Britain

Queen Elizabeth II, who died on Thursday at the age of 96, had been an integral part of Britain's life.

Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving monarch in British history, passed away on Thursday at the age of 96.

Coffey was appointed health secretary by Prime Minister Liz Truss earlier this week.

A British man who had travelled to Ukraine to offer his services as a medic has been killed while volunteering, according to his family.

Eight ancient glass vessels shattered in the 2020 Beirut explosion go on display at the British Museum from Thursday.

Britain recorded its biggest rise in foreign workers since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in the year to June, driven overwhelmingly by workers from outside the European Union, official figures showed on Tuesday.

New Zealand is sending 120 military personnel to Britain to help train Ukrainians in front-line combat, the government said on Monday.

The price of gas and electricity is soaring in Britain and many millions of people are likely to be pushed into fuel poverty. And this is even with an "energy price cap."

Britain has now also given the first green light to a variant-adapted shot that targets both the original and Omicron version of the virus.

Britain's economy shrank in the second quarter, official data showed Friday.

Britain's economy contracted by less than feared in June, when public holidays had been expected to exert a big drag.

A four-day "extreme heat" warning came into force in parts of England and Wales on Thursday.

Britain's government proposed a far-reaching financial services law last month to exploit "freedoms" to write its own capital market rules since leaving the European Union.

The United Nations' secretary general, António Guterres in a dire warning said that the world is just one misstep away from nuclear annihilation.

The heatwave which scorched Britain last week was made at least 10 times more likely because of climate change, scientists reported Thursday.

Britain's spy chief said on Thursday he was skeptical that Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei actually wants to revive a nuclear deal with world powers but said Tehran won't try to halt talks either.

In stark contrast to Tempest, Europe's Future Combat Air System (FCAS) project, backed mostly by France and Germany, faced stagnation over the last year.

Britain faces an unsustainable debt burden more than three times its current level unless future governments raise taxes to fund increasing costs from an ageing population and falling revenue from taxation on motor fuel, a watchdog warned on Thursday.

British snack chain Pret will adapt its menu to local tastes when it opens in Indian cities and airports under a partnership with retail giant Reliance to try to satisfy the nation's growing appetite for upmarket refreshment.

Uber Technologies Inc and Australia's main transport union agreed on Tuesday to back a federal body that enforces minimum pay for the company's drivers, joining a global thawing of relations between the ride-hailing giant and industrial bodies.

Unlike China's state-run BRI initiative, the proposed G7 funding would depend largely on private companies being willing to commit to massive investments and is therefore not guaranteed.

Commonwealth leaders meet in Kigali on Friday to discuss cooperation on topics from trade to health to climate, against a backdrop of criticism of the host Rwanda's human rights record and of a British policy to deport asylum seekers there.

People living in the coastal towns of the UK may have to eventually leave their homes and relocate due to rising sea levels and erosion.

Britain published plans on Monday to override some post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland by scrapping checks and challenging the role played by the European Union's court in a new clash with Brussels.

The first piece of legislation these rebellious MPs are likely to take apart is the forthcoming bill designed to override parts of the Northern Ireland protocol.

A British woman on a vacation to India has accused a local masseuse of raping her in front of her partner near a famous beach in Goa.

British shoppers facing a surge in inflation cut their spending in May by the most since the country was in a coronavirus lockdown in early 2021, according to a survey published on Tuesday.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson survived a confidence vote on Monday but a large rebellion in his Conservative Party over the so-called "partygate" scandal dealt a blow to his authority and leaves him with a struggle to win back support.

British manufacturing activity expanded in May at the weakest rate since January 2021, as producers of consumer goods struggled against a worsening cost-of-living crunch, a survey showed on Wednesday.

Britain aims to send a first group of asylum seekers to Rwanda in two weeks' time as part of a policy which the government says is designed to break people-smuggling networks and stem the flow of migrants across the Channel.