Новости по теме Great Britain

DNA flaw boosts cancer risk from diabetes: study A DNA flaw may explain why people with Type 2 diabetes are more prone to blood cancers than the rest of the population.

15 July 2013

Boeing stocks dive after 787 fire at Heathrow Boeing stocks plunged nearly 5 percent on Friday after a fire and a "technical issue" on separate 787 Dreamliners in Britain stoked fresh safety concerns about the new high-tech jetliner.

13 July 2013

What's in a name? More than you think, experts say A name can influence everything from your school grades and career choice to who you marry and where you live.

11 July 2013

Air pollution boosts lung, heart risks: studies Long-term exposure to particulate air pollution boosts the risk of lung cancer, even at concentrations below the legal maximum.

10 July 2013

New gene sequencing yields healthy baby Scientists said Monday they had used a new-generation gene sequencing technique to select a viable embryo for in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) that yielded a healthy baby boy.

08 July 2013

Art collector Saatchi divorcing TV chef wife after row British art collector Charles Saatchi told a newspaper on Sunday that he is divorcing his wife, celebrity chef Nigella Lawson, following an incident in which he grabbed her by the neck outside a London restaurant.

07 July 2013

Jordan vows 'credibility' as Britain sends Abu Qatada home Jordan on Sunday vowed "credibility and transparency" in dealing with radical Islamist cleric Abu Qatada after Britain deported him to Amman to face terror charges.

07 July 2013

Britain's royal baby will have surprising family tree Even before the birth of the new British royal baby to Prince William and his wife Kate, genealogists are looking into its family tree, and are coming up with many surprises.

06 July 2013

More modern monarchs choose not to rule until death Retirement is not traditionally on the cards for queens, kings or popes, but in recent months many are choosing to step aside instead of labouring on until death.

05 July 2013

Samruk-Kazyna mulls cooperating with British companies Samruk-Kazyna National Welfare Fund’s group of companies has signed memorandums of cooperation with British businessmen.

04 July 2013

'Cousin marriage' doubles gene risk for babies: study First cousins who marry run twice the risk of having a child with genetic abnormalities, according to the findings of a study in the English city of Bradford, published Friday in The Lancet.

04 July 2013

El Greco sets new record at London auction El Greco's 400 year-old painting "Saint Dominic in Prayer" on Wednesday broke the record for a Spanish Old Master, selling at a London auction for £9,154,500 ($14,000,000, 10,750,000 euros).

04 July 2013

Mother-to-be Kate faces Diana comparisons As Prince William's wife Catherine prepares to give birth to a new heir to the throne, she faces renewed comparisons with her late mother-in-law, Princess Diana, whom she never met.

04 July 2013

Ecuador says hidden microphone found in London embassy A hidden microphone was found in Ecuador's embassy in London, where WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is holed up.

04 July 2013

Cameron admits watching Borat before visiting Kazakhstan Great Britain’s Prime-Minister David Cameron has admitted watching Borat movie several hours before flying to Kazakhstan.

03 July 2013

Kazakhstan signs strategic partnership agreement with Great Britain This will be the first strategic agreement between the countries, Nursultan Nazarbayev said before the signing.

03 July 2013

Nazarbayev and Cameron discuss incident with armless Kazakhstan artist Kazakhstan President and British Prime-Minister have discussed the incident that happened with the visa of disabled artist from Kazakhstan Karipbek Kuyukov.

03 July 2013

Higgs evidence mounts one year on, so too the suspense A year since the discovery of a subatomic particle set the science world aflutter, evidence is mounting it may be the elusive Higgs boson even as researchers warn the suspense is far from over.

02 July 2013

World bets on British royal baby name, sex and everything else Will it be a girl called Alexandra, or a boy called Wayne? No one outside Buckingham Palace knows but it has not stopped punters from around the world betting on Britain's royal baby.

02 July 2013

Cameron unveils oil and gas plant in Kazakhstan "We're in a global race for jobs and investment. This is one of the most rapidly emerging countries in the world," the prime minister told the BBC in Atyrau on Monday.

01 July 2013

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