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January 18, 2022

Boris Johnson denies lying about lockdown parties amid COVID pandemic

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday denied misleading Parliament about coronavirus lockdown-breaching parties, as senior government ministers said he would have to resign if he was proven to have lied.

January 17, 2022

Malik Faisal Akram: What to know about Texas synagogue hostage suspect

Following the hours-long standoff at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas — about 15 miles northeast of Fort Worth — on Saturday that ended with the suspect, 44-year-old Malik Faisal Akram, dead and all hostages safe, the FBI has extended investigations to London and Tel Aviv to determine if he acted alone or with others.

January 17, 2022

Boris Johnson awaits 'partygate' report

As he fights for his career, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has one constant refrain: Wait for Sue Gray.

January 17, 2022

Texas synagogue hostage-taking: UK police arrest two people in connection to investigation

Police in the UK have arrested two teenagers connected to the hostage-taking at Dallas area's Congregation Beth Israel Synagogue over the weekend. Suspect Malik Faisal, a British national, was identified as the individual responsible for the hostage-taking incident

January 16, 2022

Student's stunning paintings on book edges go viral on TikTok

Maisie Jackson, 22, from England, has painted on the edges of all seven "Harry Potter" books.

January 16, 2022

Texas synagogue accused hostage taker was British national

The suspect who allegedly held worshippers at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, near Fort Worth hostage was British, according to reports.

January 14, 2022

Boris Johnson's office apologizes to Royal Family for party before Prince Philip's funeral

Boris Johnson's office on Friday apologized to the royal family for holding staff parties in Downing Street on the eve of Prince Philip's funeral last year — the latest in a string of allegedly lockdown-breaching gatherings that are threatening to topple the British prime minister.

January 14, 2022

Ex-Johnson aide says sorry for party on eve of Prince Philip funeral

Boris Johnson’s former communications chief apologized "unreservedly" on Friday for a lockdown-breaching party in Downing Street last year — the latest in a string of rule-breaking social events that are threatening to topple the British prime minister.

January 13, 2022

Cambridge professors have public argument over whether the word 'eloquent' is racist

David Abulafia and Priyamvada Gopal have taken their fight to the media, using newspapers to exchange arguments about race and language.

January 12, 2022

Prince Andrew's efforts to dismiss sex assault lawsuit by longtime Jeffrey Epstein accuser rejected

A federal judge in New York has denied Prince Andrew’s efforts to dismiss the sexual assault lawsuit filed by Virginia Roberts Giuffre, a longtime Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell accuser who says the British royal sexually assaulted her when she was underage, new court papers show.