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Bono Reveals Reason He Always Wears Sunglasses - The Graham Norton Show
Bono reveals that he always wears sunglasses indoors because he has had glaucoma for 20 years.#TheGNShow #TheGrahamNortonShow #GrahamNortonFollow us!Facebook...
Canada and Australia impose COVID testing requirements on travelers from China
Australia and Canada join other countries including the U.S., U.K., India, Japan and several European nations in imposing tougher COVID-19 measures on Chinese travelers amid fears of new variants.
British startup wins $1M grand prize in Genius NY business competition in Syracuse
The company makes imaging devices that autonomously watch over valuable assets and facilities in remote areas.
For immigrant founders in the UK, office hours with VCs are rocket fuel - techcrunch
The "International Founders Open Office Hours” program aims to help immigrant founders boost their social networks by meeting VCs in the U.K.
Putin Blames UK for Drone Attack on Crimea, Blames Nord Stream Sabotage On Same Unit | Ukraine War
Russia claims to have thwarted a massive drone attack on the Sevastopol port on October 28. The Russian Defence Ministry has accused the British navy of helping Ukraine plan the drone attack on Sevastopol. Russia also alleged that the same British unit wa...
Elon Musk visits Twitter headquarters ahead of takeover deadline
Billionaire Elon Musk said he paid a visit to Twitter Inc's headquarters in San Francisco on Wednesday, ahead of a court-ordered deadline to close his $44 billion deal for the social media platform.
Cheese Rolling at Cooper's Hill, Gloucestershire - 2016
The annual Cheese-Rolling and Wake at Cooper's Hill, near Brockworth, Gloucestershire, England, U.K.The third year in a row that I've been to watch this madn...
UK's SpaceX rival rocket crashes after test launch in Iceland
A UK-based rival to Elon Musk’s SpaceX suffered a setback as its test launch for its Skylark L rocket malfunctioned and landed in the Norwegian Sea. No one w...
Ukrainian POW reveals torment at hands of Russians
Recent deals with Russia saw the release of 215 Ukrainian prisoners of war. Speaking to Sky's Sally Lockwood, one former marine tells of being treated 'like an animal' - stripped, beaten, duct-taped, shocked and humiliated while being held captive.
Bank of England takes emergency action to calm markets
he Bank of England has launched a temporary bond-buying programme as it takes emergency action to prevent "material risk" to UK financial stability. It will buy as many long-dated government bonds as needed between now and October 14th in the wake of the...
Putin declaration is 'worrying escalation', says foreign minister
In response to President Putin's address, foreign minister Gillian Keegan said his declaration is a "worrying escalation" of the war in Ukraine, which began in February. She added that the threats should be taken "seriously" and told Ukrainians "we're the...
LIVE Rugby Union: Royal New Zealand Navy v Royal Australian Navy – Commonwealth Cup 2022
An epic sporting rivalry continues in Plymouth as the 2022 Commonwealth Cup comes to a close.
Queen Elizabeth lowered into Royal vault as lone piper concludes state funeral
The state funeral of Queen Elizabeth concluded with her coffin being lowered into the Royal vault at St George's Chapel. A lone piper played a lament which marked the end of an historic ceremony.
Ukraine war: Captured medic's bodycam footage shows horror of Mariupol
Footage filmed by a captured volunteer medic footage has shown the horrors taking place in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol after it was smuggled out in a tampon. Using a body-worn camera, 53-year-old Yuliia Paievska recorded 256 gigabytes of video, documen...
Why Decaying Sea Forts were Abandoned in Great Britain
World War II was the largest and most devastating conflict in human history, causing untold destruction all across the world as well as massive political and cultural change.. One need not go that far off the coast of England in order to see what World Wa...