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  • Catherine ConnollyPolitics

    Left-wing firebrand Catherine Connolly elected president of Ireland in landslide

    By Sylvia Hui and The Associated Press
  • Michael Gambon, from left, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint and Alan RickmanLifestyle

    Michael Gambon, Irish-born actor who played ‘Albus Dumbledore’ in 6 ‘Harry Potter’ films, dies at 82

    By Sylvia Hui and The Associated Press
  • Sinead O'ConnorLifestyle

    Sinéad O’Connor, the Irish singer-songwriter who shot to fame in her 20s and captivated the world with her provocations, dies at 56

    By Sylvia Hui and The Associated Press
  • King Charles IIIEnvironment

    King Charles makes so much from offshore wind farms that he told the UK to use a $1.3 billion profit for the ‘wider public good’

    By Sylvia Hui and The Associated Press
  • Britain’s Prince William pulls the first pint of Kingmaker, a new brew celebrating the coronation of King Charles III, as he and the Princess of Wales visit the Dog & Duck pub in London, Thursday, May 4, 2023, to hear how it’s preparing for the coronation of King Charles III and the Queen Consort at the weekend. (Jamie Lorriman/Pool Photo via AP)Lifestyle

    Prince William pours a pint with commoners and rides the tube ahead of his father’s coronation

    By Sylvia Hui and The Associated Press
  • CamillaLifestyle

    How Queen Camilla is preparing for coronation: ‘She’ll just get on with it. And that is really her mantra.’

    By Sylvia Hui and The Associated Press
  • Abbey Marshal Howard Berry stands at the centre of the Cosmati pavement, located before the altar, during a photo call at Westminster Abbey, central London, to announce special events to celebrate the Coronation of King Charles III, Thursday March 23, 2023. Events at the Abbey will include barefoot tours of the Cosmati pavement, one of the UK’s greatest medieval art treasures and the place of coronations for over 700 years and where the Coronation Chair will be placed to crown the King. (Jonathan Brady/PA via AP)Lifestyle

    Westminster Abbey will offer barefoot tours after King Charles is crowned—but you have to keep your socks on

    By Sylvia Hui and The Associated Press
  • FILE – People hold a minute of silence in a square in central Manchester, England, on May 25, 2017, after a suicide bombing attack at an Ariana Grande concert at the Manchester Arena. Britain’s domestic intelligence agency didn’t act swiftly enough on key information and missed a significant opportunity to prevent the suicide bombing that killed 22 people at a 2017 Ariana Grande concert, an inquiry found Thursday, March 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)

    MI5 director ‘profoundly sorry’ after review finds it could have prevented suicide bombing at 2017 Ariana Grande concert

    By Sylvia Hui and The Associated Press
  • Meghan, Duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex attend the 2022 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Gala

    ‘Harry & Meghan’ ramps up royal family criticism in volume 2 of Netflix documentary

    By Sylvia Hui, Danica Kirka, and others
  • Britain Van Gogh ProtestEnvironment

    Gen Z activists who dumped 2 cans of tomato soup on Van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’ plead not guilty in court

    By Sylvia Hui and The Associated Press
  • King Charles III signs an oath to uphold the security of the Church in Scotland during the Accession Council at St James’s Palace, London, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022, where King Charles III is formally proclaimed monarch. (Victoria Jones/Pool Photo via AP)

    King Charles III proclaimed Britain’s monarch in first accession ceremony broadcast live

    By Jill Lawless, Danica Kirka, and others