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Britain’s Treasury chief says he would be prepared to see the British economy slip back into recession if further interest rate hikes are necessary to bring down inflation.

British Airways has canceled dozens of flights due to computer problems in a rocky kickoff to Europe's summer travel season.

Police say a car has collided with the gates of Downing Street in central London, where the British prime minister’s home and offices are located.

Britain’s energy regulator says the typical household energy bill will come down by around $495 a year starting in July as global wholesale energy prices decline.

Official figures show that inflation in the U.K. has fallen to its lowest level since the immediate aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine which caused energy and food costs to surge.

Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov and translator Angela Rodel have won the International Booker Prize for “Time Shelter,” a darkly comic novel about the dangerous appeal of nostalgia.

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who was fined for breaking his own government’s pandemic lockdown rules, has been reported to police over more potential breaches.

The International Monetary Fund says the British economy will avoid falling into recession this year.

Climate change protesters have been dragged away as they tried to storm the stage at Shell’s shareholder meeting.

A London judge has ruled against Prince Harry in his efforts to pay for police protection when he visits Britain.

Portuguese police say they'll resume searching for Madeleine McCann, the British toddler who disappeared in the Algarve region in 2007, in the next few days.

Britain’s interior minister has brushed off reports that she tried to pull strings after getting a speeding ticket.

Andy Rourke, bass guitarist of The Smiths, one of the most influential British bands of the 1980s, has died after a lengthy illness with pancreatic cancer, his former bandmate Johnny Marr said Friday.

U.K. telecom company BT Group plans to shed up to 55,000 jobs by the end of the decade and replace some of them with artificial intelligence.

Angelina Jolie announced a new fashion venture Wednesday.

A spokesperson for Prince Harry and his wife Meghan says the couple were involved in a car chase while being followed by photographers.

British lawmakers are warning that the country's Parliament building is at “real and rising” risk of destruction.

Wireless carrier Vodafone says it’s laying off 11,000 workers as part of a major revamp aimed at cutting costs and boosting flagging financial performance.

British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace says the U.K. is sending Ukraine long-range cruise missiles to help push back Russian forces.

The Bank of England is set to raise interest rates to their highest level since late 2008 as it continues to combat stubbornly high inflation in the U.K. Financial markets expect the bank’s nine-member Monetary Policy Committee to lift its main interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point to 4.5% on Thursday.

The U.K. government has scrapped plan to remove all remaining EU laws from British statute books by the end of this year.

Britain’s fertility regulator has confirmed the births of the U.K.'s first babies created using an experimental technique combining DNA from three people.

An anti-monarchy group says it plans to take legal action against London’s Metropolitan Police after several of its members were arrested as they prepared to protest the coronation of King Charles III.

European lawmakers have rushed to add language on general artificial intelligence systems like ChatGPT as they put the finishing touches on the Western world's first AI rules.

An Associated Press reporter attended the coronation of King Charles III — although she didn't see much.

If ever there was a banner day for hats _ wild and colorful hats _ it was Saturday.

First lady Jill Biden says it was “just amazing” to be able to witness the coronation of Britain's King Charles III in person.

Watch King Charles III’s coronation ceremony on Saturday, live from Westminster Abbey in London, England.

Watch King Charles III’s coronation ceremony on Saturday, live from Westminster Abbey in London, England.

King Charles III was crowned at Westminster Abbey, in a ceremony steeped in ancient ritual and brimming with bling at a time when the monarchy is striving to remain relevant in a fractured modern Britain.

King Charles III’s coronation Saturday will mix of a thousand-year tradition with the streaming age.

There is a very special coronation happening very soon for King Charles, but until then, let’s look back at photos of what Queen Elizabeth’s coronation looked like, all the way back in 1953, shall we?

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he will declare his allegiance to King Charles III at the monarch’s coronation.

First lady Jill Biden is in London for the coronation of King Charles III.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has expressed frustration at the United States’ continuing efforts to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

Britain’s free trade agreements with New Zealand and Australia will come into force by the end of this month.

Britain’s competition watchdog is opening a review of the artificial intelligence market, focusing on the technology underpinning chatbots like ChatGPT.

