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Historical first: Royal and Papal titles exchanged
From St. Paul’s tomb to Windsor Chapel, Charles and Leo XIV mark a milestone of spiritual friendship and shared history. As part of his state visit to the Holy See on October 23, 2025, King Charles III received a unique and deeply symbolic welcome...
Warning over Thailand’s new digital arrival card
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Annual poppy appeal launched by the Royal British Legion
The annual launch of the UK’s Royal British Legion poppy appeal has been marked with a moving tribute to the war dead. It comes just ahead of Remembrance Day in November in honour of Britain’s military veterans. The 2025 poppy appeal organisers...
Launch of the Royal British Legion's poppy appeal 2025
Rebuilding lives in the Buckinghamshire armed forces community The Royal British Legion’s Poppy Appeal 2025 highlights how, when a veteran’s life falls apart, the RBL is there to help rebuild it Milton Keynes held it’s launch today (Thursday 23rd...
Richard D. Wolff, Michael Hudson, Nima Alkhorshid – Managed Democracy?
16 Ocotber 2025 NIMA ALKHORSHID: Hi, everybody. Today is Thursday, October 16, 2025, and our friends, Richard Wolff and Michael Hudson, join us today. Welcome, Richard and Michael. MICHAEL HUDSON: Good to be here. RICHARD WOLFF: Hello. NIMA...
What’s happening to the Anglican Communion?
Earlier this month, a body known as GAFCON — the Global Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans — declared it was “now the Global Anglican Communion.” The towers of Canterbury Cathedral, seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury, leader of the Anglican...
Royal British Legion poppy appeal launched in Brussels
83The annual launch of the UK’s Royal British Legion poppy appeal has been marked in Brussels with a moving tribute to the war dead, coming just ahead of Remembrance Day in November in honour of Britain’s military veterans. The 2025 poppy appeal...
History made: Pope and King pray together in Sistine Chapel
Pope Leo and King Charles joined together for Midday Prayer, marking a first since the Church of England broke with Rome in the 1500s. The Vatican visit of King Charles III of England on October 23, 2025, has given rise to unprecedented symbolic...
On a train journey across England I take a trip into my past
In some ways Thatcher, humble of birth but ascending into mock aristocracy, was one of our cleverest leaders. Yet she was, in my humble opinion, corrupted by that great institution Oxford university to become a philistine. That is, someone who...
11 Adorable ‘Animal Antics’ Photo Winners From 2025’s Nature’s Best Photography Competition
Sometimes the deepest truths are revealed in the silliest photos. Here are 11 perfectly “silly” photos from this year’s Nature’s Best Photography contest. By © Daniel Valverde Fernández of Madrid, Spain Every year, Nature’s Best Photography...
Scenic Group unveils Scenic Ikon, its newest discovery yacht
Scenic Ikon is scheduled to join the Scenic Discovery Yacht fleet when she makes her inaugural voyage from Venice in April 2028. Her maiden season through to March 2029 spans 110 ports in 21 countries, including 26 new destinations, covering the...
Local charity raffles off teddy bear that's spent the year with the Armed Forces
Since then he has visited 29 Squadron (RAF Typhoon Display Team) for a day, has flown with the RAF Red Arrows to Scotland and back whilst they did a week's training up there. He has flown on A400's and voyagers from Brize Norton where they took...
36 hours with the ghost of Margaret Thatcher
Organised by South Kevesten District Council, the festival sees Thatcher resurrected and reimagined in the name of local culture. Posters of her back-combed barnet abound. And today marks what would have been her actual 100th birthday. Thankfully,...
Royal Family tree: King Charles III's closest family and line of succession
ShareSave King Charles III became the UK's monarch on 8 September 2022, making him the oldest person to succeed to the British throne, at the age of 73. The order of succession is the members of the Royal Family in the order in which they stand in...
Charity raffles off teddy bear that's spent the year with the Armed Forces
Since then he has visited 29 Squadron (RAF Typhoon Display Team) for a day, has flown with the RAF Red Arrows to Scotland and back whilst they did a week's training up there. He has flown on A400's and voyagers from Brize Norton where they took...
Prince Andrew humiliated again as Virginia Giuffre book revives sweaty excuse, branded morally blind: experts
Royal author Andrew Lownie has written an explosive new book titled "Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York." NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Prince Andrew is facing another wave of humiliation due to his accuser Virginia...
Even former Mossad chief would be better choice than Tony Blair
According to the leaked draft plan, the Gaza International Transitional Authority (GITA) will administer the Palestinian enclave and will be run by an international board. And former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is being considered to lead...
Taiwan should build a space-enabled kill web, not big warships
As part of a broader modernization effort, United States defense assistance should focus on freeing Taiwan’s senior military leadership from outdated paradigms by embedding multi-domain operations, joint training and campaign-level wargaming. The...
Chris Packham joins protest over Sea Life penguins ‘kept in the dark’
Chris Packham and other celebrity environmentalists have joined a protest by animal welfare campaigners who are calling for the relocation of gentoo penguins kept in a windowless basement at a London aquarium. The broadcaster and naturalist was...
Trump’s Tariffs: What’s In Effect, What Could Be In Store?
President of the Unitd States, Donald Trump has launched a global trade war with an series of tariffs that target products and countries. With a baseline tariff of 10% on all imports to the United States, as well as additional duties on certain...