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  • William and Harry prepare to hold vigil by late queen’s coffin

    LONDON, Sept 17 (Reuters) – People flocked to central London to join a queue to file past the coffin of Queen Elizabeth on Saturday, undeterred by a government warning to stay at home to avoid standing in line for hours to see the late monarch’s lying-in-state. Tens of thousands of people have already filed pastContinue…

  • Cheetahs return to India after 70-year absence

    LONDON/NEW DELHI, Sept 17 (Reuters) – Eight radio-collared African cheetahs step out on to the grassland of Kuno National Park in central India, their final destination after a 5,000-mile (8,000 km) journey from Namibia that has drawn criticism from some conservationists. The arrival of the big cats – the fastest land animal on Earth –Continue…

  • Stung by criticism over Diana, Britain’s royals show common touch

    LONDON/EDINBURGH, Sept 17 (Reuters) – The day after his mother, Britain’s longest serving monarch, died, King Charles and his wife Camilla surprised well-wishers gathered outside Buckingham Palace in London by getting out of their car to greet them. The following day his two sons, princes William and Harry, staged their own walkabout near Windsor Castle,Continue…

  • Biden meets families of Russian-held detainees Griner, Whelan

    WASHINGTON, Sept 16 (Reuters) – President Joe Biden met on Friday with families of two Americans being held by Russia, and personally reassured them he is working to gain freedom for the detainees. Biden sat down in the Oval Office with Cherelle Griner, wife of women’s basketball star Brittney Griner, and Elizabeth Whelan, sister ofContinue…

  • Without the queen at its heart, Commonwealth faces uncertain future

    LONDON, Sept 17 (Reuters) – When she was a child growing up in Nigeria, Timie Ogunmola’s father used to show her black-and-white pictures of his trip to London in 1953 to attend Queen Elizabeth’s coronation as an official in what was then his country’s colonial administration. Now a resident of Edinburgh in her 60s, OgunmolaContinue…

  • Japan warns powerful typhoon to hit southern region on Sunday

    TOKYO, Sept 17 (Reuters) – The Japan Meteorological Agency urged residents to evacuate parts of the southern island of Kyushu on Saturday, ahead of a large and powerful typhoon expected to bring up to half a metre (20 inches) of rain when it makes landfall on Sunday. Nanmadol, classified as a super typhoon by theContinue…

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