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The family of the British woman charged with helping the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein exploit underage girls has asked the U.S. attorney general to improve the treatment she is receiving during her trial “in the interest of justice and common humanity.” Ghislaine Maxwell’s family have written to Attorney General Merrick B. Garland requesting that authorities stop using four-point restraints to shackle her hands, waist and feet when she is moved from a holding cell to the courtroom, and that she receive a food pack and a bar of soap each day. The family also asked that she be allowed to meet with her attorneys for at least 30 minutes before and after each day’s proceedings.

Winners of the 2021 Nobel Prizes are receiving their awards in scaled-down local ceremonies adapted for pandemic times.

Tom Holland is trading in his Spidey suit for some tap shoes.

Britain’s government has tightened travel restrictions amid concerns about the spread of the omicron coronavirus variant.

Britain’s opposition Labour Party has raised complaints to police about Christmas parties held by Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s staff in his office last year in breach of coronavirus restrictions.

The head of the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One racing team apologized Friday for the way the team announced its partnership with a company involved in a London high-rise where a fire killed 72 people. The team announced a sponsorship deal this week allowing building products maker Kingspan to put its logo on the nose cone of world champion Lewis Hamilton’s car beginning with a weekend race in Saudi Arabia. Survivors and family members of the people who died in the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire immediately condemned the deal and asked the team to sever its ties with Kingspan.

The U.S. agencies expressed their appreciation to the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for hosting them during this event, and for the opportunity to meet in person with the CMA to discuss cooperation between our respective jurisdictions. Following the meeting’s conclusion, the UK CMA, the FTC, and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice issue this joint statement. This week’s Competition Enforcers Summit underscored the similar challenges we face as enforcement agencies. And in today’s global economy, our agencies often review the same mergers or confront similar potentially anticompetitive conduct. Deeper recognition of our common cause of tackling anticompetitive conduct and mergers opens up possibilities for us to implement robust cross-border enforcement regimes and achieve success in ways that would elude individual agencies working alone.

Antony Sher, one of the most acclaimed Shakespearean actors of his generation, has died aged 72

A British study has found that Black and other ethnic minority people in the U.

The case for why the Swiss giant should keep its coal mines has been strengthened by Anglo’s Thungela spin-off

The south-east London by-election was prompted by the death of former MP James Brokenshire.

The court dismissed the newspaper group's appeal against an earlier ruling finding it had illegally violated the Duchess of Sussex's privacy by publishing parts of a letter to her father.

The IOC said that "a team" from the committee held a video call with Peng, but it did not outline what was discussed or provide any photos or video.

The European Commission probe found that traders occasionally coordinated trading plans via a chatroom called Sterling Lads.

The court dismissed the newspaper group's appeal against an earlier ruling finding it had illegally violated the Duchess of Sussex's privacy by publishing parts of a letter to her father.

The top adviser to the European Union’s highest court says the principle of linking the bloc’s budget disbursements to respect for rule of law is compatible with the bloc’s laws and that a challenge by Hungary and Poland should be dismissed.

A London medical conference attended by hundreds of the UK’s leading cardiologists has sparked a worldwide health alert after a heart specialist contracted the omicron variant.

A collective from Belfast won the prestigious U.K. prize. Prize organizers said the work tackles "urgent social and political issues affecting Northern Ireland with humor, seriousness and beauty."

An 11-person collective from Belfast that aims to transcend Northern Ireland’s political and religious divides has won the U.K.’s prestigious Turner Prize for art.

A man has been arrested after breaching security at Britain’s Parliament.

HSBC is launching a new feature in its mobile app that lets U.K. customers invest in a range of ready-made funds.

Many tourism businesses hoped for a recovery after last year's shutdowns, but the omicron variant has brought back covid restrictions.

Boris Johnson says there needs to be "another great surge" against coronavirus and the new variant.

Britain says it will offer all adults a booster dose of vaccine within two months to bolster the nation’s immunity as the new omicron variant of the coronavirus spreads.

"This is the Frankenstein of mutations," Alex Sigal from the Africa Health Research Institute in Durban, South Africa, said. CBS News foreign correspondent Debora Patta met the scientists in the lab where Omicron was first discovered.

U.S. futures are sliding, following Asian and European markets lower, on concerns that the new omicron Covid-19 variant could potentially evade vaccines.

Strategists and economists are cautioning investors against hasty action.

Barbados has stopped pledging allegiance to Queen Elizabeth II as it shed another vestige of its colonial past and became a republic for the first time in history

Lululemon has filed a patent lawsuit against Peloton, in a feud over the deigns of its sports bras and leggings designs.

