World Mar 11 Kate, Princess of Wales, apologizes for editing family photo that stoked speculation about her health Several news agencies that initially published the photo, including The Associated Press, withdrew the image over concerns about digital manipulation.
World Mar 08 Voters are being asked to change Ireland’s Constitution which says a woman’s place is in the home The twin referendums on International Women's Day are on deleting a reference in the 87-year-old document to women’s domestic duties and broadening the definition of the family.
World Feb 21 Assange went beyond journalism and should face espionage charges in the U.S., government lawyers say The lawyers were setting out arguments at Britain's High Court in response to a last-ditch bid by Assange's defense to stop his extradition from the U.K. to the United States.
World Feb 20 Ransomware group LockBit is disrupted by a global police operation that includes 2 arrests Britain's National Crime Agency says it led an international operation targeting LockBit, which provides ransomware as a service to so-called affiliates who infect victim networks with the computer-crippling malware and negotiate ransoms.
World Feb 20 WikiLeaks founder Assange begins final attempt to avoid extradition to U.S. Assange’s lawyers say he could face up to 175 years in prison if convicted, though American authorities have said the sentence is likely to be much shorter than that.
World Feb 09 Prince Harry settles with tabloid publisher over phone hacking claim Prince Harry has reached an out-of-court settlement with a tabloid newspaper publisher that invaded his privacy with phone hacking and other illegal snooping.
World Feb 06 King Charles III’s cancer was caught early, UK prime minister says The palace said Charles, who has generally enjoyed good health, “remains wholly positive about his treatment and looks forward to returning to full public duty as soon as possible.”…
World Feb 05 Irish, U.K. leaders visit Belfast to meet Northern Ireland’s newly revived government A political crisis was sparked when the main British unionist party walked out of the power-sharing administration to protest post-Brexit trading arrangements. The party was coaxed into returning last week.
Politics Feb 01 UK judge dismisses Trump’s lawsuit over dossier containing ‘shocking and scandalous claims’ A judge in London has thrown out a lawsuit by former U.S. President Donald Trump accusing a former British spy of making "shocking and scandalous claims" that were false and harmed his reputation.
World Jan 30 Northern Ireland’s largest political party ends 2-year boycott that left people with dysfunctional government Amid mounting public frustration, teachers, nurses and other public sector workers staged a 24-hour strike this month calling on politicians to return to the government and give them a long-delayed pay raise.