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Between a quarter and a third of the world’s wildlife has been lost since 1970, according to data compiled by the Zoological Society of London.
The British military acknowledged Friday that one of its planes carrying more than 60 people in Iraq was damaged by insurgent fire _ more than a year after it said there was no immediate indication of hostile action.
British Airways said Friday it will pay a dividend for the first time in seven years after reporting its full-year profits more than doubled.
Two photo agencies have agreed to pay $113,000 to Hugh Grant, his ex-girlfriend Liz Hurley and her husband for taking photos of them while they were vacationing in the Maldives.
BT Group PLC, Britain’s biggest telecommunications company, reported a 6.2 percent decline Thursday in its fourth quarter profit, as costs rose and it lost some wholesale customers to broadband services.
Barclays PLC reported a $1.94 billion write-down in the first quarter Thursday, but bucked a trend in the banking sector and did not announce a capital increase to shore up its balance sheet.
The wife of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said she and her husband watched in distress as George Bush won the U.S. presidential election in 2000, according to extracts of her autobiography published Wednesday.
Britain’s Defense Ministry will conduct an inquiry into the death of an Iraqi man who died while in British custody, officials said Wednesday.
Amy Winehouse will not face charges over video footage that allegedly shows her taking drugs, her spokesman said Wednesday.
Bruised at the ballot box and savaged by critics, Britain’s beleaguered Prime Minister Gordon Brown plotted a political comeback Wednesday _ armed with a raft of new policies and pondering a surprising proposal to become a reality television star.
I am an awful player...well not awful, but it’s just that I loose all the time and I’m not sure which move of mine is going wrong. In spite of my failures, invented thousands of years ago, Chess is a wonderful board game! Considered to be the...
This should once in for all prove to the skeptics that Solar Energy really does have long legs and it is going to go in to the next few decades as the single most important source of energy for mankind. Not that inflatable solar panels prove that, but...
Swarowski is in the midst of glitz and glamour, yet again. On Tuesday, all roads led to Swarowski’s CRYSTALLIZED Cosmos and Lounge in London where wedding gown creations studded with Swarowski crystals enthralled visitors. After invading almost...
One of the few remaining green open spaces along the riverside in London is the Potters Fields Park. Located on the on the southern side of the Thames between Tower Bridge and City Hall, this area just got more greener with the addition of two stunning...
Hollywood heartthrob George Clooney took a break from his humanitarian work for third world refugees and decided to flatter his British fans with a whirlwind 24-hour long socializing stunt.
The UN Messenger of Peace, however could not completely...
This would have been not as interesting or even stunning if one were to make a tea house out of paper for fun. You know those little toy houses that the young ones play with all day long in a cute fashion. But we are not talking about kids toys here....
Designed by Alan Dempsey and Alvin Huang, this design was the winning entry from Architectural Associations Design Research Lab for a new pavilion to be built in Bedford Square, London. Though the thing looks more like a giant nut of some kind, we love...
How shweeettt! Isn’t this celeb kid too lovable with the pink bulging cheeks and the rosy lips? He is the 4-year old son of the celebrity couple, Helena Bonham Carter and beau Tim Burton. Billy Ray Burton was out strolling around a bit with his...
It should not come as a surprise to anyone that four out of every five cars that either enter or leave Britain’s cities during rush hour have only one person in them. So basically everybody likes to go out in their own car. While this speaks well for...
Lilly Allen looked ravishing as she arrived at the Cinema & Television Benevolent Fund Royal Film Premiere The Other Boleyn Girl at the Odeon Leicester Square on Tuesday in London. She looked in the best of spirits and as beautiful as ever. Lily was...
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In this undated photo made available Friday May 16, 2008, by auction company Lyon & Turnbull, showing a page of manuscript, part of a collection of works, written and published by William McGonagall, the man internationally celebrated as the worst poet...