The Caribbean island of Barbados is preparing to wave goodbye to Queen Elizabeth II as head of state as it cuts ties with its colonial past and becomes a republic for the first time in history

The heavily-mutated omicron Covid-19 variant has been detected in more countries as governments around the world weigh new travel bans and restrictive measures.

Britain is extending its COVID-19 booster vaccine program to millions more people as part of efforts to tackle the spread of the new omicron variant, which is feared to be more contagious and vaccine resistant.

European stocks are expected to start the new trading week far higher, despite extensive concerns over the newly-discovered omicron Covid variant.

Efforts to create "green jobs" need to intensify if the government is to meet its target, a report says.

The World Health Organization has urged countries not to impose flight bans on southern African nations due to concerns over the new omicron variant.

Chelsea's lead in the Premier League was cut to one point after drawing 1-1 with Manchester United.

The Beatle's memoir contains stories of his life, inspiration, and the music that changed the world, set against the lyrics of 154 of his most important songs.

The first winter storm of the season, named Arwen, hit parts of the north of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland particularly hard, with gusts of nearly 100 mph. Falling trees killed two people.

Plans to reopen the Central and Victoria lines in the early hours will be disrupted.

Experts have declared the drawing of a mother and child a long-lost work by German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer.

Protestors from Extinction Rebellion blockaded Amazon distribution centers in the U.K. as part of an effort disrupt the e-commerce giant's Black Friday.

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Buy now, pay later products like Klarna's have seen surging demand over the last year, thanks in no small part to the coronavirus pandemic.

Actor Gianna Jun and the producer of "Jirisan" discuss the difficulties they encountered while shooting the mountain ranger drama. (Nov. 25)

As several European nations tighten up or lock down to combat a spike in coronavirus infections, life in Britain is almost back to normal.

The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade has returned in full, after being crimped by the coronavirus pandemic last year. (Nov. 25)

A team of archaeologists from the University of Leicester in central England certainly appear to have the golden touch. Nearly a decade on from uncovering the remains of King Richard III under a car park near Leicester Cathedral, the university's archaeological team have unearthed a Roman mosaic featuring the great Greek hero of Achilles in battle with brave Hector during the Trojan War — this time in a farmer's field about 160 kilometers (100 miles) north of London. John Thomas, deputy director of University of Leicester Archaeological Services and project manager on the excavations, said the mosaic says a lot about the person who commissioned it in the late Roman period, between the 3rd and 4th century.

France won't impose "lockdowns, curfews, early closure of shops or travel restrictions" for the time being as it deals with the fifth Covid wave, announces Health Minister Olivier Veran in Paris.

Ahmed al-Raisi was chosen despite facing claims of complicity in torture by UAE security forces.

The prosecutor’s office in the French seaside town of Dunkirk has opened an investigation.

The Global Nutrition Report and other recent research shows a major gulf in diets around the world, with a big impact not only on our health, but the health of our planet.

Europe is slipping behind in its vaccination drives and could see hundreds of thousands more deaths by next spring, WHO has said.

Some British politicians are demanding a change in parliamentary rules after a lawmaker was told she could not bring her 3-month-old baby into the House of Commons chamber.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- The ongoing surge of daily new COVID-19 cases in Kent County is rivaling all-time highs set in November 2020, and the county’s top health official says it’s presenting even more of a challenge to hospitals. “I think this surge is worse and it’s more challenging, because our hospitals are under more stress now than they were then,” said Kent County Health Officer Adam London. An average of three people are dying of COVID-19 each day in the county, London said. The majority of new COVID-19 cases are among people who are unvaccinated, London said. About 16% of children in the county ages 5 to 11, or just under 10,000 kids, have received their first vaccine dose.

British politicians have come together for a Mass to mourn the death of slain lawmaker David Amess, with Pope Francis sending a message calling for mourners to “combat evil with good.”.

Istanbul-based Getir, which aims to ship groceries to people's doors in as little as 10 minutes, says it is buying Weezy to further expand into the U.K.

The SEC alleges Ripple and its executives sold $1.3 billion worth of XRP in an unregistered securities offering.

“Still Life” is that rare, affectionate novel that makes one feel grateful to have been carried along.

The U.K.'s Brit Awards are scrapping separate male and female artist categories in a shakeup designed to make the music prizes more inclusive.

During the London leg of his book tour, Will Smith shared he relocated to Los Angeles in the 1990s for a new start after owing the IRS a large debt.

Queen Elizabeth II has attended a double christening for two of her great-grandchildren.

Queen Elizabeth II attended a double christening on Sunday for two of her great-grandchildren. The 95-year-old British monarch, who has canceled several recent public appearances on her doctors’ advice, watched the baptisms of August, son of Princess Eugenie and her husband Jack Brooksbank, and Lucas Philip, son of Zara Tindall and her husband Mike Tindall. The queen has 12 great-grandchildren, the youngest of them 2-month-old Sienna Elizabeth, daughter of Princess Beatrice and her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi.

