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Timeline of the Assange legal saga as he faces further delay in bid to avoid extradition to the US

Mar. 26, 2024 09:21 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — After fighting for more than a decade to avoid being sent to the U.S., WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is facing further delays in learning whether he can make a new legal challenge against his extradition. Assange, 52, faces charges related to his organization's...

New Zealand joins the US and the UK in alleging it was targeted by China-backed cyberespionage

Mar. 26, 2024 06:11 AM EDT

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Hackers linked to the Chinese government launched a state-sponsored operation that targeted New Zealand's Parliament in 2021, the country's security minister said Tuesday. New Zealand's allegation comes a day after American and British authorities...

UK farmers in tractors head to Parliament to protest rules they say threaten livelihoods

Mar. 26, 2024 01:53 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Farmers drove dozens of tractors in a slow-motion convoy towards Britain’s Parliament on Monday to protest post- Brexit rules and trade deals that they say are endangering livelihoods and food security. Supporters of the campaign groups Save British Farming and...

US and UK go after Chinese hackers accused of state-backed operation against politicians, dissidents

Mar. 25, 2024 21:04 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hackers linked to the Chinese government launched a sweeping, state-backed operation that targeted U.S. officials, journalists, corporations, pro-democracy activists and the U.K.'s election watchdog, American and British authorities said Monday in announcing a set of criminal...

Radical British preacher Anjem Choudary pleads not guilty to terrorism charges

Mar. 25, 2024 09:53 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Radical British preacher Anjem Choudary pleaded not guilty Monday in a London courtroom to two terrorism-related charges. Choudary, 57, pleaded not guilty to membership in a banned organization, the radical Muslim group al-Muhajiroun, and addressing meetings to...

Kate, Princess of Wales, reveals she has cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy

Mar. 22, 2024 17:26 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Kate, the Princess of Wales, has cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy, she revealed Friday in a stunning announcement that followed weeks of speculation about her health and whereabouts. The princess disclosed her condition in a video message recorded Wednesday in...

Police investigate allegedly racist remarks by biggest donor to Britain's Conservative government

Mar. 22, 2024 08:50 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Police in northern England said Friday that they are investigating whether the largest donor to Britain’s Conservative government committed a crime when he reportedly said a Black member of Parliament made him “want to hate all Black women” and that she “should be shot.” ...

France's president pounds a punching bag on camera, and Europe notices

Mar. 21, 2024 19:16 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — The teeth clench. The brow furrows. The bicep bulges. In moody black and white, photos of French President Emmanuel Macron pounding a punching bag arched eyebrows across Europe on Thursday after his official photographer posted them to social media in what was widely...

UK has its first Black government leader as Vaughan Gething is elected first minister of Wales

Mar. 20, 2024 22:10 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Vaughan Gething was elected first minister of Wales on Wednesday, becoming the first Black leader of a government in the U.K. Gething was elected government leader by members of the Welsh parliament in Cardiff, four days after winning the contest to be leader of...

British foreign secretary visits Thailand to pursue stronger defense and economic ties

Mar. 20, 2024 09:10 AM EDT

BANGKOK (AP) — Britain's foreign secretary met with Thailand's prime minister on Wednesday on his first visit to the Indo-Pacific region. Britain's foreign office said the discussion between David Cameron and Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin was aimed at improving cooperation in...