Author: Gregory Katz
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Obama to Prince Harry: Leaders must use care on social media
LONDON — Former President Barack Obama told Prince Harry in an interview broadcast Wednesday that people in leadership roles must be careful in their use of social media and warned against spending too much time immersed in the internet at the expense of the world outside. Obama did not, however, directly mention his successor, President…
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Spring wedding at Windsor Castle for Prince Harry and Markle
LONDON — It will be a spring wedding on the glorious grounds of Windsor Castle for love-struck Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Royal officials — thrilled with the international response to news of the couple’s engagement, and the positive reaction to their first ever TV appearance — revealed a few key details Tuesday but kept…
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Prince Harry, actress Meghan Markle to wed next year
LONDON — Prince Harry, fifth in line to the British throne, will marry American actress Meghan Markle in the spring, palace officials announced Monday, confirming months of speculation. Markle, a humanitarian campaigner and lifestyle blogger who succeeded in show business before falling for Harry, will become a senior member of the royal family as the wife…
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Police: Car crash in London is traffic accident, not terror
LONDON — A car crash that injured 11 people Saturday outside London’s popular Natural History Museum was a traffic accident, not a terrorist attack, London police said. The accident had sparked fears of an attack because it involved a car hitting pedestrians at a crowded site favored by tourists to the British capital. A massive…
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UK police make ‘significant’ arrest in London subway blast
LONDON — British police made an apparent breakthrough Saturday in the race-against-time subway bombing investigation with what they called a “very significant” arrest, but the country remained on a “critical” alert, meaning that another attack is judged imminent. Police arrested an 18-year-old man in the port of Dover — the main ferry link to France…
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UK threat level raised to “critical” after subway bombing
LONDON — A homemade bomb planted in a rush-hour subway car exploded in London on Friday, injuring 29 people and prompting authorities to raise Britain’s terrorism threat level to “critical,” meaning another attack may be imminent. The early morning blast sparked a huge manhunt for the perpetrators of what police said was the fourth terrorist…
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UK: Banned building materials suspected in London fire
LONDON — The new exterior cladding used in a renovation on London’s Grenfell Tower may have been banned under U.K. building regulations, two British ministers said Sunday as police continued their investigation into the inferno that killed at least 58 people. Trade Minister Greg Hands said the government is carrying out an “urgent inspection” of…
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1 dead, 10 hurt in crash near mosque suspected as terrorism
LONDON — A vehicle struck pedestrians near a mosque in north London early Monday morning, killing one man and injuring 10 people in what police are investigating as a terrorist incident. Police said the 48-year-old man who was driving the car has been arrested and taken to a hospital as a precaution. He will be…
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‘Oi, terrorists, cowards!’ Fighting back in London’s chaos
LONDON — For eight agonizing minutes, the orders came from all directions, frantic and contradictory. Crowds scattered, sometimes directly into the path of the men trying to kill them. Police cars screamed past the attackers toward the van they had abandoned. Chairs, bottles and even a basket flew through the air as terrified onlookers tried…
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Police arrest 12 after night of terror in heart of London
LONDON — British police arrested a dozen people Sunday in a widening terrorism investigation after attackers using a van and large knives turned a balmy evening of nightlife into a bloodbath and killed seven people in the heart of London. Although the attackers were also dead, authorities raced to determine whether others assisted them, and…