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Harry and Meghan's cake will break with tradition, says royal baker

Reuters
Posted at May 18 09:54 AM

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding cake has taken 6 bakers 5 days to prepare and breaks with tradition, according to its designer Claire Ptak.   Read more »

'Thick-skinned' Trump to visit London despite protests

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 27 05:40 PM

Trump will defy protests to visit London during his July working trip to Britain, the US ambassador said Friday, adding that Trump was "very thick-skinned." Read more »

Royal wedding fever sweeps Britain

Simon Dawson, Reuters
Posted at Apr 19 07:51 PM

Souvenirs featuring Britain's Prince Harry and his fiancee Meghan Markle sit on display in a shop near Windsor Castle in Windsor, Britain. Read more »

Trump orders strikes against Syria over chemical weapons attack

Reuters
Posted at Apr 14 09:39 AM

US President Donald Trump on Friday ordered precision strikes targeting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's chemical weapons capabilities, as explosions were heard in the Syrian capital of Damascus. Read more »

UK's biggest royal fan set for summer of babies and weddings

James Pheby, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 11 12:22 PM

Festooned with bunting and guarded by a stained-glass sentry, the eccentric London home of retired charity worker Margaret Tyler is already bursting with souvenirs, but it is getting fuller by the day ahead of a busy summer for royal fans. Read more »

Robredo, tinawag na 'political distraction' ang VP vote recount

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 09 11:35 PM

Tinawag ni VP Leni Robredo na pansamantalang "political distraction" ang muling pagbibilang ng mga boto sa pagka-bise presidente kaugnay ng isinampang election protest ni dating Sen. Bongbong Marcos. Read more »

Family, friends bid farewell to Stephen Hawking

Lucas Colin, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 31 10:09 PM

Friends, family and colleagues of Stephen Hawking gathered Saturday to pay their respects at his private funeral in Cambridge, where the British science great spent most of his extraordinary life. Read more »

White House says Russia expulsion of diplomats marks 'deteroriation' in ties

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 30 08:40 AM

WASHINGTON - Russia's expulsion of 60 U.S. diplomats and shuttering of one of its consulates marks a "further deterioration" in relations between Washington and Moscow, the White House said Thursday. Read more »

Russia retaliates with diplomat expulsions, consulate closure

Anna Malpas and Dave Clark, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 30 08:16 AM

Russia on Thursday announced a mass expulsion of US diplomats and the closure of the US consulate in Saint Petersburg in retaliation to coordinated moves by Western countries to isolate Moscow in the wake of the poisoning of a former double agent in Britain. Read more »

EU blames Moscow for UK spy attack, recalls envoy

Danny Kemp and Alice Ritchie, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 23 11:33 AM

European Union leaders united behind British Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday in blaming Russia for a nerve agent attack in England, and agreed to recall their ambassador to Moscow for consultations. Read more »

600 invited to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding

Robin Millard, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 23 07:44 AM

LONDON, United Kingdom - Some 600 people have been invited to the wedding of Britain's Prince Harry and his fiancee Meghan Markle, Kensington Palace announced Thursday. Read more »

Britain expels 23 Russian diplomats over nerve attack on ex-spy

Estelle Shirbon and Costas Pitas, Reuters
Posted at Mar 15 07:09 AM

LONDON - Britain is to kick out 23 Russian diplomats, the biggest such expulsion since the Cold War, over a chemical attack on a former Russian double agent in England that Prime Minister Theresa May blamed on Moscow. Read more »

British lawmaker says UK gov't sold spy gear to PH

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 09 08:52 AM

A British legislator accused the government of the United Kingdom of abetting Malacañang's bloody war on drugs by selling high-tech spying equipment to the Philippines.  Read more »

Prince Harry and Meghan bring in public for wedding

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 02 06:48 PM

Britain's Prince Harry and his fiancee Meghan Markle have invited 2,640 members of the public into the grounds of Windsor Castle for their wedding in May, Kensington Palace said Friday Read more »

9 menor de edad, kabilang ang 4 anyos, nailigtas sa cybersex den

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 27 09:23 PM

Nasagip ng mga awtoridad ang 13, kabilang ang siyam na menor de edad, na biktima ng cybersex sa magkahiwalay na operasyon sa Tacloban City at Biliran kamakailan.   Read more »

ALAMIN: Mga trabaho sa Europa, Amerika na bukas para sa mga Pinoy

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 23 10:55 PM

Paalala ng isang malaking grupo ng mga recruitment agency, lahat ng job openings na ito ay mahigpit ang proseso ng application.  Read more »

Dua Lipa, Stormzy take top Brit awards

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Feb 22 07:37 AM

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - Rising British pop singer Dua Lipa and grime star Stormzy were the early winners at the Brit Awards on Wednesday as folk-pop hit machine Ed Sheeran missed out at a packed O2 Arena in London.  Read more »

Egg cells na binuo sa laboratoryo, nakikitang sagot sa pagkabaog

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 14 07:55 PM

Nakikitang sagot sa pagkabaog ang kamakaila'y tagumpay na pagbuo ng human eggs o egg cell sa labas ng katawan ng tao. Read more »

British warship to sail through disputed South China Sea

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 13 09:10 AM

SYDNEY, Australia - A British warship will sail from Australia through the disputed South China Sea next month to assert freedom of navigation rights, a senior official said Tuesday in a move likely to irk Beijing. Read more »

Kolehiyong pagmamay-ari ng isang Pinay, patok sa UK

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 01 11:47 PM

Kung nahuhuli ang Pilipinas sa ibang bansa sa Asya sa paggamit ng wikang Ingles, pinatunayan ng isang Pinay na in-demand at pinagkakatiwalaan pa rin ang mga Pinoy sa pagtuturo ng wikang Ingles sa United Kingdom. Read more »