Britain

Royal funeral offers chance for William, Harry to reconcile

Harry-Meghan interview: Buckingham Palace breaks silence, says race issues concerning

12:36 am March 10, 2021

London: Buckingham Palace finally broke its silence over Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s explosive interview with American chat show host Oprah Winfrey on Tuesday evening and said the royal family was “saddened” by the revelations. On the couple’s reference to unnamed royals raising concerns over their son Archie’s mixed-race heritage, the palace said the concerning issues of race would be addressed privately as […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Berlin man convicted over threat to blow up British hospital

10:45 pm February 26, 2021

Berlin: A 33-year-old Italian man was convicted Friday of attempted extortion for threatening to blow up a British National Health Service hospital unless he was paid off with 10 million pounds (USD 13.2 million) in crypto currency. Defendant Emil A, a resident of Berlin whose last name wasn’t given in line with German privacy laws, was sentenced to three years […]

India tightens regulatory grip on Facebook, WhatsApp with new rules

2:32 pm February 26, 2021

New Delhi: India announced new rules on Thursday to regulate content on social media, making Facebook , WhatsApp and others more accountable to legal requests for swift removal of posts and sharing details on the originators of messages. The rules — part of an effort by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to tighten the leash […]

Prince Harry and Meghan will not return to royal duties: Buckingham Palace

7:29 pm February 19, 2021

London: Prince Harry and wife Meghan Markle, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, will not be returning as working members of Britain’s royal family, Buckingham Palace announced on Friday. In a statement on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II, Harry’s grandmother, the palace said that the Duke and Duchess had informed the monarch of their decision as a one-year so-called cooling off period since their initial […]

Myanmar protests focus on junta’s economic support

11:57 pm February 18, 2021

Yangon: State railway workers in Myanmar continued to strike Thursday despite a police rampage the previous night targeting them in a sign of the military junta’s concern over growing civil disobedience by public workers protesting the coup. Three-quarters of the country’s civil servants are on strike, all private banks are closed and the protests have weakened the […]