At the meeting of descendants of enslaved people and slave owners on Tuesday, Trevelyan spoke of her family’s decision to ...

Prison officers are calling on the justice secretary to allow the use of electric stun guns in the UK’s most dangerous jails ...

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Klaus Schwab, founder of the World Economic Forum which gathers the world's business and political elite in the Swiss ...

MPs and peers have warned the US president should not be allowed to address Parliament as he ‘does not respect democracy’ ...

Hours after Vladimir Putin made a surprise announcement of an "Easter truce", the Ukrainian president said there were ...

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Unseeded Jelena Ostapenko crushed world number one Aryna Sabalenka 6-4 6-1 on Monday to win the clay-court title in Stuttgart ...

History could be made at the Boston Marathon as Hellen Obiri targets a third title in a row over 26.2 miles. Obiri is bidding ...

Archbishop Stephen Cottrell said he was ‘deeply saddened’ a church building and gravestones were daubed with offensive ...

Pope Francis had a busy final day celebrating Easter Sunday, greeting crowds in St Peter’s Square and meeting US vice ...