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15Nov

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King Charles marks 76th birthday at ‘surplus food festival’

King Charles III has marked his 76th birthday on Thursday by opening two food distribution hubs, as part of his Coronation Food Project that he launched a year ago in the hopes of bridging the gap between food poverty and food waste. Charles visited one of the new hubs in south London, which is hosting a "surplus food festival" where meals will be made using food that might otherwise have gone to waste. He was due to open the second Coronation Food Hub in Merseyside in northwest England, in a virtual ceremony. King Charles III arrives to inaugurate the Coronation Food Project hub, located at the Deptford Trading Estate, in South East London, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024, to celebrate his 76th birthday and the first anniversary of the Coronation Food Project. (Justin Tallis/...

23Aug

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Body of British tech magnate Mike Lynch among those recovered from yacht wreckage, officials say

The Italian coast guard said the body of British tech magnate Mike Lynch is among those recovered off the coast of Sicily from the wreckage of a superyacht whose builders had called unsinkable. One woman remains missing. She has not been identified, but Hannah Lynch, Lynch's 18-year-old daughter, is reportedly unaccounted for. The family had been celebrating his recent acquittal on fraud charges with the people who defended him at trial in the United States. Five others were recovered by rescue crews following Monday's tragedy. British tech giant Mike Lynch, his lawyer and four other people are among those missing after their luxury superyacht sank during a freak storm off Sicily early on Monday, August 19, 2024. (Composite) The Bayesian, a 56-metre British-flagged ...

Who is Julian Assange and why is the embattled WikiLeaks founder now on the verge of freedom?

26Jun

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Who is Julian Assange and why is the embattled WikiLeaks founder now on the verge of freedom?

A plea deal with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will bring a stunning conclusion to an international saga of the quixotic hacker who exposed government secrets. The deal reached with the US Justice Department will lead to freedom for Assange after the Australian spent 12 years either in self-exile or prison. This is a look at Assange, the case and the latest developments. Who is Julian Assange? An Australian editor and publisher, he is best known for having founded the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks, which gained massive attention — and notoriety — for the 2010 release of almost half a million documents relating to the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. His activism made him a cause célèbre among press freedom advocates who said his work in exposing US milita...

Rishi Sunak’s plan to make 18-year-olds do national service grabs attention on UK election trail

27May

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Rishi Sunak’s plan to make 18-year-olds do national service grabs attention on UK election trail

All 18-year-olds in Britain will have to perform a year of mandatory military or civilian national service if the governing Conservative Party wins the July 4 national election, the party has announced. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pledged on Sunday to bring back a form of national service for the first time in more than 60 years, seeking to energise his election campaign after a faltering start. The UK introduced military conscription for men and some women during World War II, and imposed 18 months of mandatory military service for men between 1947 and 1960. Since then Britain has had an all-volunteer military whose size has steadily shrunk. Britain's Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader Rishi Sunak reacts as he meets with veterans at a community breakfast duri...

UK court orders delay to extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to US on espionage charges

27Mar

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UK court orders delay to extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to US on espionage charges

A British court has ruled that Julian Assange can't immediately be extradited to the US on espionage charges, in a partial victory for the WikiLeaks founder. Two High Court judges said they would grant the Australian a new appeal unless US authorities give further assurances about what will happen to him. The ruling means the legal saga, which has dragged on for more than a decade, will continue. The case has been adjourned until May 20. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. (AP) Judges Victoria Sharp and Jeremy Johnson said that if no assurances are filed by the US, they will grant Assange permission to appeal extradition on grounds including breach of freedom of expression, and because he might receive the death penalty. "If assurances are not given then we...

King Charles III will attend Easter Sunday service in his first major appearance since diagnosis

27Mar

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King Charles III will attend Easter Sunday service in his first major appearance since diagnosis

King Charles III and Queen Camilla will attend an Easter service at the chapel at Windsor Castle on Sunday, Buckingham Palace officials says, in the first major appearance for the 75-year-old King since he was diagnosed with cancer in February. Officials said Charles and Camilla will be accompanied by members of the royal family at St George's Chapel. The event is expected to be smaller than usual. The King is undergoing treatment and has suspended almost all his public engagements since his diagnosis. (AP) Prince William and Catherine, the Princess of Wales, who announced last week that she is also undergoing cancer treatment, are not expected to attend. The King is undergoing treatment and has suspended almost all his public engagements since his diagnosis. ...