Buckingham Palace trespasser was convicted murderer
Friday, 20 May 2016, 13:59
Last update: about 11 years ago
Associated Press
A convicted murderer climbed over a wall and wandered the grounds of Buckingham Palace while Queen Elizabeth II was at home, British prosecutors said Friday. Dennis Hennessy, 41, pleaded guilty...
Updated: Almost 300 famous actors, writers urge Britain to stay in EU
Friday, 20 May 2016, 12:00
Last update: about 11 years ago
Associated Press
Almost 300 British arts and culture figures have appealed for voters to support European Union membership, arguing that a vote to leave the 28-nation bloc in a June 23 referendum will leave the U.K....
India records its hottest temperature ever amid heat wave
Friday, 20 May 2016, 10:23
Last update: about 11 years ago
Associated Press
A city in western India has set a new heat record for the country — a scorching 51 degrees Celsius (123.8 Fahrenheit). The record set Thursday in the city of Phalodi, in the western state...
Marco Pannella, Italian Radical Party leader, dies aged 86
Thursday, 19 May 2016, 14:34
Last update: about 11 years ago
Marco Pannella, leader of the Italian Radical Party, died in Rome today. He was 86. Pannella had been hospitalised with complications on Wednesday. He founded the Italian Radical Party in...
UK police arrest man who scaled wall at Buckingham Palace
Thursday, 19 May 2016, 14:24
Last update: about 11 years ago
Associated Press
A man scaled a wall and got into the grounds of Buckingham Palace before being arrested, London police said Thursday. The 41-year-old man was detained in the palace grounds Wednesday evening on...
French parliament approves extension of state of emergency
Thursday, 19 May 2016, 13:29
Last update: about 11 years ago
Associated Press
France's lower house of parliament has definitively approved a two-month extension of the state of emergency that was declared after the deadly Nov. 13 attacks in Paris. The measure is aimed at...