Global energy giant Shell says it earned nearly $10 billion in the first quarter, becoming the latest fossil fuel company to post strong financial results despite sliding oil and gas prices.

Britain's security minister says the coronation of King Charles III involves one of the most important security operations in U.K. history.

London police say a controlled explosion has been carried out as a precaution outside Buckingham Palace after a man was arrested on suspicion of possessing an offensive weapon.

Before the glory of his coronation weekend, King Charles III has visited Parliament to get a reminder that the monarch’s power has limits.

British energy giant BP has posted strong quarterly profit numbers even as energy prices that soared after Russia’s war in Ukraine last year have eased off.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino's tactic of publicly criticizing broadcasters for offering to pay too little to screen the Women’s World Cup has not worked out yet.

At a time when religion is fueling tensions around the world, King Charles III is trying to bridge the differences between the faith groups that make up Britain’s increasingly diverse society.

King Charles III hasn’t even been crowned yet but his name is already etched on the walls of Hill House School in London.

Erling Haaland scored his 50th goal of the season as Manchester City moved to the top of the Premier League.

The coronation service for King Charles III will be one of many faiths and many languages.

It’s job done for Roy Hodgson.

French actor Eva Green has been awarded $1 million by a British court in her dispute over the collapse of a project she feared was destined to become a “B movie” that could ruin her career.

In 1953, London was still recovering from World War II.

An attorney for The Sun tabloid has used Prince Harry’s own words to argue that his phone hacking lawsuit should be thrown out.

The U.K. Supreme Court has ruled that the Jehovah's Witnesses organization isn't liable for an elder who raped a member of his congregation.

Freddie Mercury’s extensive collection of costumes, fine art, and even hand-written working lyrics to “We Are the Champions” and “Killer Queen,” will be auctioned in September.

An Appalachian update on Charles Dickens and a tale told by a dolphin are among six finalists for the prestigious Women’s Prize for Fiction.

The All England Club will pay for two rooms for Ukrainian tennis players and their teams during the grass-court season and will donate what could top more than $600,000 after deciding to allow players from Russia and Belarus back into the tournament despite the ongoing war.

Kelvin Kiptum collapsed to the ground after winning the London Marathon and recording the second fastest time in history over the distance.

Tony Award-winning comedian Barry Humphries, renowned for his garish stage persona Dame Edna Everage, is in a Sydney hospital with complications following hip surgery.

Real Madrid is making it look easy this time.

Basketball’s international governing body FIBA says Russia has been excluded from qualification for the men’s Olympic basketball tournament in Paris next year.

Senegalese singer-songwriter Baaba Maal has been named a goodwill ambassador for the U.N. Covention to Combat Desertification.

More than 6,000 British military personnel will take part in the coronation of King Charles III, the U.K. forces’ biggest ceremonial deployment in seven decades.

A British nursing union has rejected a pay offer from the government, dashing hopes of a quick end to a months-long wave of public-sector strikes that has disrupted schools, hospitals and services.

Premier League clubs have agreed to ban sponsorship from gambling companies on the front of their shirts.

Tens of thousands of doctors have walked off the job across England in a four-day strike billed as the most disruptive in the history of the U.K.’s public health service.

Britain is bracing for a four-day walkout by tens of thousands of doctors at the state-funded health care system.

The British public health system is warning that a planned four-day strike by tens of thousands of doctors could lead to the postponement of a quarter-million medical appointments.

Paul Cattermole, a member of early-2000s British pop group S Club 7, has died at the age of 46.

The historical drama, “Jeanne du Barry,” starring Johnny Depp as King Louis XV, will open the 76th Cannes Film Festival.

Prince Harry is expected to testify in a London courtroom in June in one of his phone hacking lawsuits against British tabloids.

Teachers in England have rejected the government’s latest pay offer, raising the specter of more strikes and further disruptions for parents and children as double-digit inflation sparks labor unrest across the country.

Winners of the 2023 Olivier Awards, handed out Sunday for achievement in London theater, opera and dance include: “My Neighbor Totoro,” which won six prizes including best new comedy and best director.

