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Dua Lipa, SZA and Shania Twain to lead this year's Glastonbury Festival in June
LONDON (AP) — Whatever the weather, the 200,000 or so music fans heading down to this year's Glastonbury Festival are going to get something different. For the first time since the festival started in 1970, two female acts will be performing the headline spots on the main stage on...
Bill to quash hundreds of wrongful convictions over a Post Office scandal goes before UK Parliament
LONDON (AP) — The British government introduced legislation Wednesday to quash the wrongful convictions of hundreds of Post Office branch managers in England and Wales who were caught up in one of the United Kingdom's biggest miscarriages of justice. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said...
80 years after D-Day, a World War II veteran is getting married near beaches where US troops landed
BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — Harold Terens and his fiancee Jeanne Swerlin kissed and held hands like high school sweethearts as they discussed their upcoming wedding in France, a country the World War II veteran first visited as a 20-year-old U.S. Army Air Forces corporal shortly after D-Day. ...
Q&A: Julianne Moore and Nicholas Galitzine set out to seduce a king in 'Mary & George'
LONDON (AP) — One of the original momagers, Mary Villiers knew how to use her son to get wealth, power and prestige. In “Mary & George,” Julianne Moore plays the white ruff-wearing, pushy mom who took advantage of her son George's charms to win favor in the court of King...
Book Review: Elizabeth Brooks' Austen-esque WWII novel has romance, betrayal and a touch of macabre
In a chance meeting in 1934, Nina hosts a dinner party. She’s 14, trying on womanhood for the first time, and even the drunken foolery of Guy Nicholson and his friend can’t outweigh the growing importance of his gaze. Before she knows it, she’s smitten. “The Woman in the...
Unseeded Katie Boulter wins San Diego Open by topping sixth-seeded Marta Kostyuk
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Unseeded Katie Boulter of Great Britain capped a run of upsets to win the San Diego Open singles title with a 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 victory over sixth-seeded Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine on Sunday. A 10-year tour veteran, the 28-year-old Boulter won her second pro singles...
The Tower of London's new ravenmaster takes charge of the landmark's iconic flock
LONDON (AP) — If an ancient prophecy is right, Michael “Barney” Chandler has just got the most important job in England. The 56-year-old former Royal Marine is the new ravenmaster at the Tower of London, responsible for looking after the feathered protectors of the...
Saudi Arabian soccer's international ambitions for clubs including Super Leagues aired at conference
Saudi Arabia sees placing its soccer clubs in more international games including Super Leagues as key to achieving the kingdom’s ambitions, a leading industry conference was told Wednesday. A debate on the emerging power of Saudi money and influence in world soccer opened the...
A World War II bomb prompted an evacuation in England before being taken to sea to be blown up
LONDON (AP) — An unexploded World War II bomb was safely transported Friday through the eerily empty streets of the southwestern English port city of Plymouth before being placed on a boat for its next and final journey to sea where it will be blown up by naval divers. In what...
WikiLeaks founder Assange may be near the end of his long fight to stay out of the US
LONDON (AP) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's fight to avoid facing spying charges in the United States may be nearing an end following a protracted legal saga in the U.K. that included seven years of self-exile inside a foreign embassy and five years in prison. Assange faces...