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The list of those it has charged in its two-decade history is a 54-name-long litany of infamy. It includes Muammar Qaddafi, the Libyan tyrant for whom an arrest warrant was issued on charges of crimes ...

Since Russia invaded in 2022, Ukraine’s economy has shrunk by a quarter. But the ravages of war are not the only reason for the government’s reduced tax take. Businesses are also making use of the ...

The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal trial in Manhattan held him in contempt for a tenth time for violating a gag ...

Now it is the turn of Charles’s son. By contrast to his father, Prince William has said little of note about architecture or planning, or indeed anything at all. But as first in line to the throne he ...

THE FEDERAL RESERVE, the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of England have all engaged in some form of quantitative ...

By contrast to his father, Prince William has said little of note about architecture or planning, or indeed anything at all. But as first in line to the throne he is the Duke of Cornwall, which means ...

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Ludwig van Beethoven’s ninth and final symphony was first performed on May 7th 1824 at Vienna’s Kärntnertor Theatre. By then deaf, the composer took to the stage for the first time in 12 years to help ...

Israel may have been hoping that by suggesting that an invasion of Rafah is imminent, it would put pressure on Hamas to agree to a temporary truce and hostage-release agreement. It is still unclear ...

So neither Marxist nor Corbynist, but Angela Raynerist. She has cause to be happy in her own skin: her life is impressive.

Arab armed forces often splurge on vanity equipment like fighter jets that are ill-suited to the asymmetric threats they face ...