Lauren Frayer
Stories
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World
With trade in the Red Sea disrupted, tea has a longer journey to British mugs
In Britain, people worry as Houthi attacks on shipping routes in the Red Sea threaten supply chains for their national drink.
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World
King Charles is being treated for cancer
King Charles III has been diagnosed with a form of cancer and began treatment Monday, Buckingham Palace says.
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World
A U.S. scientist's tea recipe has Brits aghast. Salt? Warm milk? The horror!
Some 250 years after Americans ruined a lot of British tea in Boston Harbor, a U.S. chemist's salty tip for the perfect cup has prompted an intervention from the U.S. Embassy in London.
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National
An American chemist's take on the perfect cup of tea causes a stir in England
A U.S. academic's recipe for the perfect cup of tea has sent Brits into a tizzy. Salt? Warm milk? The horror!
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World
Prince Harry wins landmark phone hacking case against one of Britain's major tabloids
A U.K. judge ruled against the publisher of the Daily Mirror, finding that the paper used phone hacking to gather information unlawfully on the Duke of Sussex.
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World
British government pushes ahead with plan to deport undocumented migrants to Rwanda
Despite legal challenges, the U.K. is pushing ahead with a plan to deport undocumented migrants to Rwanda. But it's already cost taxpayers twice what was planned, and no one has been deported yet.
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World
Former PM Boris Johnson testifies over Britain's botched COVID-19 response
Former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been testifying before a public inquiry into his government's botched response to COVID-19. Britain had one of the worst COVID-19 death tolls in Europe.
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World
What the resumption of Israel-Hamas fighting means for Palestinians in Israeli jails
Human rights groups say Israel stepped up arrests in the occupied West Bank during the war. Only a fraction of those arrested have been released as part of hostage and prisoner exchanges.
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Israel and Hamas appear to inch toward a possible deal to release some hostages
Amid anticipation that an Israel-Hamas hostage deal is close, intelligence officials talk about negotiating the release of an Israeli soldier who was held by Hamas in Gaza for five years.
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World
Israel revises down its death toll from the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks to about 1,200
In a text message to journalists, a spokesperson from Israel's Foreign Ministry said "around 1,200" is now what he called "the official number of people" killed by Hamas militants on Oct. 7.