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April 9, 2024

UK MP Suella Braverman says 'people want solutions' on immigration, border issues

British MP and former Home Secretary Suella Braverman says that voters in countries in the West want solutions and "robust action" from their officials on immigration.

April 9, 2024

Peter Higgs, physicist behind groundbreaking Higgs boson particle prediction, dead at 94

Nobel prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs, who in 1964 accurately predicted the existence of the Higgs boson "God particle," has reportedly died after a brief illness. He was 94.

April 9, 2024

Suspect arrested after young mother stabbed to death while walking with her baby

The man police identified as a suspect responsible for killing a mother while she was out walking her baby in a stroller the weekend is in custody, according to a report.

April 9, 2024

UK's Cameron meets Trump ahead of push for more US Ukraine funding

UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron met with former President Donald Trump in a surprise visit to Mar-a-Lago, ahead of his push to urge lawmakers to approve funding to Ukraine

April 9, 2024

Cancer rates rising in young people due to ‘accelerated aging,’ new study finds: ‘Highly troubling’

Accelerated aging — which is when biological age is greater than their chronological age — could increase cancer risk, according to research presented at the Association for Cancer Research meeting.

April 9, 2024

On this day in history, April 9, 1963, Sir Winston Churchill declared honorary US citizen: 'Steadfast friend'

British Prime Minster Sir Winston Churchill, one of the towering figures in western history, was declared an honorary US citizen on this day in history, April 9, 1963.

April 8, 2024

Mother stabbed to death while walking with her baby in a stroller, suspect still on the loose: police

Oldham, England, resident Kulsuma Akter, 27, was stabbed to death after walking with her baby on Saturday afternoon. The child was in a pram at the time and was not wounded.

April 6, 2024

I understand Kate Middleton. I did the same thing when cancer came for me

In 2022, I went in for a routine appendix removal. After the surgery, life seemed to return to normal… until doctors told me they had found a cancerous tumor in the appendix.

April 5, 2024

Elderly couple felt pressured to sell their home by local council amid government’s push to house migrants

A British council sent a letter to a United Kingdom couple asking what they were doing with their "empty" and "derelict" home as the government attempts to house asylum seekers.

April 5, 2024

UK lawmaker 'manipulated' into giving personal numbers of colleagues in sexting blackmail scam

Senior British lawmaker William Wragg is the latest parliamentarian to be targeted with unsolicited messages in efforts to acquire sensitive personal information.