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Prince Harry accuses UK royals of hiding phone hacking from him

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Mar 29 10:41 AM

The alleged wrongdoing dates from 1993-2011, but some went on as late as 2018, according to their lawyer David Sherborne. Read more »

Prince Harry makes surprise showing at UK privacy case

Helen Rowe, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Mar 28 02:07 PM

Britain's Prince Harry on Monday made an unexpected appearance at London's high court for a hearing in a privacy claim launched by celebrities and other figures against a newspaper publisher. Read more »

China warns AUKUS allies on 'path of error, danger' with subs pact

Ludovic Ehret, Jim Watson, and Sebastian Smith, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 14 06:13 PM

China warned that Australia, Britain and the US were treading a 'path of error and danger' after they unveiled a nuclear-powered submarines deal. Read more »

AUKUS submarine deal meant to keep peace in Indo-Pacific: officials

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 14 02:21 PM

Australia's nuclear submarine deal with the United States and Britain is meant to keep peace in the Indo-Pacific, officials have said. Read more »

UK economy rebounds after swerving recession

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 10 06:40 PM

Britain's economy rebounded in January, official data showed Friday, after it narrowly avoided recession in the fourth quarter despite soaring inflation. Read more »

Prince Harry's daughter christened 'Princess Lilibet Diana'

Agence France Presse
Posted at Mar 09 07:05 AM

Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have begun calling their young daughter Lilibet a princess, apparently ending uncertainty over the royal titles of their two children. Read more »

Prince Harry says always felt 'different' from other UK royals

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 05 09:57 AM

Prince Harry reportedly revealed he has long felt "slightly different" to the rest of Britain's royal family in an interview on Saturday with a trauma expert. Read more »

Britain returns trove of Angkor crown jewels to Cambodia

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 21 03:04 AM

The ministry said officials in Cambodia received the 77 pieces from the family of British antiquities dealer Douglas Latchford. Read more »

UK skirts recession with zero fourth-quarter growth

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 10 04:06 PM

Britain's economy narrowly avoided recession after flatlining in the last 3 months of 2022, despite soaring inflation, official data showed Friday. Read more »

Zelensky rallies European allies

Francesco Fontemaggi and Dave Clark, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 09 05:40 PM

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's tour of European capitals brought him to Brussels on Thursday to lobby EU leaders for jets and weapons. Read more »

UK health workers stage 'biggest NHS strike' in history

Deutsche Welle
Posted at Feb 07 10:32 AM

Nurses and paramedics had been striking separately since last year, but thousands downed tools together on Monday. Read more »

11-hour ambulance delay as UK healthcare hits crisis

Marie Heuclin, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 31 02:51 PM

The NHS is in deep crisis caused by austerity measures and the consequences of the pandemic. Read more »

Nursing federation slams UK recruitment from poorer nations

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 24 07:08 AM

Britain's recruitment of nurses from poorer countries as a quick fix for its own underinvestment in the profession is a serious cause of concern, the global nurses' federation said Monday. Read more »

Processions, lunches and concert to crown King Charles III

Joe Jackson, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 22 07:40 AM

The coronation weekend for King Charles III will feature a star-studded concert, nationwide "big lunch" and volunteering initiative as well as the traditional ceremony and royal processions, Buckingham Palace announced late Saturday. Read more »

London cop pleads guilty to 20 counts of rape

Deutsche Welle
Posted at Jan 17 10:01 AM

He allegedly met some of his victims through online dating apps or on social occasions, using his position as a police officer to gain their trust. Read more »

Harry's racism 'olive branch' dismissed in UK as book comes out

Anna Malpas and Jitendra Joshi, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 10 08:04 AM

Prince Harry's denial that he accused his family of racism was interpreted in the UK press Monday as a bizarre peace offering, but commentators argued the damage had already been done as his unflinching memoir comes out. Read more »

Prince Harry to spill on scandalous memoirs in TV interviews

Anna Malpas, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 08 12:54 PM

Prince Harry was set to discuss his memoirs in highly anticipated television interviews Sunday after the controversy caused by details of the book's explosive revelations about royal rifts, sex and drugs. Read more »

Harry memoir details sex, drugs, fights and killing

Helen Rowe and Phil Hazlewood, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 06 01:57 PM

Prince Harry's autobiography dominated headlines after a Spanish-language version of the memoir mistakenly went on sale. Read more »

Prince Harry accuses brother William of physical attack

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 05 01:18 PM

Britain's Prince Harry recounts in his new book how he was physically 'attacked' by his brother Prince William during an argument in 2019. Read more »

Strike-hit UK faces first rail stoppage of 2023

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 03 08:01 PM

Workers across the economy are at loggerheads with the government as they demand big pay rises to cope with decades-high inflation, currently running at nearly 11 percent. Read more »