LONDON (Reuters) – Television series “The Crown” might have won millions of fans across the globe with its dramatization of the life and reign of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth but one royal historian has accused it of peddling a subversive republican … Continue reading ‘The Crown’ peddles subversive republican message, says royal historian
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Scientists on Monday unveiled the first global geological map of Saturn’s moon Titan including vast plains and dunes of frozen organic material and lakes of liquid methane, illuminating an exotic world considered a strong candidate in the … Continue reading ‘Possibility of life’: scientists map Saturn’s exotic moon Titan
FILE PHOTO: British musician Paul McCartney performs during the “One on One” tour concert in Porto Alegre, Brazil October 13, 2017. REUTERS/Diego Vara LONDON (Reuters) – Former Beatle Paul McCartney will headline Glastonbury Festival, the pinnacle of Britain’s pop music … Continue reading Love Mud Do: McCartney to headline 50th Glastonbury Festival
Hama Amadou poses for a picture at his office in the National Assembly in Niamey, in a file photo taken September 16, 2013. REUTERS/Joe Penney NIAMEY (Reuters) – Niger’s main opposition leader Hama Amadou is back behind bars after returning … Continue reading Niger’s main opposition leader returns to jail with eye on presidential bid -lawyer
Carabinieri military policeman looks at artefacts in a display case in Cosenza, Italy, November 18, 2019. CARABINIERI MILITARY POLICE/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS ROME (Reuters) – An international crime gang that ransacked ancient sites in southern Italy and trafficked stolen … Continue reading Archaeological crime gang uncovered in Italy, 10,000 artifacts recovered
A woman works at the packaging unit at a warehouse for an online store, Jumia in Ikeja district, in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos June 10, 2016.REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Online retailer Jumia Technologies, often called “the Amazon of Africa”, … Continue reading Jumia Technologies suspends e-commerce business in Cameroon
FILE PHOTO: View of the renovated tomb of Oscar Wilde during the ceremony at the Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris November 30, 2011. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Oxford University said on Monday a golden ring given by Irish … Continue reading Return of the ring: stolen Oscar Wilde friendship band recovered
FILE PHOTO: View of the renovated tomb of Oscar Wilde during the ceremony at the Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris November 30, 2011. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Oxford University said on Monday a golden ring given by Irish … Continue reading Return of the ring: stolen Oscar Wilde friendship band recovered
An employee displays the second issue of Young Men’s Magazine, a miniature manuscript dated 1830, written by Charlotte Bronte when she was 14 years old, before being put on auction at Drouot auction house in Paris, France, November 18, 2019. … Continue reading Miniature Bronte manuscript returns to author’s childhood home
An employee displays the second issue of Young Men’s Magazine, a miniature manuscript dated 1830, written by Charlotte Bronte when she was 14 years old, before being put on auction at Drouot auction house in Paris, France, November 18, 2019. … Continue reading Miniature Bronte manuscript returns to author’s childhood home
An employee displays the second issue of Young Men’s Magazine, a miniature manuscript dated 1830, written by Charlotte Bronte when she was 14 years old, before being put on auction at Drouot auction house in Paris, France, November 18, 2019. … Continue reading Miniature Bronte manuscript returns to author’s childhood home
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s Democratic Alliance (DA) on Sunday appointed John Steenhuisen as interim leader a month after the country’s main opposition party was thrown into chaos by the sudden resignation of Mmusi Maimane. Supporters of South African opposition … Continue reading South Africa’s DA party picks veteran Steenhuisen as interim leader