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• Iconic mountaineering expert and philanthropist, Doug Scott, dies at 79

  December 8, 2020 1:02 PM

  Doug Scott, an internationally recognized mountaineer who became the first British man to climb Mount Everest and who eventually went on to found a UK-based charity called Community Action Nepal has died at the age of 79, CNN reports. After Scott and his mountaineering team became the first UK... more »

• Meghan and Harry file lawsuit against paparazzi

  July 24, 2020 8:14 AM

  The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, are suing over paparazzi photographs of their toddler son, Archie, their lawyer said in a statement. According to CNN , Meghan and Harry filed the lawsuit in California, which is where the family now lives. Harry and Meghan's son, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor,... more »

• Red Cross calls UK hospital crowding a "humanitarian crisis"

  January 7, 2017 9:00 AM

  LONDON - The British Red Cross says overcrowding in hospital emergency rooms has become a "humanitarian crisis." The charity says it has dispatched volunteers to help patients go home and free up hospital beds. It claims cuts to social-care funding by the Conservative government mean some patients can't be discharged... more »

• Egypt: Nefertiti may be buried in King Tut's tomb

  October 1, 2015 10:23 AM

  LUXOR, Egypt- Egypt's antiquities minister says King Tut's tomb may contain hidden chambers, lending support to a British Egyptologist's theory that a queen may be buried in the walls of the 3,300 year-old pharaonic mausoleum. Mamdouh el-Damaty said Tuesday during a visit to Luxor that he will ask for final... more »