Tag: United Kingdom
WWII codebreaker Alan Turing honored on new UK bank note
LONDON — The rainbow flag is flying proudly Thursday above the Bank of England in the heart of London's financial district to commemorate World...
Poland records new record virus high as hard lockdown looms
WARSAW, Poland — Poland recorded a record high number of new daily coronavirus infections for the second day in a row on Thursday as...
EU leaders faced with surge of infections, vaccine issues
BRUSSELS — European Union leaders are meeting Thursday to look for ways of ramping up COVID-19 vaccinations across the 27-nation region amid a shortage...
Royal Navy jet crashes in England after pilots safely eject
LONDON — British authorities say a Royal Navy jet crashed Thursday morning in a wooded area in southeast England after the two pilots ejected...
Queen Elizabeth’s granddaughter Zara has third child at home
LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II's granddaughter Zara Tindall and her husband, the former rugby player, Mike Tindall, are celebrating the birth of their third...
UK plan for tougher asylum-seeker rules draws criticism
LONDON — The British government said Wednesday it will toughen immigration rules to make it harder for people who arrive by unauthorized routes such...
6N: France makes 5 changes for title decider vs. Scotland
PARIS — Romain Ntamack will start at flyhalf for France in one of five team changes for the Six Nations Championship decider against Scotland...
Greece kicks off events for bicentenary of independence war
ATHENS, Greece — Greece on Wednesday kicked off two days of celebrations to mark the bicentenary of the start of the country’s war of...
Review: A pre-WWII thriller in ‘Six Minutes to Midnight’
In the years before World War II, the Augusta-Victoria College, a girls’ boarding school in Bexhill-on-Sea, catered to a very specific audience: The daughters...
Flying the flag: UK govt tells ministries to wave Union Jack
LONDON — The British government said Wednesday that the national flag should fly on all government buildings, the latest move in a highly visible...
