About 250,000 attended Queen Elizabeth’s lying-in-state, UK minister says
LONDON, Sept 20: -Some 250,000 mourners filed past Queen Elizabeth’s coffin at Westminster Hall in London during her lying-in-state, Britain’s culture minister Michelle Donelan said on Tuesday.
Queen’s coffin arrives at Westminster Hall as thousands queue to pay their respect
LONDON, Sept 15: Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin, accompanied by honour guards, began its journey to Westminster Hall from Buckingham Palace on Wednesday (September 14).
King Charles to be proclaimed monarch at historic ceremony
LONDON, Sept 10 : King Charles will officially be proclaimed as Britain’s new monarch on Saturday in a ceremony followed by gun salutes and the reading of proclamations in London and across the four corners of the United Kingdom.
Emotional tributes to Princess Diana’s 25th anniversary of death
PARIS, Sept 1 : Mourners marked the 25th anniversary of Princess Diana’s death in Paris on Wednesday (August 31), laying flowers and leaving messages on the bridge above the underpass where she was killed in a car crash.
Brazilian doctors separate three-year-old conjoined twins
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 2 : Three-year-old Brazilian twins who were born conjoined at the head were separated after undergoing a 27-hour-long surgery in Brazil.
Al Qaeda leader Zawahiri killed in CIA drone strike
WASHINGTON, D.C, Aug 2 : Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a U.S. strike in Afghanistan over the weekend, President Joe Biden said on Monday (August 1), the biggest blow to the militant group since its founder Osama bin Laden was killed in 2011.
Shenzhen accelerates China’s driverless car dreams
SHENZHEN, August 1: On a busy downtown street in the Chinese city of Shenzhen, a taxi moves without a driver, navigating among jaywalkers and haphazard traffic.
Biden tests positive for COVID – White House
WASHINGTON D.C, July 22 : U.S. President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday (July 21) and is experiencing “very mild symptoms,” the White House said.
Russia fines Google $370 million for repeated content violations -regulator
MOSCOW, July 19 : Alphabet’s GOOGL.O Google was fined 21.1 billion roubles ($373 million) on Monday by a Moscow court for a repeated failure to remove content Russia deems illegal, such as “fake news” about the conflict in Ukraine, Russia’s communications regulator said.
Tokyo to host 2025 World Championships
EUGENE (Oregon), July 15 : Tokyo has been selected as host city for the 2025 World Athletics Championships, the sport’s governing body announced on Thursday a day before this year’s event begins in Eugene, Oregon a year later than planned due to COVID-19.
