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UK gov't agenda focuses on immigration, economy

Thu, 09 May 2013 00:37:38 +0800

LONDON (AP) — The message was one of thrift and austerity, but the messenger was opulence incarnate.

Queen Elizabeth II to miss Commonwealth meeting

Tue, 07 May 2013 23:34:38 +0800

LONDON (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 biennial gathering since 1971.

To Hopis' dismay, tribal masks sold off in Paris

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 00:54:31 +0800

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 objections of the Hopi tribe and the U.S. government.

Exhibit of Jews in Germany raises interest, ire

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 22:40:42 +0800

BERLIN (AP) — "Are there still Jews in Germany?" ''Are the Jews a chosen people?"

Princess whose forbidden love gripped Sweden dies

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 07:14:17 +0800

STOCKHOLM (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 threat to the Bernadotte dynasty.

Welsh-born Swedish Princess Lilian dead at 97

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 02:09:57 +0800

STOCKHOLM (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 household, died Sunday. She was 97.

President's personal life hits French stage

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 23:36:37 +0800

PARIS (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 of his flashy predecessor's amorous exploits. Now, the words of the one-time dull Socialist are back to bite him in a new play.

Tabloid slams novelist Mantel over Kate comments

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 05:23:55 +0800

LONDON (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?

UK: No charges for Australian royal hoax DJs

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 22:35:08 +0800

LONDON (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.

Russian court may defer Pussy Riot member sentence

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 20:42:57 +0800

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 5-year-old son is a teenager, arguing that separation from her child now will do irreparable psychological damage.

Savile report: 'Unprecedented' child sex abuse

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:51:00 +0800

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 length and breadth of Britain, from TV studios to hospitals and even a hospice, a police report said Friday.

Savile report details child sex abuse

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 19:36:16 +0800

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 teens assaulted the length and breadth of Britain, from TV studios to hospitals and even a hospice.

Missoni scion on small plane missing in Venezuela

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 03:40:51 +0800

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 fashion house and five other people.

Strauss-Kahn drama hits the French stage

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 00:39:09 +0800

The 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 theater.

Inquest: Nurse in British royal hoax found hanging

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 12:44:35 +0800

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. inquest was told. The case is being treated as an apparent suicide.

New-found tale could be Hans Christian Andersen's

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 05:54:36 +0800

For 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 discovery has sent ripples through the literary world because it is believed to be one of the first tales ever written by Hans Christian Andersen.

UK police: Jimmy Savile is suspect in 199 crimes

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 05:54:51 +0800

The 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 the level of sexual abuse allegations against Savile as "unprecedented in the U.K."

Australian radio chair: Station reviewing policy

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 01:32:21 +0800

The 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 authorities said London police had contacted them about a possible investigation.

British police contact Australian police over hoax

Sun, 09 Dec 2012 20:12:50 +0800

British police say they have contacted Australian authorities about a possible investigation into an Australian radio station's hoax call to a U.K. hospital.

Anger at Australian radio station over royal hoax

Sun, 09 Dec 2012 02:21:41 +0800

It started out as a joke, but ended in tragedy.

Nurse who died after Kate hoax call was from India

Sat, 08 Dec 2012 22:13:17 +0800

A nurse found dead days after she took a crank call about the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge was originally from India, British police said Saturday, as details began to trickle out about the woman whose death has sparked anger at the Australian radio DJs behind the hoax.

Pregnant Kate discharged from London hospital

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 03:53:33 +0800

The Duchess of Cambridge left a London hospital Thursday after being treated for acute morning sickness related to her pregnancy.

US reacts with joy to royal baby news

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 21:15:40 +0800

An heir to the British throne is on the way — and Americans may be as enthralled as the Brits.

UK's Duchess of Cambridge expecting a baby

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 05:01:21 +0800

The most widely anticipated pregnancy since Princess Diana's in 1981 is official: Prince William's wife, Kate, is pregnant.

Iranian dissidents win 2012 Sakharov prize

Fri, 26 Oct 2012 22:03:04 +0800

Two Iranian dissidents — a lawyer and a film director — were awarded the 2012 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.

AP PHOTOS: Runway looks at London Fashion Week

Sun, 16 Sep 2012 05:55:21 +0800

Newcomers and established designers alike took audiences on flights of fancy on Day 2 of London Fashion Week on Saturday.

Prince Harry in Afghanistan to fly Apache copters

Fri, 07 Sep 2012 21:57:58 +0800

Prince Harry, third in line to the British throne, began a four-month combat tour Friday in Afghanistan as a gunner on an Apache attack helicopter, fresh from a vacation that included strip billiards in a Las Vegas hotel.

Crowds cheer queen on last day of Jubilee

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 01:39:58 +0800

Pealing church bells, artillery salutes and crowds cheering "God save the queen!" greeted Queen Elizabeth II on Tuesday, the last of four days of Diamond Jubilee celebrations honoring her 60 years on the throne.

British queen leads 1,000-strong jubilee flotilla

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 01:43:58 +0800

The River Thames became a royal highway Sunday, as Queen Elizabeth II led a motley but majestic flotilla of more than 1,000 vessels in a waterborne pageant to mark her Diamond Jubilee.

Skulls, sharks and polka dots in Damien Hirst show

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 03:39:36 +0800

There are pickled sharks and polka dots, cigarette butts, flies and butterflies.