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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state in northern Europe which includes England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. It is governed under a constitutional monarchy and a democratic parliamentary system made up of two houses; an elected House of Commons and an appointed House of Lords. It has a population of more than 62 million and has the world's seventh-largest economy by nominal GDP. It is predominantly a Christian country, although successive waves of migration have contributed to the growth of other faiths. It is a member of the European Union as well as the Commonwealth of Nations, the Council of Europe, G7, G8, G20, NATO, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the World Trade Organization.

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Kent is becoming the Wine Garden of England, with more and more vineyards offering tastings and tours. In Cliff Buddle’s early days in Hong Kong, a decent drop was hard to find – but worth the effort.

Pilger was a seeker of truth and an uncompromising chronicler of inconvenient facts that were often missing from the dominant narrative of the legacy Anglo-Saxon media.

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  • UK lawmakers reject changes suggested by the House of Lords to plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda
  • Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak wants to fulfill his flagship immigration pledge to ‘stop the boats’

In a Gallup poll released on Monday, 41 per cent of respondents said China when asked to name one country they considered to be their nation’s ‘greatest enemy today’.

Queen frontman died in the Kensington, London house in 1991 of Aids-related pneumonia at the age of 45. Garden Lodge is on the market for offers over US$38 million.

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UK band’s 1975 single Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me) was used on many soundtracks, including 1997 film The Full Monty. Harley said last year he was being treated for cancer.

Simon Siu, chairman of Estate Agents Authority, says decision to scrap extra stamp duties last month was ‘shot in the arm’ for ailing property market.

Mainland cryptocurrency investors made US$1.15 billion in 2023 to rank fourth behind those in the US, the UK and Vietnam, according to a Chainalysis survey.

It’s as if Britain’s well-heeled country set is stalking the fashion runways – blue-blooded brands such as Barbour are updating their quintessentially rural collections for modern urban lifestyles.

A manipulated photograph of Kate Middleton and her three children released by the palace in time for UK Mother’s Day has caused a furore in recent days – so who are her offspring?

From Queen Camilla’s 29-year-old aide Major Ollie Plunket to ‘hot equerry’ Jonathan Thompson, meet the royal aides at risk of stealing the limelight from the British royal family

Australian computer scientist Craig Wright has been accused of lying about his identity to bully and intimidate developers in the cryptocurrency community.

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Yanis Varoufakis says diplomacy is a ‘far better way’ for Canberra to engage with Beijing, and that the Aukus deal would ‘turbocharge a new Cold War’.

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A former stripper going by the name of Carrie Royale has threatened to share naked photos of Prince Harry, but it’s not the first time she’s tried to profit from their alleged encounter …

Jacqui Ainsley recently joined the star-studded UK premiere of her husband Guy Ritchie’s new TV series The Gentlemen – so what do we know about the award-winning director’s wife?

Lee Anderson was suspended as a Conservative MP in Parliament after he claimed that Islamists had ‘got control’ of London Mayor Sadiq Khan, amid tensions over the Israel-Gaza war.

The world’s most valuable cryptocurrency has been boosted by a flood of cash into new spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds and hopes that the US Fed will soon cut rates.

Kate, UK’s Princess of Wales, says sorry for an edited photograph that Kensington Palace released, leading news agencies to withdraw the image, the first to be officially released since her abdominal surgery.

A man and woman were arrested on Sunday, police said, after investigations at 3 branches of Legacy Funeral Directors in Hull and East Yorkshire.

Most members of India’s upper house are elected, but 12, usually high achievers in public life, are nominated to the chamber by the president for a six-year term.

May said on Friday she will not stand for re-election, ending a 27-year career in parliament marked by a tumultuous spell leading the country as it tore itself apart over Brexit.

From conspiracy theories around her ‘planned abdominal surgery’ and King Charles’ cancer diagnosis to recent paparazzi pics … but what did Prince William have to say?

Paul McCartney’s only son, 46-year-old James, just made a rare appearance in support of his sister Stella McCartney at Paris Fashion Week – here’s what you need to know about him

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