Tottenham has come from behind to beat Leeds 2-1 and earn a first win under Antonio Conte in the Premier League.

A taxi driver injured when his passenger’s homemade bomb exploded in the northwest England city of Liverpool says it’s a “miracle” he is alive.

He was present at the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, covered wars around the globe and caught the future Princess Diana in a stalled car.

During a performance of 'Escape to Margaritaville' at Shea's Performing Arts Center, attendees were greeted by a surprise, Jimmy Buffett himself!

The restored line in Devon is running a regular passenger service for the first time since 1972.

An employee of Chinese state TV has posted photos of missing tennis star Peng Shuai online in a new effort to dispel concern about her disappearance after she accused a senior leader of sexual assault.

Atomico, the VC firm set up by Skype co-founder Niklas Zennstrom, is close to announcing a new start-up fund worth around $1.2 billion, according to sources.

Two books explore a controversial U.S. policy and tell a vivid tale of victory.

The British government says it intends to ban the Palestinian militant group Hamas as a terrorist organization.

Google announced Monday that it plans to set up a new Google Research Australia lab in Sydney.

British police say the homemade bomb that killed a man in a taxi in Liverpool contained ball bearings and would have caused “significant injury or death” if it had exploded in different circumstances.

Two women and two children have died in a house fire in London.

A person familiar with the deal says NBC will continue to broadcast England’s Premier League with a bid of more than $2.7 billion over six years.

Wimbledon champion Ash Barty has finished No. 1 in the WTA singles rankings for the third consecutive season.

Quentin Tarantino’s attorney says he has every right to create and sell a series of “Pulp Fiction” NFTs.

A British court has sentenced nine members from the climate action group Insulate Britain to up to six months in prison for breaching an injunction designed to prevent road blockades.

Defense lawyers in the Vatican’s fraud and extortion trial have accused prosecutors of again withholding pieces of evidence, including an alleged interrogation of Pope Francis.

The World Health Organization says coronavirus deaths in Europe rose 5% in the last week, making it the only region in the world where COVID-19 deaths increased.

Consumer prices in the United Kingdom surged at the fastest rate in nearly a decade in October amid soaring energy costs.

Miramax is suing director Quentin Tarantino over the director’s plans to create and auction off a series of NFTs based on his work on “Pulp Fiction.”.

A small city in the top U.S. coal-mining state of Wyoming will be home to a Bill Gates-backed experimental nuclear power project near a coal-fired power plant scheduled to close soon.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has held talks with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis amid a renewed push by Athens for the return of marble statues that once stood in the Parthenon.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has proposed a ban on lawmakers acting as “paid consultants” and promised to tighten ethics rules in response to scandals over lobbying and outside jobs.

Analysts say the Bank of England is one step closer to raising interest rates next month after official figures showed that the end of the British government’s salary support program for workers during the coronavirus pandemic has not yet led to the feared increase in unemployment.

Royal Dutch Shell proposed moving its headquarters from the Netherlands to the United Kingdom and streamlining its structure in hopes of making it easier to move forward in a world transitioning away from a dependence on fossil fuels.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has hailed the U_N_ climate summit in Glasgow as a “game-changing agreement” that sounded the “death knell for coal power."

Queen Elizabeth II has missed out on the Remembrance Sunday service in London to pay tribute to Britain’s war dead after she sprained her back.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been given permission to marry his partner, lawyer Stella Moris, in prison.

Buckingham Palace says Queen Elizabeth II will attend a national service of remembrance for Britain’s war dead this weekend.

The World Health Organization is reporting that coronavirus deaths rose by 10% in Europe in the past week, making it the only world region where both COVID-19 cases and deaths are steadily increasing.

Nobel Peace Prize laureate and education activist Malala Yousafzai has announced her marriage.

Britain's telecommunications regulator says thousands of iconic red phone booths will be protected from removal under new rules.

The British government says all health care staff who work with the public will have to be vaccinated against the coronavirus starting in April.

A British newspaper publisher has begun its court appeal against a judge’s ruling that it invaded the privacy of the Duchess of Sussex by publishing parts of a letter she wrote to her estranged father, arguing that she knew the letter would potentially be published.

The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum says it has compiled evidence of increasing government repression against Uyghur Muslims in China's western Xinjiang region.

Marvel’s new film “Eternals” broke the mold in an area the studio has conspicuously avoided for years: Sex between superheroes.

Asian stock markets are mostly lower after Wall Street hit a new high and China reported a double-digit rise in exports.

West Ham ended Liverpool’s 25-match unbeaten run in all competitions with a 3-2 victory that dislodged the team from third place in the Premier League.