Kash Patel, Donald Trump’s nominee to direct the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), once declared that his first act in power would be to “shut down the FBI Hoover building on day one and ...

In December 2023, 34-year-old Dave Onawelo told staff in the hospital emergency department at Whipps Cross Hospital in east London that he was experiencing a sickle cell crisis. W ...

The friendship between Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni and Elon Musk is the talk of Italy, and increasingly so since the latter secured a key role in the incoming administration of US ...

The UK government is putting money into early years education in England. A funding boost of £75 million is intended to increase the number of staff and places for children in nurseries. The pupil ...

So what safeguards or steps are needed to verify a person’s choice of assisted dying? To answer this question, lawmakers will ...

Trump’s plans will probably strengthen the US dollar, which could have adverse effects on both the US and wider global economies.

The Victorians are often credited with the invention of Christmas as we know it. That’s because the culture of Christmas was transformed during this period and expanded into a major holiday. It’s when ...

Many of us assume that everything a musician sings emerges from some autobiographical impulse – but the same doesn’t happen with TV or film writers.

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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights has paved the way forward when it was adopted in 1948, inspiring more than 80 international treaties as well as UN photographers, who captured everyday ...

The Palestinian militant group has engaged in talks with rival Fatah over a unity committee to govern Gaza. It reflects Hamas’ diminished prospects following more than a year of conflict.

Between 40% and 50% of children didn’t live past 5 in the US during the 19th century. Popular authors like Charles Dickens documented the common but no less gutting grief of losing a child.