Nearly 60 percent of the funding pledged to help fight the Ebola epidemic has not made it to its destination, according to research published Tuesday in the British Medical Journal….
To celebrate the British invasion of Hollywood — the one that includes David Oyelowo, Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Jamie Dornan, Felicity Jones, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Damian Lewis, Natalie Dormer, James Corden,…
On Golf By KAREN CROUSE SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Watching Tiger Woods launch wildly errant drives was hard. Watching his ground-ball chip shots was harder. But the hardest part of watching…
OTTAWA — Citing the attacks by radical Islamists that killed two Canadian soldiers in October and the more recent assaults in France, Prime Minister Stephen Harper introduced sweeping legislation on…
A British artist who makes chocolate candies in the shape of human anuses is making a new impression on the world of butthole art. Since 2006, Magnus Irvin has been…
Let’s Buy British Imports, one of the nation’s top distributors of popular food brands from the UK, South Africa and Australia, agreed last week to stop selling confections like Maltesers…
LONDON — At a time when Western leaders are clamoring for greater powers to conduct covert surveillance, a prankster in Britain has turned the table on the watchers, securing a…
LONDON — It has consumed more than eight years of maneuvering, obstruction and a widow’s dogged legal campaign, fought often on a shoestring. But finally, on Tuesday, a public inquiry…
A British woman who took a bite out of a Chicken McNugget nearly lost her lunch after seeing what looked like a worm in the middle of the McNugget. Nikki…
On Tuesday, Sheikh Fahad Al Thani from the Royal Family of Qatar shelled out 4.5 million guineas ($7.3m) for Irish 1,000 Guineas winner Just the Judge, making her the highest-priced…
Birthplace: London, England Birth name: Vanessa Redgrave Father: Sir Michael Redgrave, actor Mother: Rachel Kempson, actor Marriages: Franco Nero (December 31, 2006-present, commitment ceremony), Tony Richardson (April 29, 1962-April 28,…
These are places to go, locals saynot “no-go zones,” as described by a Fox News commentator as well as Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal. The last few weeks have seen characterizations…
A British jihadi who faked his own death faces a prison term after pleading guilty to terrorism offenses. – His cousin has also pleaded guilty to a lesser offense. They…
Some countries have allowed Muslims to establish autonomous neighborhoods in cities where they govern by a harsh version of Islamic law, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said Monday during a speech…
Gov. Bobby Jindal has been speaking in London recently, and he startled quite a number of people in the House of Commons when he talked about “no-go zones” in Britain,…
Birth place: Melbourne, Australia Birth name: Keith Rupert Murdoch Father: Keith Murdoch, journalist and newspaper publisher Mother: Elisabeth (Greene) Murdoch, philanthropist Marriages: Wendi (Deng) Murdoch (1999-2013, divorce); Anna (Torv) Murdoch…
British folk rockers Mumford & Sons, electronic superstar Deadmau5, rapper Kendrick Lamar and British indie rockers Florence + the Machine help round out the headline acts. Other notable performers include…
A four-time Olympic sailing gold medalist, Ainslie was on honeymoon in the Caribbean with his new wife, British TV presenter Georgie Thompson, when the furling system broke on the vessel’s…
But it’s the look in his brown eyes, the glare that offers a glimpse of the other side of sailing’s Jekyll and Hyde. His friend and America’s Cup rival skipper…
‘Like surfing’ Former BA pilot Alastair Rosenschein told the British press that riding the jet stream was “just like surfing.” – Some 40,000 households in Scotland were without power as…