Screen stars Paul Mescal and Jodie Comer have won prizes at London’s Olivier Awards for their first-ever West End stage roles.

Chelsea has fired manager Graham Potter with the club languishing in the middle of the Premier League standings despite spending around $630 million on players in the last two transfer windows.

King Charles III won plenty of hearts during his three-day visit to Germany, his first foreign trip since becoming king following the death of his mother, Elizabeth II, last year.

Six climate change activists were spared prison sentences for storming last year’s British Grand Prix Formula 1 race in one of a series of disruptive protests against fossil fuels.

Prince Harry has returned to a London court as his lawyer fought to keep his phone hacking lawsuit against a British tabloid publisher alive.

King Charles III has become the first monarch to speak before Germany’s parliament.

Prince Harry has returned to court for the second day of hearings to see if the phone hacking lawsuit he brought with Elton John and other celebrities can withstand a challenge from the publisher of The Daily Mail.

A lawyer for a group of British tabloids is asking a judge in London to toss out lawsuits by Prince Harry, Elton John and several other celebrities who allege phone tapping and other invasions of privacy.

England and Portugal have made it two wins out of two at the start of European Championship qualifying as their star players continued their record-breaking streaks.

Adele has announced that she’s extending her Las Vegas residency with 34 more dates between June and November and also plans to release a concert film.

Nicholas Lloyd Webber, the Grammy-nominated composer, record producer and eldest son of Andrew Lloyd Webber, died Saturday in England.

Visitors to London’s Westminster Abbey will be allowed to stand for the first time on the exact spot where King Charles III will be crowned.

The Bank of England has focused on fighting inflation with an 11th consecutive interest rate increase despite concerns about the economic fallout from troubles in the global financial system.

Indian police are searching for a Sikh separatist leader who has revived calls for an independent homeland, stirring fears of violence in northwestern Punjab state.

Britain’s inflation rate has risen for the first time in four months in February.

London’s police force has lost the confidence of the people it serves because it is riven with institutional racism, misogyny and homophobia and doesn’t do enough to weed out bad officers, according to a withering report commissioned after a young woman was raped and killed by a serving officer.

Martina Navratilova says she has been told by doctors that she is “cancer-free” and that she should be “good to go” after some additional radiation treatment.

TikTok has rolled out updated rules and standards for content and users as it faces increasing pressure from Western authorities over concerns that material on the popular Chinese-owned video-sharing app could be used to push false information.

Bukayo Saka struck twice as Arsenal moved a step closer to the Premier League title by beating Crystal Palace 4-1.

One show wasn’t enough: World famous rapper Drake announced a second tour stop in Detroit this summer due to “overwhelming demand” after the first show was announced.

Lawyers for Prince Harry have asked a judge to rule that a tabloid newspaper libeled the British royal with an article about his quest for police protection when he and his family visit the U.K. Harry is suing Mail on Sunday publisher Associated Newspapers Ltd.

For Adam Brody, donning the padded superhero suit in “Shazam!”.

When I first started watching Apple TV+’s hit series “Ted Lasso” a few years ago, I just assumed that the football club that Jason Sudeikis’ character coaches (and the area it surrounds) was completely fictional. While the soccer (er, football) team AFC Richmond is totally fake, the small city of Richmond is totally real.

Streaming king Drake is headed out on the road with his collaborator 21 Savage, following the release of two albums last year.

Tens of thousands of junior doctors are on strike across England to demand better pay, kicking off three days of widespread disruption at the U.K.‘s state-funded hospitals and health clinics.

Arsenal has re-established a five-point lead in the Premier League with a slick 3-0 win at Fulham.

Total pay for BP’s CEO more than doubled to $12 million last year.

The U.S. is adding more sanctions on Iranian state officials who are accused of violating women’s rights, amid nationwide anti-government protests over the treatment of young women and girls.

Two senior clergymen in Jerusalem have consecrated the holy oil that will be used to anoint King Charles III during his May 6 coronation, as the Anglican Church seeks to underscore the monarchy’s long history and the royal family’s links to the Middle East.