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An Uber car with cameras on the roof drives in London, Friday, Oct. 21, 2016. A British court has ruled Uber drivers there should earn the minimum wage.

In landmark decision, British court rules Uber drivers should get minimum wage

June 9, 2018 at 6:24 a.m.

In a landmark ruling Friday that could impact Britain's wider "gig" economy, a London employment tribunal ruled that taxi drivers using the Uber ride-hailing app are "workers" and entitled to...

A handout image released on April 20, 2016, shows (L-R) Britain's Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's Prince George, and Britain's Prince William, Duke of Cambridge smiling during a photo shoot for the Royal Mail in 2015 in the White Drawing Room at Buckingham in London.

Queen Elizabeth’s 90th birthday: Lunch with Obama and 1,000 bonfires

June 22, 2019 at 4:30 p.m.

How do you celebrate your 90th birthday when you've spent nearly two-thirds of those years as the queen? If you're Elizabeth II, you do what you've always done: your royal...

Crystal Mauras breastfeeds her 2-month-old son, Christopher Rhodes Jr, outside City Hall during a ralley to support breastfeeding in public on August 8, 2014 in New York City.

British researchers are paying mothers to breast-feed

June 15, 2018 at 4:28 p.m.

When Vanessa Purdy spotted a poster inviting her to earn shopping vouchers for breast-feeding, she didn't think twice about signing up. "I thought, 'If I can get money for breast-feeding,...

Britain's Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge hold their new born son George, as they pose for photographers outside St. Mary's Hospital exclusive Lindo Wing in London where the Duchess gave birth.

World went mad for Prince George, but few care about arrival of second royal baby

June 20, 2019 at 7:11 p.m.

The betting public thinks that the Duchess of Cambridge will give birth to the nation's newest prince or princess on April 21. That's Tuesday, folks. And yet, the scene outside...

This time, King Richard III will get a more regal farewell

June 23, 2019 at 7:32 a.m.

Furniture maker Michael Ibsen is used to clients asking for custom-made pieces such as specially designed bookshelves or doors or cupboards. But the call to construct a coffin for his...

Tower of London’s stunning poppy installation creates national sensation

June 23, 2019 at 7:40 a.m.

Standing in the Tower of London moat alongside three generations of his family, David Woodrow stared out at a sea of red ceramic poppies and struggled to hold back the...

Pro-independence supporters console each other in Glasgow, Scotland, following a defeat in the referendum on Scottish independence.

A Scotland made anew by surge in political engagement

June 24, 2019 at 5:22 a.m.

On the cobbled streets of Edinburgh on Saturday, the "yes" and "no" campaign offices were dark, the doors locked, the insides strewn with deflated balloons and abandoned leaflets — the...

Rich Londoners perfect culture of self-indulgence

August 21, 2021 at 1:34 p.m.

They call themselves "the haves and the have yachts": rich London bankers and traders who drop tens of thousands of dollars for an evening of cocktails and hire "personal concierges"...

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