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June 16, 2024

Actresses reportedly shun controversial play skewering JK Rowling's stance on gender

The Telegraph reported that a play slamming J.K. Rowling for her views on gender issues is struggling to cast female roles, but some male roles have already been filled.

June 13, 2024

Labour Party leader vows end to UK politics defined by 'gestures and gimmicks' if he wins power

British MP Keir Starmer has vowed to lead a “pro-business and pro-worker" government should his left-wing Labour Party seize power in July's election.

June 12, 2024

Curly-haired dog given second chance at life after receiving 3D-printed surgical screws: He's a 'puppy again’

A dog received life-saving surgery after his limbs stopped working from an abnormality. Vets used 3D-printed screws on his spine to give him a second chance at "being a puppy again."

June 11, 2024

Archaeologists make deathly discovery at bottom of 800-year-old shipwreck

Bournemouth University recently announced that its maritime archaeologists have recently retrieved gravestones that were sitting in the remains of a 13th-century shipwreck.

June 11, 2024

King Charles III portrait is vandalized by animal rights activists, video shows

Animal rights activists have been caught on video vandalizing the portrait of King Charles III by pasting a cartoon character over his face.

June 11, 2024

British journalists take top American jobs, prompt meltdown at Washington Post

Chatter of a "British Invasion" has once more left our media scene bracing itself for impact. But it's not happening at the record shop this time around – instead, it's in the newsroom.

June 9, 2024

Nigel Farage shakes up UK election, establishment on return to politics: 'British Trump'

UK populist leader Nigel Farage and the Reform UK party surge in polls and may become the leading right-wing political movement in the country as the mainstream Conservative Party faces electoral wipeout.

June 7, 2024

Conservative British PM faces backlash after skipping D-Day event and going on TV

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is facing backlash after he ditched a D-Day ceremony in Normandy, France to do a TV interview during which he slammed the U.K. opposition party.

June 7, 2024

British PM Rishi Sunak apologizes for ditching D-Day ceremony

British Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak issued an apology for leaving D-Day commemorations in Normandy, France early to do a TV interview after widespread backlash. (Credit: Reuters)

June 5, 2024

The first Black leader of Wales loses a no-confidence vote but says he won't resign

Vaughan Gething, the first minister of Wales, has lost a no-confidence vote in the Welsh parliament; the first Black leader of Wales insisted he would not resign.