BRITAIN

Royal funeral offers chance for William, Harry to reconcile

Prince Harry, Meghan sign up to exit deal; give up royal titles

7:30 pm January 19, 2020

London: Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, have signed up to a formal exit deal from the royal family, which will see them forsake their His and Her Royal Highness (HRH) titles and will no longer receive UK taxpayers’ funding for their duties. The deal, which comes into […]

Rare coin of Britain’s King Edward VIII fetches record price

12:20 am January 19, 2020

London: One of the world’s rarest coins, a gold piece bearing the image of Britain’s King Edward VIII before his abdication, has sold for 1 million pounds (USD 1.3 million), setting a new record for a British coin. The historical oddity shows Edward, the uncle of Queen Elizabeth II, before he relinquished the throne in […]

UK Labour rivals take on anti-Semitism at first debate

11:56 pm January 18, 2020

London: The five hopefuls to lead the post-election revival of Britain’s battered Labour party Saturday condemned its struggles with anti-Semitism and vowed to expose the frailties of Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Their first joint appearance before Labour members in Liverpool comes with the 120-year-old party reeling from its worst election defeat since 1935. The successor […]

UK plans Brexit celebrations but warns businesses may suffer

7:58 pm January 18, 2020

London: The British government has announced plans for special events on the night of Jan. 31 when the country officially leaves the European Union but the country’s treasury chief has admitted that some U.K. business sectors will suffer as a result. Sajid Javid told the Financial Times in an interview Saturday that Britain’s regulations will […]

ISS spotted in Gujarat sky; best view in Ahmedabad, Rajkot

‘How key molecule for life’s origin reached Earth decoded’

2:56 pm January 18, 2020

London: Researchers have unravelled a key piece of the puzzle about the origin of life on the Earth with the discovery of how phosphorus-bearing molecules, essential for cell metabolism, may have reached the planet from space. Astronomers, including those from the European Southern Observatory (ESO), used data from the ROSINA instrument on board the Rosetta […]