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A general view of Harrods store in Knightsbridge, central London

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Harrods, iconic department store, latest British retailer hit by cyberattack

Harrods latest U.K.retailer to be hit by cyberattack, raising concerns over the vulnerability of high-end businesses to online security breaches.

May 01, 2025
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  • Rebecca Rosman
Keir Starmer, leader of the Labour Party, is seen at BBC Broadcasting House for an interview on <em>Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg</em> on Oct. 23, 2022, in London.

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Who is Keir Starmer? A look at the man likely to become the next U.K. prime minister

Keir Starmer, 61, is a social liberal, fiscal moderate and leader of the United Kingdom's Labour Party, which polls predict will win Thursday’s parliamentary election by a landslide.

July 04, 2024
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  • Lauren Frayer
An invigilator distributes papers to students taking the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education exams on April 22, 2022 in Hong Kong.

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Was Hong Kong a colony? Not according to new textbooks, a newspaper says

New textbooks approved by Beijing contend the territory was never a British colony. The reason: China never recognized the treaties that ceded it to Britain.

June 15, 2022
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  • John Ruwitch
An invigilator distributes papers to students taking the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education exams on April 22, 2022 in Hong Kong.

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  • Asia

Was Hong Kong a colony? Not according to new textbooks, a newspaper says

New textbooks approved by Beijing contend the territory was never a British colony. The reason: China never recognized the treaties that ceded it to Britain.

June 15, 2022
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  • John Ruwitch
British citizen Shaun Pinner sits behind bars in a courtroom in Donetsk, in the territory which is under the Government of the Donetsk People's Republic control, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, June 9, 2022.

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A UK man got a death sentence for fighting for Ukraine. His family wants his release

A court in the separatist-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic of Ukraine convicted Shaun Pinner of seeking the violent overthrow of power.

June 12, 2022
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The Lady Justice statue stands atop the Final Court of Appeal in Hong Kong after a ceremony to mark the opening of the legal year on Jan. 24, 2022 in Hong Kong.

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Britain withdraws its judges from Hong Kong's top court

The two British judges resigned after citing concerns about the court being as endorsing "an administration that has departed from values of political freedom, and freedom of expression."

March 31, 2022
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People protest to demand an apology and slavery reparations during a visit to the former British colony by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and Kate, in Kingston, Jamaica, on Tuesday.

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As British royals visit Jamaica, protesters demand slavery reparations

The protest comes a couple of days after dozens of prominent leaders in Jamaica publicized a letter demanding that Britain apologize and award its former colony slavery reparations.

March 23, 2022
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