New York Giants’ Super Bowl win over New England a ratings winner

NEW YORK - The New York Giants’ thrilling win over New England was the most-watched Super Bowl ever in Canada and the U.S. A combined audience of 5.07 million Canadian viewers watched the game on…

Accomplices in London bomb plot jailed

– Five men who helped the July 21 bombers after their failed suicide attacks in London have been jailed for a total of 56 years. The group, all from the capital, assisted the terror attackers by prov…

‘World’s oldest columnist’ dies

Rose hacker was a former author and sex therapistA Londoner believed to be the world’s oldest newspaper columnist has died at the age of 101. Rose Hacker, who wrote a column every fortnight for the Ca…

get green or pay up

London, Feb. 4: This is an idea which most polluted cities, including Calcutta, could take up - starting Monday, February 4, much of London will be a “Low Emission Zone” (LEZ) where diesel lorries ove…

Qataris set sights on bigger slice of London exchange

The Qatar Investment Authority is understood to want to increase its stake in the London Stock Exchange, possibly by trying to buy the holding owned by its rival, the Dubai Borse. Sources close to…

New York stuns New England

New York Giants receiver Plaxico Burress (17) celebrates after scoring the winning touchdown in the fourth quarter of the Giants’ 17-14 victory over the New England Patriots during Super Bowl XLII at …

4-Feb-08 - Benedictine Abbot Could Be New Archbishop of Westminster

London, Feb 3, 2008 (CNA).- Prominent Catholic figures believe a monk at a Scottish abbey is a leading candidate to become the next Archbishop of Westminster, the highest office of the Catholic Church…

High-polluting trucks to face fees in London

Large diesel trucks will have to pay 200 ” or about $400 Cdn ” a day to drive into London, under a new British program designating the area a “low-emission zone.” A network of cameras will moni…

5 men found guilty of aiding would-be London suicide bombers

LONDON (AP) - A London court is doling out prison sentences to five men accused of helping the city’s failed transit bombers evade arrest. A jury today convicted the men on 22 charges of failing to d…

New charge in London for high-pollution vehicles

Trucks that produce high levels of pollution will have to pay the equivalent of $400 a day to drive into London under rules that came into effect Monday. Mayor Ken Livingstone says the “low-emission …