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British royal family members receive new titles following the death of Queen Elizabeth II at 96

NEWYou can now listen to Originol articles! Royal family members of the House of Windsor have received new titles after the death of Queen Elizabeth II at the age of 96. After Britain’s longest-reigning monarch died at Balmoral Castle Thursday, Prince Charles immediately succeeded his mother as king of the U.K. In addition to Charles,

Queen’s former bodyguard recounts her reaction when a tourist didn’t recognize her: ‘Lovely sense of humor’

NEWYou can now listen to Originol articles! Queen Elizabeth II, who passed away at Balmoral Castle in Scotland on Thursday, is remembered by the British public as an unwavering, steadfast monarch who lead the kingdom through turbulent times over the past 70 years. But a story recounted by a former bodyguard revealed a humorous side

Queen Elizabeth’s last Christmas speech was deeply personal

NEWYou can now listen to Originol articles! Queen Elizabeth II made dozens of Christmas speeches during her 70-year-reign, but her last one – made in 2021 after the death of her husband Prince Philip – was likely one of her most personal.  The late monarch made a speech nearly every year of her reign, which

Las Vegas official who was subject of newspaper exposés arrested in journalist’s stabbing death

Las Vegas official who was subject of newspaper exposés arrested in journalist’s stabbing death

A Las Vegas-area elected public official was arrested Wednesday and identified by police as the suspect in the fatal stabbing of a veteran newspaper reporter whose investigations of the official’s work preceded his primary loss in June. Clark County Public Administrator Robert “Rob” Telles, a Democrat, was taken into custody at his home by a

Backup power line damaged by shelling at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, says UN watchdog

Backup power line damaged by shelling at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, says UN watchdog

Shelling on Tuesday damaged a backup power line at the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP) in Ukraine, which has already lost all four of its regular power lines, the UN nuclear watchdog said on Wednesday. “Of the three backup lines between the ZNPP and the thermal power station, one is now damaged by shelling, while

Apple unveils new product lineup, including latest iPhone model

Apple unveils new product lineup, including latest iPhone model

Apple’s latest line-up of iPhones will boast better cameras, faster processors, and a longer lasting battery — all at the same prices as last year’s models, despite inflationary pressure that has driven up the cost of many other everyday items. That pricing decision, revealed Wednesday during Apple’s first in-person product event in three years, came

U.K. to cap household energy bills over the next 2 years

U.K. to cap household energy bills over the next 2 years

New British Prime Minister Liz Truss announced Thursday that her Conservative government will cap domestic energy prices for homes and businesses to ease a cost-of-living crisis that has left residents across the United Kingdom facing a bleak winter. The moves are a huge government intervention in the economy by Truss, who sees herself as a

New malaria vaccine shows strong protection in global fight against deadly disease

Encouraging new data on a malaria vaccine from Oxford University bodes well for the global effort to combat the mosquito-borne disease that kills a child every minute, its makers said on Wednesday. After decades of work, the only approved malaria vaccine, Mosquirix, made by British drugmaker GSK (GSK.L), was recently endorsed by the World Health

U.S. announces $2B in aid for 19 countries ‘at risk for future Russian aggression’

U.S. announces $2B in aid for 19 countries ‘at risk for future Russian aggression’

Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unscheduled visit to Kyiv on Thursday as the U.S. announced major new military aid worth more than $2 billion US for Ukraine and other European countries who feel threatened by Russia. In meetings with senior Ukrainian officials, Blinken said Joe Biden’s administration would provide $2 billion in long-term foreign military

Steve Bannon pleads not guilty to charges related to fundraising for Trump’s border wall

Steve Bannon pleads not guilty to charges related to fundraising for Trump’s border wall

Steve Bannon, the longtime ally and one-time top strategist to former U.S. president Donald Trump, pleaded not guilty on Thursday to criminal charges for having allegedly deceived donors during an effort to help Trump build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Bannon, 68, entered his plea at a hearing in a New York state court in Manhattan,

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