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48-hour strike begins on London Underground Workers on London's Underground train system kicked off a 48-hour strike at 9:00 pm (2100 GMT) on Tuesday, threatening chaos for commuters on Wednesday and Thursday.
05 February 2014
Queen Elizabeth II to visit France for D-Day 70th anniversary Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip will make a state visit to France to mark the 70th anniversary of the Normandy landings.
04 February 2014
Next Iran nuclear talks set for February 18 in Vienna World powers will hold their next talks on Tehran's contested nuclear programme February 18, top Iranian and European Union diplomats agreed during Friday talks.
01 February 2014
Azamat Tenizbayev. ©Vesti.kz Kazakhstan Taekwondo Fed accuses London lawyer of deception Taekwondo Federation of Kazakhstan has promised to compensate all the expenses the champion landed himself into by sleeping in an airplane ... and sue his 'big bad lawyer'.
31 January 2014
Former mental health nurse wins Britain's Costa prize Debut author Nathan Filer won Britain's Costa Book Award on Tuesday for his novel "The Shock of the Fall", which draws on his experience as a mental health nurse.
29 January 2014
Britain's Queen Elizabeth. ©Reuters/Philip Toscano/Pool British MPs criticise Queen's household finances British lawmakers on Tuesday urged Queen Elizabeth II's royal household to do more to reduce running costs and produce clearer plans for the monarch's financial future.
28 January 2014
Photo courtesy of sg.news.yahoo.com British expat leaves job after Singapore 'poor people' remark A Singapore-based British wealth adviser who set off a firestorm by publicly insulting Singaporeans who have to rely on public transport has "parted ways" with his former employer, the firm said Saturday.
25 January 2014
Angela Lansbury returns to West End after 40 years British-American actress Angela Lansbury, star of "Murder, She Wrote", is returning to London's West End for the first time in nearly 40 years -- in the same theatre where her mother made her debut in 1918.
24 January 2014
Anton Casey. Photo courtesy of theonlinecitizen.com Singapore FM slams 'deeply offensive' remarks by British expat A Singapore-based British wealth manager's Facebook posts deriding public transport commuters as poor are "deeply offensive, wrong, and unacceptable".
23 January 2014
Anton Casey. Photo courtesy of singaporenewsalternative.blogspot.com British expat's 'poor people' remark sparks outrage in Singapore A Porsche-driving British wealth manager in Singapore who referred to public transport commuters as "poor people" has apologised after his Facebook posts sparked an online furore.
22 January 2014
The Dominican Republic Punta Cana. Photo © World Super Travel Update: Rebellious teens from Stonyhurst College found in run down apartment The rebellious teenagers Indira Gainieva and her boyfriend Edward Bunyan were found by the police of the Dominican Republic.
22 January 2014
LG "G-Flex". Photo courtesy of techno.bigmir.net LG to launch curved smartphone in Europe South Korea's LG Electronics will start selling its first curved-screen smartphone -- seen as a first step to fully flexible products -- in Europe next month .
21 January 2014
Photo courtesy of explorersweb.com British teen claims new South Pole trek record A 16-year-old British schoolboy on Saturday became the youngest person ever to trek to the South Pole.
20 January 2014
©Marat Abilov New discoveries about Kazakhs made in Britain The unique findings, that show the life of Kazakh people during the 14th century have been discovered in Great Britain.
17 January 2014
Queen Elizabeth II. ©Reuters/John Stillwell/Pool Weird and wonderful world of British royal gifts revealed A garden gnome, a chocolate royal coach and a falconry glove were among the gifts presented to Britain's royal household last year.
17 January 2014
©Reuters/Romeo Ranoco International probe cracks Philippine child web sex ring An international probe has cracked a paedophile ring which streamed live sexual abuse of Filipino children over the Internet, leading to dozens of arrests, police in the Philippines.
16 January 2014
Burberry says sales sparkle over Christmas Sales of Burberry's luxury handbags and clothing soared over the crucial festive trading period, boosted by impressive growth in Asia, the British fashion group revealed on Wednesday.
16 January 2014
©Reuters/Mike Stone Flagship Motorola smartphone headed for Europe Motorola announced Tuesday that its flagship Moto X smartphone is heading for Europe.
15 January 2014
'Je suis le sexy chien!': UK papers lap up Hollande scandal British newspapers on Saturday leapt on allegations that Francois Hollande is having an affair with an actress, splashing the story over the front pages and poking fun at the French president.
11 January 2014
©Reuters/David W Cerny  Wanted: Billions of bees for European farms Many countries in Europe face a worrying lack of crop-pollinating honeybees, a problem caused mainly by an EU policy shift in favour of biofuels.
10 January 2014
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