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Tech tycoon Jeff Bezos lashed out at a Pennsylvania liberal arts professor after the latter tweeted that she hoped Queen Elizabeth II died in "agony."

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.

Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving monarch in British history and an icon instantly recognisable to billions of people around the world, died on Thursday.

The Bank of England said on Thursday it would move to a "more British style of regulation" for the country's huge financial services industry as it seeks to take advantage of Brexit.

European stocks edged lower on Thursday after the European Central Bank delivered its biggest-ever interest rate hike in the clearest hawkish sign yet to fight against inflation, while shares of banks surged.

Britain will cap consumer energy bills for two years and funnel billions to prop up power companies, its new leader Liz Truss said on Thursday in a bid to tackle an energy crisis that has Europe and Russia squaring off in a deepening economic war.

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

Larry, the cat adopted by 10 Downing Street, seems to be the only constant in a place where everything changes every minute.

European shares fell on Wednesday, with miners leading losses, as investors fretted over global demand outlook for metals following lacklustre trade data from China, while Ubisoft slid as a deal with Tencent dampened its buyout prospects.

British Prime Minister Liz Truss said she would set out plans to tackle soaring energy bills on Thursday but would not impose a windfall tax on energy producers, with borrowing instead set to increase to fund the costly intervention.

A UK man, Thomas Nutt, has been found guilty of murdering his wife on their wedding night.

The wife of a minister sacked by the newly appointed Prime Minister, Liz Truss, has called the PM an "imbecile" for sacking her husband.

One of British politics' firmest critics of China became prime minister on Tuesday as Liz Truss, a self-styled defender of the post-war western world order, replaced Boris Johnson whose policy towards Beijing failed to harden fast enough for many in his party.

The euro zone is almost certainly entering a recession, with surveys on Monday showing a deepening cost of living crisis and a gloomy outlook that is keeping consumers wary of spending.

New UK Prime Minister Liz Truss inherits an economy set to enter recession before the end of the year, with double-digit inflation forecast to soar further.

A 71-year-old former coal worker from South Wales has claimed to be a descendant of the Malaysian royal family.

The British government is set to release data showing around 1.1 billion pounds of small business loans ($1.27 billion) made under a COVID-19 emergency lending scheme has already been classified as suspected fraud, a source told Reuters.

European stocks rose 2% on Friday, clocking gains for the first time in six days after key U.S.

Members of climate activist group Extinction Rebellion on Friday glued themselves to the Speaker's chair in the UK House of Commons.

Two women have accused a cabinet minister and a senior aide in Boris Johnson's government of sexual misconduct.

UK household incomes are set to fall 10 percent in real terms in the next two years in the steepest such drop for a century.

Britain on Wednesday banned an advertisement from consumer goods group Unilever over "misleading" environmental claims for its laundry detergent brand Persil.

With the heatwave, the drought, the cost-of-living crisis and now a shortage of pumpkins, the troubles for Brits do not seem to end anytime soon.

Hungry desperate thieves broke into a foodbank but left all the cash as it was lying there before the raid.

British prime ministerial candidate Rishi Sunak was seen performing a "Gau Puja" (cow worship) in London last weekend.

European electricity prices soared to new records on Friday, presaging a bitter winter as Russia's invasion of Ukraine inflicts economic pain across the continent.

UK cost-of-living crisis worsens as energy price cap nearly doubles

Finns are being urged to turn down their thermostats this winter, take shorter showers and spend less time in their beloved saunas.

A couple who fled Ukraine amid Russian bombing in February is all set to run the London Marathon to raise money for their country.