celebrated Queen Elizabeth II as the world’s longest reigning sovereign. Monday marks the queen’s Sapphire Jubilee – 65 years on the throne, the first ever British monarch to have reached such a milestone. The 90-year-old queen acceded to the throne on February 6, 1952 when her father […]
