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UK 'princes in the tower' murder probe clears Richard III
AFP, Published on 18/07/2025
» LONDON - It is one of history's most intriguing "murders" -- the mysterious disappearance over five centuries ago of two young princes from the Tower of London.
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby faces final day in role
AFP, Published on 06/01/2025
» LONDON - Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby will officially step down on Monday as leader of the world's Anglicans, nearly two months after resigning over failures in the Church of England's handling of a serial abuse case.
Abaya controversy tests French schools' secular limits
AFP, Published on 21/06/2023
» PARIS - A reported increase in Muslim girls wearing the abaya dress at French schools has triggered a debate about their violation of the country's sacrosanct commitment to secularism in education.
Elizabeth II: Queen of the world
AFP, Published on 09/09/2022
» LONDON - Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor was not just Queen Elizabeth II. She was simply The Queen.
Debutants and Americans dominate Booker Prize longlist
AFP, Published on 28/07/2020
» LONDON - Eight debut novelists came up against veterans Hilary Mantel and Tsitsi Dangarembga when Britain unveiled a US-dominated longlist of finalists Tuesday for its revered Booker Prize.
Six candidates battle it out for WTO leadership
AFP, Published on 08/07/2020
» GENEVA - Six candidates are vying to become the next head of the World Trade Organization -- an institution which faced mammoth challenges even before the pandemic-driven global economic crisis struck.
UK historian quits Cambridge over slavery claim
AFP, Published on 05/07/2020
» LONDON: A British royal historian who said slavery was not genocide has quit his honorary position at Cambridge University and been dropped by his publisher HarperCollins.
'Mudlarks' unearth the past on London's riverbanks
AFP, Published on 20/09/2019
» LONDON: Treading her way along the muddy banks of the River Thames, Lara Maiklem spots a 16th-century clothespin which she wipes and adds to a row of others puncturing her coat pocket.
Last German kaiser's heirs fight for riches lost behind Iron Curtain
AFP, Published on 29/08/2019
» POTSDAM (GERMANY) - A century after Germany's monarchy was abolished, some of its blue-blooded descendants are riding back into battle to reclaim what they see as their royal birthright.