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Charles travels to Wales ahead of 'princes vigil' for queen
AFP, Published on 16/09/2022
» CARDIFF (UNITED KINGDOM) - King Charles III heads to Wales Friday for the last of his visits to the four nations of the United Kingdom as preparations for the queen's state funeral gather pace.
Zelensky vows 'victory' on frontline visit to liberated Kharkiv region
AFP, Published on 14/09/2022
» KHARKIV REGION, Ukraine: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday promised "victory" on a visit to the strategic city of Izyum that was recently recaptured from Russia by Kyiv's army in a lightning counter-offensive.
Tears for Queen Elizabeth II as coffin rests in Scotland
AFP, Published on 13/09/2022
» EDINBURGH: Mourners in Edinburgh, some in tears, filed past the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II through the night, before new king Charles III travels to Northern Ireland Tuesday and the monarch's coffin returns to London.
Britons get first chance to view Queen Elizabeth II's coffin
AFP, Published on 12/09/2022
» EDINBURGH: Mourners will on Monday get the first opportunity to pay respects before the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, as it lies in an Edinburgh cathedral where King Charles III himself will mount a vigil.
Charles III to be proclaimed king after vowing 'lifelong service'
AFP, Published on 10/09/2022
» LONDON - Britain's Charles III will officially be proclaimed king in a ceremony on Saturday, a day after he vowed in his first speech to mourning subjects that he would emulate his "darling mama", Queen Elizabeth II.
King Charles III to address UK as mourning begins for late queen
AFP, Published on 09/09/2022
» BALLATER, Scotland: King Charles III was due on Friday to address his new subjects, as Britain was plunged into mourning by the death of queen Elizabeth II, ending a history making 70-year reign.
South Africa's Buhai seals 'life-changing' Women's British Open in play-off
AFP, Published on 08/08/2022
» GULLANE (UNITED KINGDOM) - South Africa's Ashleigh Buhai survived a disastrous 15th hole to claim a "life-changing" victory in a marathon play-off against Chun In-gee in the Women's British Open at Muirfield on Sunday.
Aussie Smith surges into British Open lead as emotional Woods bows out
AFP, Published on 16/07/2022
» ST ANDREWS (UNITED KINGDOM) - Australia's Cameron Smith seized the second-round lead in the 150th British Open at St Andrews on Friday as a superb 64 left him on 13 under par for the tournament, but an emotional Tiger Woods bowed out after his struggles continued on the Old Course.
Pilgrims scale Mount Arafat for climax of biggest Covid-era hajj
AFP, Published on 08/07/2022
» MOUNT ARAFAT (SAUDI ARABIA) - Huge crowds of Muslim pilgrims started praying on Saudi Arabia's Mount Arafat early Friday, the high point of the biggest hajj pilgrimage since the pandemic forced drastic cuts in numbers for two years in a row.
Morocco rescuers close in on boy trapped in well
AFP, Published on 04/02/2022
» BAB BERRED (MOROCCO) - Moroccans waited anxiously Friday as rescuers with heavy diggers closed in on Rayan, a five-year-old boy trapped in a deep well for three nights.