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Participants wave British and U.S. flags during a rally demanding electoral democracy and call for boycott of the Chinese Communist Party and all businesses seen to support it in Hong Kong. (AP)

UK and China fight over Hong Kong security law

Britain's decision to offer refuge to millions in Hong Kong, UK's former colony, was met with a stern telling-off by...

12 July 2020 1:00 PM IST

From Hampstead To Dubai: Here's Lorna Florence's Story

Lorna admits that her success routes from her personality, she says that she has a way with people

19 Aug 2020 5:16 PM IST

Mahatma Gandhi. (Image by: Margaret Bourke)

Britain considering a coin to commemorate Mahatma Gandhi

As part of a global reassessment of history triggered by the death of George Floyd, UK also seems to be re-examining...

2 Aug 2020 9:23 AM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a keynote speech for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit via video, from Beijing on Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021 (Li Xueren/Xinhua via AP)

China's president Xi warns against 'Cold War' in Indo-Pacific

Xi also said the region should make sure to keep supply lines functioning and to continue liberalising trade and...

11 Nov 2021 10:18 AM IST

People hold up signs during a vigil to reflect on the murder of 33 year old marketing executive, Sarah Everard, in London, Monday, March 15, 2021. The British government is under pressure to do more to protect women and ensure the right to protest as Parliament prepares to debate a sweeping crime bill amid anger over the way police broke up a vigil for a young murder victim abducted on the streets of London. (AP/Matt Dunham)

AA Edit | Soul-search for Sarah

In India, or in countries outside Western Europe and North America, such happenings will be criticised but will not be...

17 March 2021 9:00 AM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | All changes not a revolution': History can't be just...

Bloody Myanmar today is not a revolution, it is an imposed change of regime, best described as a fascist military coup

10 April 2021 12:05 AM IST

Very many institutions in Britain have engaged in research to find and expiate connections with and profit in the past from slavery. (AFP File Photo)

Farrukh Dhondy | Who'll atone for slave trade, all the loot? Who'll...

History is full of injustices, transgressions and genocide. Are the descendants of the victims of those injustices...

8 Oct 2022 1:01 AM IST

European Union flags are seen in front of the European Commission building in Brussels. (AFP)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Ukraine is a better fit for EU than Britain...

Unlike Britain, Ukraine, which feels that it has paid in blood for membership, sees Europe as its political and cultural...

17 Aug 2022 12:00 AM IST

Britains King Charles III with the St Edwards Crown on his head attends the Coronation Ceremony inside Westminster Abbey in central London on May 6, 2023. - The set-piece coronation is the first in Britain in 70 years, and only the second in history to be televised. Charles will be the 40th reigning monarch to be crowned at the central London church since King William I in 1066. Outside the UK, he is also king of 14 other Commonwealth countries, including Australia, Canada and New Zealand. Camilla, his second wife, will be crowned queen alongside him and be known as Queen Camilla after the ceremony. (Photo: PTI)

DC Edit | Coronation party in Britain

Charles III who became king the day his mother Queen Elizabeth II died, was anointed King of Britain

9 May 2023 12:20 AM IST

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks during Prime Ministers Questions in the House of Commons, London. File Photo: AP/PTI

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Rishi, Suella fuel outsider' fears to remain in...

The spectacle of two ethnic Indian politicians swearing to keep out foreign migrants isn't modern Britain's only...

7 Jun 2023 12:05 AM IST

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The internet: A dangerous place for wild animals

IFAW's wildlife crime director said: "The internet has transformed the global economy, and illegal wildlife trade has...

23 May 2018 11:51 AM IST

Markle joined her husband-to-be and Britains other senior royals including Prince Charles, Prince William for the Commonwealth service. (Photo: DC File)

Meghan Markle carries out first royal engagement with UK's Queen...

British Prime Minister Theresa May and Patricia Scotland, the Commonwealth Secretary-General were among the congregation...

13 March 2018 10:28 AM IST