UK gov't agenda focuses on immigration, economy AP - Thu, May 9, 2013LONDON (AP) — The message was one of thrift and austerity, but the messenger was opulence incarnate. More »
Queen Elizabeth II to miss Commonwealth meeting AP - Tue, May 7, 2013LONDON (AP) — The 87-year-old Queen Elizabeth II will skip the Commonwealth heads of government meeting in Sri Lanka this fall — the first time she's missed the More »
- To Hopis' dismay, tribal masks sold off in Paris AP - Sat, Apr 13, 2013
PARIS (AP) — In a chaotic auction repeatedly interrupted by protests, dozens of Native American tribal masks were sold Friday after a French court rejected the More »
Exhibit of Jews in Germany raises interest, ire AP - Fri, Mar 29, 2013BERLIN (AP) — "Are there still Jews in Germany?" ''Are the Jews a chosen people?" More »
Princess whose forbidden love gripped Sweden dies AP - Mon, Mar 11, 2013STOCKHOLM (AP) — She was one of the better kept secrets of Sweden's royal household: a commoner and divorcee whose relationship with Prince Bertil was seen as a More »
Welsh-born Swedish Princess Lilian dead at 97 AP - Mon, Mar 11, 2013STOCKHOLM (AP) — Welsh-born Princess Lilian of Sweden, whose decades-long love story with the king's uncle was one of the better kept secrets of the royal More »
President's personal life hits French stage AP - Sat, Feb 23, 2013PARIS (AP) — A vow to keep his private life out of the public eye helped sweep Francois Hollande to power last year as France's president, attracting voters tired More »
Tabloid slams novelist Mantel over Kate comments AP - Wed, Feb 20, 2013LONDON (AP) — A novelist, a duchess and a tabloid newspaper have ignited an explosive debate in Britain: Is it all right to criticize a pregnant Kate? More »
UK: No charges for Australian royal hoax DJs AP - Fri, Feb 1, 2013LONDON (AP) — British prosecutors said Friday they will not press charges against two Australian DJs over the royal hoax call that preceded a nurse's suicide. More »
- Russian court may defer Pussy Riot member sentence AP - Wed, Jan 16, 2013
BEREZNIKI, Russia (AP) — A member of feminist punk band Pussy Riot asked a Russian court on Wednesday to let her serve the rest of her two-year sentence when her More »
- Savile report: 'Unprecedented' child sex abuse AP - Fri, Jan 11, 2013
LONDON (AP) — The late entertainer Jimmy Savile committed more than 200 sex crimes over more than half a century, with most victims children and teens assaulted the More »
- Savile report details child sex abuse AP - Fri, Jan 11, 2013
LONDON (AP) — British police say the late entertainer Jimmy Savile committed more than 200 sex crimes over more than half a century, with most victims children and More »
- Missoni scion on small plane missing in Venezuela AP - Sun, Jan 6, 2013
ROME (AP) — Rescue crews used boats and aircraft on Saturday to search for a small plane that disappeared in Venezuela carrying the CEO of Italy's iconic Missoni More »
Strauss-Kahn drama hits the French stage AP - Wed, Dec 19, 2012The calamitous moments inside the New York hotel that cost Dominique Strauss-Kahn his career, his dignity and possibly even his wife have now been turned into More »
- Inquest: Nurse in British royal hoax found hanging AP - Fri, Dec 14, 2012
A nurse was found hanging in her room three days after she had been duped by a hoax call from Australian DJs about the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge, a U.K. More »
New-found tale could be Hans Christian Andersen's AP - Fri, Dec 14, 2012For years, the somber fairy tale about a lonely candle that wanted to be lit dwelt in oblivion at the bottom of a box in Denmark's National Archives. Its recent More »
UK police: Jimmy Savile is suspect in 199 crimes AP - Thu, Dec 13, 2012The late BBC entertainer Jimmy Savile is a suspect in 199 crimes recorded so far, including dozens of cases of rape, British police said Wednesday. They described More »
Australian radio chair: Station reviewing policy AP - Mon, Dec 10, 2012The reverberations from the death of a nurse who accepted a hoax phone call about the ill Duchess of Cambridge spread through two countries Sunday, as Australian More »
British police contact Australian police over hoax AP - Sun, Dec 9, 2012British police say they have contacted Australian authorities about a possible investigation into an Australian radio station's hoax call to a U.K. hospital. More »
Anger at Australian radio station over royal hoax AP - Sun, Dec 9, 2012It started out as a joke, but ended in tragedy. More »
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