A revised defence pact with Denmark and Greenland is a modest improvement, but annexation threats were a costly blunder ...

Until recently many South Africans would have named Siya Kolisi, the captain of the Springboks rugby team, or Trevor Noah, a ...

This weekend Emmanuel Macron, France’s president, will visit the territory, sending Mr Trump a clear message: hands off. Mr ...

The Scottish Labour Party picks a new leader on Saturday. The last one, Anas Sarwar, quit after landing a job in Andy Burnham ...

In one respect, the Asian Games, which begin in Japan on Saturday, are bigger than the Olympics. Some 11,000 athletes will ...

America and Denmark reached an agreement over Greenland. Details are scant, but America will be able to expand its military presence on the island, which is a self-governing Danish territory. Donald ...

Oktoberfest has responded by having plenty of non-alcoholic options on offer. Sales of non-alcoholic beer rose between 6-10% at its event last year. It remains to be seen whether this trend results in ...

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