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A Short History of Awkward Gift Giving Between U.S. and U.K. Leaders

31 juillet 2025 à 13:11
For foreign leaders seeking to woo President Trump, a thoughtful gift is a time-honored diplomatic tactic. But there are pitfalls.

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President Trump and Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain in Aberdeen, Scotland, on Monday. On the visit, Scotland’s first minister, John Swinney, presented Mr. Trump with gifts including a document dating from 1853 that registered the marriage of Mr. Trump’s maternal great-grandparents.
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Scottish Leader Talks Gaza, Tariffs and Ukraine in Meeting With Trump

29 juillet 2025 à 16:08
After opening a new golf course at his Aberdeenshire resort, President Trump was scheduled to fly back to the United States.

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President Trump met with Scotland’s first minister, John Swinney, on Tuesday following more than an hour of discussions with him at dinner on Monday.

Scottish Leader Talks Gaza, Tariffs and Ukraine in Meeting With Trump

29 juillet 2025 à 12:56
After opening a new golf course at his Aberdeenshire resort, President Trump was scheduled to fly back to the United States.

© Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times

President Trump met with Scotland’s first minister, John Swinney, on Tuesday following more than an hour of discussions with him at dinner on Monday.

The UK Plans to Lower the Voting Age to 16. Here’s What to Know.

17 juillet 2025 à 10:38
The plan has been described as the largest expansion of voting rights in Britain in decades.

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A polling station in Brighton, England, last year. Britain has set the minimum voting age for general elections at 18 since 1969.

A 900-Year-Old Typo May Unravel a Chaucer Mystery

15 juillet 2025 à 19:01
The Tale of Wade, twice referred to in Geoffrey Chaucer’s poems, survives only in a tiny fragment. Two academics argue a scribe’s error deepened the confusion around it.

U.K. Secretly Resettled 4,500 Afghans in Britain After Huge Data Breach

15 juillet 2025 à 14:37
The government said that information about 18,000 Afghans was accidentally revealed in 2022. A legal order had prevented any reporting on the subject.

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British soldiers in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, in 2020. The acknowledgment of the data exposure comes at a time when immigration is a sensitive issue in British politics.

U.K. Faces Rising Threat From Iranian Plots, Intelligence Committee Says

10 juillet 2025 à 13:40
An official report warned that Iran was targeting dissidents and gathering intelligence on Jewish and Israeli targets in Britain.

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Kevan Jones, the chairman of Britain’s parliamentary intelligence committee, in a photo provided by the British Parliament.
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