Lord Davies of Abersoch, Wales, was formerly chief executive and chairman of Standard Chartered and was awarded a CBE in 2002 ...

Born in 1921 in pre-partition India, Dhatt joined the British Army when the Second World War broke out. The British-Indian ...

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Olympic legend Dawn Fraser has been released from hospital after suffering a life-endangering fall more than a week ago.

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And on December 11th Britain’s remaining hereditary peers walked into the House of Lords to face their own end. On one side ...

Departing from London, the new train will offer three-night luxury train trips through the glorious British countryside, part ...

The $34-billion Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion project started carrying crude oil from Alberta to the B.C. coast on ...

The Amazing Kreskin launched his television career in the 1960s and remained popular for decades, appearing with everyone from Merv Griffin to Johnny Carson to Jimmy Fallon.

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The rebel leader who helped oust the Assad regime calls on countries to hand over “criminals” who fled Syria. A new caretaker prime minister warns that the country faces a dire financial ...