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Russell Brand granted conditional bail after appearing in London court on rape and assault charges

May 2, 2025 at 7:52 a.m.

Actor-comedian Russell Brand was granted conditional bail by a London court on Friday after appearing to face charges of rape and sexual assault involving four women.

In this photo provided by English Heritage, English Heritage Conservator Rachel Turnbull gives a portrait believed to be of Lady Jane Grey a final examination before it goes on display at Wrest Park in Bedfordshire, England, Feb. 27, 2025. (Christopher Ison, English Heritage via AP)

This portrait may be the only one of England’s 9-day queen painted during her lifetime

March 9, 2025 at 10:10 a.m.

A painting that has gone on public display Friday could be the only portrait of England’s shortest-reigning queen, Lady Jane Grey, painted during her lifetime, according to the conservation group...

FILE – Singer Ozzy Osbourne performs during the concert of the English rock band Black Sabbath in Papp Laszlo Budapest Sports Arena in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, June 1, 2016. (Balazs Mohai/MTI via AP, File)

Ozzy Osbourne to reunite with Black Sabbath bandmates in Birmingham for ‘greatest’ show ever

February 5, 2025 at 3:48 p.m.

Ozzy Osbourne will reunite with all of the original members of Black Sabbath for the first time in 20 years, in a gig that will be his last and that’s...

FILE – Actress Joan Plowright poses for a portrait at a New York hotel on May 4, 1999. (AP Photo/Suzanne Plunkett, File)

Tony Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, widow of Laurence Olivier, dies at 95

January 17, 2025 at 6:20 a.m.

Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, who with her late husband Laurence Olivier did much to revitalize the U.K.’s theatrical scene in the decades after World War II, has died. She...

Britain’s King Charles III speaks during the recording of his Christmas message at the Fitzrovia Chapel in central London, England, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (Aaron Chown/PA via AP, Pool)

King Charles III focuses Christmas message on healthcare workers in year marked by royal illnesses

December 25, 2024 at 10:59 a.m.

King Charles III used his annual Christmas message Wednesday to hail the selflessness of those who have cared for him and the Princess of Wales this year, after both were...

Britain’s King Charles, centre left, arrives to attend the Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall in London, Saturday Nov. 9, 2024. (Chris J. Ratcliffe/Pool Photo via AP)

King Charles III and Kate attend remembrance event as both slowly return to duty

November 10, 2024 at 11:10 a.m.

King Charles III led the nation Sunday in a two-minute silence in remembrance of fallen service personnel in central London as the Princess of Wales looked on, a further sign...

Police officers detain a woman during a protest in Nottingham, England’s Market Square Saturday Aug. 3, 2024, following the stabbing attacks on Monday in Southport, in which three young children were killed. (Jacob King/PA via AP)

UK leader Keir Starmer condemns attack on asylum-seeker hotel as far-right violence spreads

August 4, 2024 at 12:21 p.m.

Police in the north of England town of Rotherham were struggling to hold back a mob of far-right rioters Sunday who were seeking to break into a hotel believed to...

Brazil will face Belgium in their Russia 2018 World Cup quarter-final football match at the Kazan Arena in Kazan on July 6, 2018.

Brazil and Belgium, two high-scoring attacks set for battle in the World Cup

May 12, 2019 at 7:27 p.m.

To get past Belgium in the quarterfinals at the World Cup, Brazil has to do something it has not been able to do since it last won the tournament in...

Lionel Messi reacts as France players celebrate taking the lead with their side's third goal during the match between France and Argentina in Kazan, Russia, Saturday, June 30, 2018.

Mbappe stars as France end Messi’s and Argentina’s World Cup

April 4, 2019 at 7:02 p.m.

What Lionel Messi has never done, 19-year-old Kylian Mbappe did twice. The quick-footed French teenager scored two goals in a five-minute span of the second half to help his team...

Poland's Jan Bednarek, left, scores the opening goal during the group H match between Japan and Poland at the 2018 soccer World Cup at the Volgograd Arena in Volgograd, Russia, Thursday, June 28, 2018.

Japan lose to Poland, advance on yellow cards

December 13, 2018 at 1:17 p.m.

Nice guys don't necessarily finish last at the World Cup. Fair play, a newly implemented tiebreaker in the group stage of the world's biggest soccer tournament, was put into use...

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