Chinatown in New York is a vibrant area crammed with restaurants for dumplings, pork buns and hand-pulled noodles. Its sidewalks are full of people, many of them tourists, picking their way through souvenir stores, bubble tea shops, and markets selling everything from fresh and dried fish to herbs and spices. Locals hang out in leafy...
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Japan’s Royal Family In UK For 3-Day State Visit Hosted By King Charles
The trip will be the emperor’s second official state visit since his accession to the throne in 2019. London: Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako arrive in Britain on Saturday ahead of a three-day state visit hosted by King Charles III. The royal couple are due to touch down on a flight from Japan and...
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Who are UK’s billionaire Hindujas? Why were they jailed by Swiss Court?
Ajay Hinduja, with wife and parents. (Bloomberg Photo) 3 min read Last Updated : Jun 22 2024 | 10:01 AM IST Four members of the Hinduja family, the richest in Britain, were sentenced to jail for up to 4.5 years by a Swiss court in Geneva on Friday after being found guilty of exploiting their...
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Nobody is confronting the great Remainer lie about Brexit
Eight years ago on Sunday, we went to vote in the Brexit referendum. Let’s not forget that most of our rulers never wanted it in the first place. It only happened because of the campaigning of Nigel Farage and Ukip and the determination of a bunch of Tory MPs like Sir Bill Cash. It became...
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Hindujas: Four members of Britain’s richest family get jail sentences after exploiting servants
Four members of Britain’s richest family have received jail sentences after being found guilty of exploiting their vulnerable domestic workers and providing unauthorised employment. Indian-born tycoon Prakash Hinduja and his wife Kamal, along with their son Ajay and his wife Namrata, were, however, cleared by a Swiss criminal court of more serious charges of human...
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Brit tourists warned as savage European heatwave to skyrocket ‘to 50C’
British tourists with holidays booked to Europe this summer should be wary of soaring temperatures which “could rise to 50C”, a meteorologist has claimed. Large swathes of the continent have been engulfed in a mercury surpassing 40C, which has resulted in the deaths of some tourists in Greece, including TV doctor Michael Mosley. International weather...
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ANALYSIS | Nigel Farage looks to Canada — and the 1993 Conservative wipeout — for inspiration in U.K. election campaign | CBC News
Rural Alberta may be a continent away from the faded British seaside town of Clacton-on-Sea, but Nigel Farage believes both places will be remembered for starting political revolutions. Already a familiar face to Britons, Farage has injected some drama into an otherwise staid British general election that the Labour Party under leader Keir Starmer appears well...
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D-Day veteran ‘would not fight for Britain as it is today’ – it’s ‘unrecognisable’
A D-Day veteran who wears nine medals including the rare Atlantic Star has said he “would not fight for the country as it is today”. Les Underwood, a Royal Navy gunner who was one of 160,000 men tasked with launching the liberation of Europe in June 1944, said he was now scared of being “stabbed...
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Fresh strikes on Kyiv overnight leave two injured and houses damaged
Zelensky says China trying to undermine Ukraine peace summit For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Two people were killed and scores of residential buildings damaged after the Kremlin launched fresh strikes Kyiv. Kyiv said...
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Incredibly angry over election date betting accusations: British PM
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said that anyone involved in using inside information to bet on the date of Britain’s July 4 national election should be expelled. Photo: Reuters 4 min read Last Updated : Jun 21 2024 | 7:20 AM IST British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said that anyone involved in...
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Team GB cyclist Archibald to miss Olympics after freak accident
Great Britain cyclist Katie Archibald will miss this summer’s Olympics Games in Paris after breaking her leg in a freak accident. Archibald confirmed on Instagram that she had dislocated her ankle and ripped two ligaments from bone, as well as breaking her tibia and fibula when tripping over a step in her backyard. The 30-year-old...
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World watching election to see if UK abandons rights-based order – human rights groups
The general election is a “fork in the road” – with the world watching to see if the UK abandons the international human rights order, campaigners have said. Directors from leading human rights groups came together to call for greater scrutiny of human rights policy in the campaign period ahead of the 4 July vote....