VERBIER, Switzerland, July 19 (UPI) -- The Tour de France yellow jersey passed to Spain's Alberto Contador Sunday as he won its 15th stage and became the favorite to take the race, results indicate.

BRIGHTON, England, July 18 (UPI) -- A Briton thought to be the world's oldest man -- and one of the few remaining World War I veterans -- has died at age 113, The Guardian reported Saturday.

LONDON, July 15 (UPI) -- A shortage of helicopters is exposing British troops in Afghanistan to unnecessary risk, a British Parliament report concludes.

NEW HAVEN, Conn., July 9 (UPI) -- A new U.S. book claims Ernest Hemingway was a not-very-effective spy for the KGB during the 1940s.

LONDON, Feb. 24 (UPI) -- The late Queen Mother, who outlived her husband, King George VI, by 50 years, was back with him Tuesday on the Mall in London in a newly unveiled memorial.