The HMS Queen Elizabeth, the biggest ship ever built for the British navy, sailed into its homeport for the first time Wednesday as tens of thousands jammed the harbor to welcome it. The £3 billion ($3.9 billion) ship arrived at Portsmouth Naval Base in southern ...
Despite falling sales in Japan, sake is experiencing an increase in popularity in Britain. The popularity seems to be reflected not only in brisk local sales but also in talk in the media that the Japanese rice wine may finally be entering the mainstream. According ...
Rolling Stone guitarist Ronnie Wood has revealed that he feared the worst after being diagnosed with lung cancer earlier this year. The 70-year-old guitarist says he thought it might be "time to say goodbye," after a doctor performing routine tests offered the news that he ...
After a lifetime of public service by the side of his wife, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip will finally retire on Wednesday at the age of 96. The Duke of Edinburgh will attend a parade of Royal Marines at Buckingham Palace, the last of 22,219 ...
Protesters marched on the offices of Kenya's election commission on Tuesday, demanding a speedy investigation of the murder of a senior official that has raised fears over the legitimacy of next week's national elections. Chris Msando, the election board's head of information, communication and technology, ...
France's interior minister announced on Monday plans to open two centers to shelter migrants returning to the northern port city of Calais, determined to get to Britain despite the closing of a vast makeshift camp last fall. While Gerard Collomb put the number of migrants ...
In a vast network of tunnels carved into the rocks under the Maltese capital Valletta, faded maps of the Mediterranean hint at the place's role in directing key battles in World War II. Malta is now restoring the 28-km (17-mile) of tunnels, planning to open ...
A lawyer for the parents of terminally ill baby Charlie Gard told a London court on Wednesday that they had found a doctor willing to look after Charlie so the family could spend time with him away from hospital during the last days of ...
German car manufacturer BMW on Tuesday said it would build an all-electric version of its Mini in Britain, a move hailed by the country's government as it negotiates Brexit. BMW said in a statement that the "fully electric car will go into production in 2019. The ...
Charlie Gard's parents know their treasured son is about to die. They have one final wish — to take him home, put him to bed and kiss him goodbye. The mother of the critically ill baby at the center of an international medical and legal ...
Britain faces a bumpy ride in the wake of Prime Minister Theresa May's failed election gambit.
Zambian media has said 93-year-old Kenneth Kaunda, the country's independence leader and its former longtime president, has left a hospital after several days of treatment. State broadcaster ZNBC reported that Kaunda went home Saturday from the hospital in Lusaka, the capital. He will return at ...
