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Call It Football or Soccer. The U.S. Is Claiming It as Its Own.

Follow live coverage of the World Cup and the latest standings and scores.AL KHOR, Qatar — The chant came from deep in one corner...

Surfing in Britain? It’s Chilly but Brilliant and Widening in Appeal.

CROYDE BEACH, England — The sea already had a bit of a winter chill, but the girls in their purple swim gear were undeterred,...

Jubilee Honors Queen Elizabeth, but Also Highlights Her Increasing Absences

LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee has become a party without its guest of honor. Her absence is a metaphor for the twilight...

Britannia, With Fewer Rules

“Every stage of the crisis has been characterized by the idea that Britain is a special case,” Mr. Sanghera wrote.It was special, and sometimes...

English Island Seeks a Landlord-King Who Likes Solitude, Seals and Beer

The island is also where Lambert Simnel, the young son of an Oxford tradesman, landed in June 1487 with an army of mercenaries and...

A Tense Texas Standoff Leads to Emotional Phone Call Between Brothers

BLACKBURN, England — The conversation was urgent and emotional as Gulbar Akram huddled with police in Manchester, England, on Saturday and spoke with his...

An English Soccer Team’s Existential Crisis: Is It Really in Wales?

Chas Sumner has heard the quiz question in all its forms. There was the one that asked: “Which club has an international border running...

House Hunting in Britain: A Restored Farm Compound on Cornwall’s Coast

A Seven-Bedroom Compound in Southwest England$4.4 MILLION (3.25 MILLION POUNDS STERLING)This seven-bedroom property is in the historic village of St. Mawes, on the south...

London Schools Are Determined to Stay Open. Staff Illnesses Make It Hard.

LONDON — Evelyn Forde hoped that January would bring some relief.As the head teacher at Copthall School in north London, she spent the final...

How Biden and Boris Johnson Reached the Same Place on Virus Policy

LONDON — On the evening of Dec. 21, Prime Minister Boris Johnson appeared from 10 Downing Street to tell anxious Britons they could “go...

Helping to Reveal a Still-Shuttered World

In March 2020, as lockdowns fell into place worldwide, The Times’s Travel desk launched a new visual series to help readers cope with their...

U.K. Trucking Shortage Endures Despite Plea for Foreign Drivers

In the weeks since the British government announced that it would offer 5,000 temporary visas to truck drivers from continental Europe, part of a...

U.K. Drops Last 7 Countries From England’s Covid ‘Red List’

England will cease on Monday to require any travelers to quarantine in government-designated hotels, by removing the last seven countries from its “red list”...

At This Renowned English Garden, Getting Your Hands Dirty Is the Point

The woodworkers gather in a thatched 15th-century barn and wield hand tools to produce ladders, garden benches and hurdles, which are barriers strewn around...

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