Danica Kirka

London

About Danica Kirka

Covering money and power for the Associated Press in London

16 Articles

Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, arrive for a service of thanksgiving for the reign of Queen Elizabeth II at St Paul's Cathedral in London, on June 3, 2022 on the second of four days of celebrations to mark the Platinum Jubilee. (AP Photo)

Will and Kate off to Boston to seek out environmental entrepreneurs

The first overseas trip by the Prince and Princess of Wales since the death of Queen Elizabeth II begins on Wednesday, November 30, 2022, an occasion to show the world as much about who they are not as who they are.

News | November 30th 2022

Britain's Kate, Princess of Wales, and Prince William, Prince of Wales, leave the Copper Box Arena in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park after taking part in an event with Coach Core, in London, on Oct. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

Prince William focuses U.S. trip on Earthshot Prize for environmental innovators

Prince William and the Princess of Wales will be looking to focus attention on their Earthshot Prize for environmental innovators when they make their first visit to the United States in eight years this week, a trip clouded by tensions with William's brother, Prince Harry, and his wife, Meghan, who have criticized Britain’s royal family in the American media.

News | November 28th 2022

CEO of oil and gas company BP Bernard Looney talks during the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Soaring energy prices ups pressure for windfall tax in Britain and U.S.

BP’s earnings more than doubled in the third quarter as the London-based energy giant benefited from high oil and natural gas prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

News | November 1st 2022

His Majesty King Charles III holds a reception for Heads of State and overseas visitors at Buckingham Palace on 18th September, 2022. Photo by Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office / Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

King Charles III decides not to attend COP27 climate summit

King Charles III has decided not to attend the international climate change summit in Egypt next month, fueling speculation that the new monarch will have to rein in his environmental activism now that he has ascended the throne.

News | October 3rd 2022

The scene after a blaze in the village of Wennington, east London, on Wednesday July 20, 2022. (Aaron Chown/PA via AP)

UK heat wave messes up train schedules for third day

Forecasters predict London will reach a high of 26 Celsius (79 Fahrenheit) on Wednesday, down from the record 40.3C (104.4F) set Tuesday at Coningsby in eastern England.

News | July 20th 2022

A paddle surfer is seen as smoke laden with ashes coming from a giant wildfire consuming the thousand-year-old forest bordering the Dune du Pilat rises over the beach of Pilat sur Mer, southwestern France, on July 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Sophie Garcia)

UK breaks its highest temperature record and forecasters say worse is expected

Britain shattered its record for highest temperature ever registered on Tuesday, July 19, 2022, amid a heat wave that has seized swaths of Europe — and the national weather forecaster predicted it would get hotter still in a country ill prepared for such extremes.

News | July 19th 2022

A man sits on a bench on the south bank of river Thames, in London, on Monday, July 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

UK issues first ever extreme heat warning

Britain’s first−ever extreme heat warning is in effect for large parts of England as hot, dry weather that has scorched mainland Europe for the past week moves north, disrupting travel, health care and schools.

News | July 18th 2022

Britain issues 1st-ever 'red' warning

News | July 17th 2022

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, Anoosheh Ashoori,

Zaghari-Ratcliffe, Ashoori return to Britain after Iran deal

Two British citizens who had been jailed in Iran for more than five years — charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and retired civil engineer Anoosheh Ashoori — returned home to their families' hugs and tears on Thursday, March 16, 2022, after the U.K. settled a decades-old debt to Iran.

News, Politics | March 18th 2022

This Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016 file photo shows the Shell logo at a petrol station in London. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

Shell will stop buying Russian oil, natural gas

Energy giant Shell said on Tuesday, March 8, 2022, that it will stop buying Russian oil and natural gas and shut down its service stations, aviation fuels and other operations in the country amid international pressure for companies to sever ties over the invasion of Ukraine.

News, Energy, Politics | March 8th 2022