UK Restaurant Makes Diners Sign A Waiver Before Eating Dessert
LONDON — A London restaurant has asked diners to sign away their right to sue before consuming Christmas pudding, a traditional Yuletide treat t...
LONDON — A London restaurant has asked diners to sign away their right to sue before consuming Christmas pudding, a traditional Yuletide treat t...
Emily Henry | Posted 12.21.2009 | Entertainment
In the red corner, pulsing with '90s angst, Rage Against the Machine are enjoying the sweet smell of victory with their 1992 semi-hit "Killing in the Name."
Jon Chattman | Posted 12.18.2009 | New York
Arctic Monkeys have already conquered their homeland, and as evidenced last week, they're slowly gaining momentum in the states.
Times Online | Chris Gourlay | Posted 12.14.2009 | World
Muslims in Britain are the most patriotic in Europe -- but more than a quarter in some parts of the country still do not feel British, according to a ...
Posted 12.14.2009 | Business
Tullett Prebon, a London-based inter-dealer broker described as one of the City's biggest trading firms, will help employees relocate to avoid the Uni...
DailyFinance | Lauren CooperDec 12th 2009 at 12:00PM | Posted 12.11.2009 | Books
The champion of London's homeless, Mark Guard, is becoming nearly as famous as his celebrity neighbors, including Maggie Thatcher, Joan Collins, Sean ...
ft.com | Ben Hall | Posted 12.10.2009 | Business
President Nicolas Sarkozy is to follow Britain's lead and impose a one-off tax on bonus pay-outs by banks operating in France. The French governmen...
Telegraph | Louise Armitstead | Posted 12.09.2009 | Business
The former Government minister and one of the architects of the British efforts to rescue the financial system, told a high-level business conference ...
Posted 12.06.2009 | Technology
After helping to kill off brick-and-mortar bookstores, Amazon is now bringing them back -- under its own name. The online retailer is reportedly plann...
AP | GREGORY KATZ | Posted 12.04.2009 | World
LONDON — The truth – and the UFOs – may be out there, but nobody in the British military is listening anymore. The Defense Ministry...
Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics
There were moments during the speech last night when if you closed your eyes, imagined the grammar a little mangled and a few words mispronounced, you could have easily been listening to President Bush.
AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 12.02.2009 | World
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran freed five British sailors detained last week when their racing yacht drifted accidentally into Iranian waters in the Persia...
AP | DAVID STRINGER | Posted 11.27.2009 | World
LONDON — The United States was "hell bent" on a 2003 military invasion of Iraq and actively undermined efforts by Britain to win international a...
AP | STEVENSON JACOBS | Posted 11.27.2009 | Business
NEW YORK — Dubai's debt crisis rattled world financial markets Friday, raising concerns that some banks could further tighten lending and stall ...
AP | PAISLEY DODDS | Posted 11.25.2009 | World
LONDON — An inquiry into Britain's role in the Iraq war kicked off Tuesday with top government advisers testifying that some Bush administration...
Wall Street Journal | PETER SPIEGEL and STEPHEN FIDLER | Posted 11.21.2009 | World
U.S. and European estimates of the new troops they may get from NATO allies vary from 3,000 to 7,000. Those would complement the additional U.S. force...
The Guardian | Stuart Jeffries | Posted 11.10.2009 | Books
"They simply treat books as a commodity," says Nicholas Spice, publisher of the London Review of Books, and one of the chain's sternest critics. "Ther...
Times Online | By Suzy Jagger | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland -- U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown and U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner clashed over potential taxes on bank transactio...
The Observer | Jamie Doward | Posted 11.07.2009 | Living
Drug addiction clinics say they are becoming increasingly concerned by the health risks associated with the chemical -- the only known example of the ...
AP | ELENA BECATOROS and DEB RIECHMANN | Posted 11.04.2009 | World
KABUL — The killing of five British troops by a rogue Afghan policeman underlines concerns about training and discipline within the ranks and po...
Spiegel Online | Gregor Peter Schmitz | Posted 11.03.2009 | World
The council released a study on Monday called "Toward a Post-American Europe," based on wide-ranging interviews and research conducted in the 27 EU me...
AP | AMANDA LEE MYERS | Posted 11.02.2009 | Home
PHOENIX — A young Iraqi woman whose father allegedly hit her with his car because she had become too Westernized died from her injuries Monday a...
The Huffington Post | Posted 11.02.2009 | Entertainment
A movie about the prophet Muhammad is in the works, according to Reuters. According to reports, the $150 million film will bring together a major holl...
AP | RAPHAEL SATTER | Posted 11.02.2009 | Business
LONDON — The Royal Bank of Scotland, Northern Rock, and Lloyds Banking Group are to sell off as many as 700 branches in the next few years in exchan...
Jo Bryant | Posted 10.29.2009 | Style
As Halloween fever grips the UK, Debrett's -- the UK's leading authority on etiquette and manners -- felt it necessary to provide some top tips for a well-mannered Halloween.
AP | Posted 12.24.2009 | World