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Benedict Cumberbatch sorry for 'colored' remark
Benedict Cumberbatch apologized and said he was "devastated" after the Oscar-nominated actor referred to black colleagues as "colored" in a US television interview.
28 January 2015
Snakes 70 million years older than thought: study
A new look at four fossils has revealed that snakes' earliest known ancestor lived as many as 70 million years earlier than thought.
28 January 2015
WikiLeaks accuses Google of handing over emails to US
Whistleblowing site WikiLeaks accused Google of handing over the emails and electronic data of its senior staff to the US authorities.
27 January 2015
US spies link Litvinenko killing to Kremlin: report
US spies intercepted communications between the chief suspects in the murder case of Russian former spy Alexander Litvinenko.
24 January 2015
Kerry heads for London talks on combating jihadists
US Secretary of State John Kerry headed for London late to co-host talks on the fight against Islamic militants.
22 January 2015
Boyhood bolstered for Oscars at London Critics' awards
Coming of age film "Boyhood" scooped three prizes at the London Critics' Circle awards, nominated for six Academy Awards at next month's Oscars.
19 January 2015
Cameron rebuts pope on speech offensive to religion
British Prime Minister defended the right to speech that gives offense to others' religious beliefs, in a rebuttal to Pope Francis who said there should be limits.
19 January 2015
Highly anticipated Golovkin-Murray fight follows Mayweather and Pac-Man
Bleacher Report names Golovkin-Murray fight in Top 5 Fights to Watch in 2015.
18 January 2015
Barclays loses tens of millions over Swiss franc move
British bank Barclays has lost "tens of millions" of dollars after Switzerland's central bank scrapped its currency ceiling against the euro.
17 January 2015
Security for British Jews to be tightened says Cameron
Britain is to step up police patrols in areas with high Jewish populations, Prime Minister David Cameron said.
17 January 2015
Cameron meets Obama, vows cyber security cooperation
US President Barack Obama and Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron kicked off two days of talks at the White House.
16 January 2015
Soul singer Sam Smith leads Brit awards nominations
Singer-songwriter Sam Smith was nominated for a Brit award in five different categories, going up against artists such as Ed Sheeran and George Ezraю
16 January 2015
British Jewish people fear future in Europe: poll
Almost half of British Jewish people fear they have no long-term future in Britain or Europe.
14 January 2015
2,000 join Charlie Hebdo 'pencil' tribute in London
Around 2,000 people gathered in London to honour the victims of Islamist attacks in Paris, many raising pencils to the sky in memory of those killed.
12 January 2015
Kazakh student gets response letter from Queen Elizabeth II
A school student from Pavlodar in northern Kazakhstan Sofia Kairbayeva wrote a letter to Queen Elizabeth II and received a response.
11 January 2015
'Evil' British preacher Abu Hamza jailed for life in US
A US judge sentenced British hate preacher Abu Hamza to life behind bars for the deadly kidnapping of Western tourists in Yemen and terrorism.
10 January 2015
British PM Cameron to join Paris rally
British Prime Ministe said he would join in the mass rally being staged in Paris in the wake of the massacre at French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.
10 January 2015
Britain boosts ports security after French attack
Britain has stepped up security at ports serving France following the Islamist massacre in Paris, officials said.
09 January 2015
Troubled UK supermaket Tesco unveils revival plans
British supermarket giant Tesco launched cost-cutting plans to shut stores, sell assets and axe its dividend.
08 January 2015
Buckingham Palace in fresh denial of Andrew sex claims
Buckingham Palace issued a new denial of allegations that a US woman was kept as an underage "sex slave" and forced to have sexual relations with Britain's Prince Andrew.
05 January 2015