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More than 75,000 Twitter users have gone gaga about footballer Ryan Giggs' illicit affair with a former Miss Wales Imogen Thomas.

A British politician has defied a court order on Monday by identifying Manchester United's Ryan Giggs as the soccer star fighting a legal battle to avert newspapers from publishing allegations of an affair, a report said

Internet heavyweights are gathering in Paris for a two-day technology forum hosted by French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

A volcanic eruption at Grimsvotn has hit Iceland on May 21, sending a huge bubbling mass of ash and smoke, accompanied by multiple earthquakes.

The relationship between the United Kingdom and the United States is unique and indispensable, said British Foreign Secretary William Hague.

Shares in commodities trader Glencore ticked higher on their first day of official trade but remained below their offer level, dashing hopes of a strong start after the group set a mid-range flotation price.

Two top executives have quit Wal-Mart Stores Inc's China business, leaving a leadership vacuum in country earmarked as having strategic importance for the U.S. retailer.

The dollar held firm on Tuesday and stocks in Asia steadied but the euro remained on the defensive on worries that the euro zone's debt crisis was deepening and could spread to heavyweights such as Spain.

U.S. President Barack Obama begins his visit to Britain where he and Prime Minister David Cameron will hold talks focusing on Libya and the Middle East.

French Defence Minister Gerard Longuet said that France and Britain would deploy attack helicopters in Libya to achieve more accurate strikes on Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces, a Reuters report said on Monday.

U.S. President Barack Obama declared solidarity between the United States and economically struggling Ireland with a symbolic gulp of beer and a rousing speech, telling a huge Dublin crowd on Monday: Your best days are still ahead.

Ten days after Prince William and his bride Kate Middleton left the United Kingdom for their honeymoon to the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean, the newlyweds are back.

Scottish airline Loganair has cancelled 36 flights in response to the threat from the volcanic ash.

An increasingly farcical game of cat-and-mouse between Britain's media and celebrities, Twitter users and the judiciary prompted Prime Minister David Cameron to promise a review of the country's privacy laws on Monday.

British Prime Minister David Cameron said it was unfair and illogical for public domains such as Twitter to reveal people’s privacy where newspapers are controlled, a report said

Several drugs sold as ‘legal highs’ online do not include the components they claim, a report from the journal Drug Testing and Analysis said

The European Union (EU) will implement sanctions on the president of Syria, Bashar al-Assad, in an effort to force the Damascus government to cease its violent campaign against anti-regime protesters, according to reports.

Researchers have set a new record for the rate of data transfer using just a single laser which could help to broadcast three-dimensional high-definition television signals and support the continued rollout of cloud computing.

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - The much-mocked hat worn by Princess Beatrice to Britain's royal wedding last month -- widely described as looking like a toilet seat -- sold for 81,100 pounds ($131,000) on eBay, charities which will benefit from the sale said.

The backlash is complete, almost, for failed doomsday soothsayer Harold Camping. Even as the world is waiting to hear from the false prophet, a member of his inner circle has fired the first salvo, saying Camping owes an apology to the public. For Harold Camping, the moment of truth is even more embarrassing and potentially destabilizing. Followers will desert, his movement could break up into smithereens and he will be called upon to answer possible financial irregularities surrounding what is ...

President Barack Obama will use a European tour this week to urge U.S. allies to help press forward the movement for democratic change presented by the Arab spring uprisings in the Middle East, reports said