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Special counsel Jack Smith has resigned from the Justice Department after submitting his investigative report on President-elect Donald Trump, an expected move that comes amid legal wrangling over how much of that document can be made public in the days…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to send the director of the Mossad foreign intelligence agency to ceasefire negotiations in Qatar in a sign of progress in talks on the war in Gaza. Mr Netanyahu’s office announced the decision…
Brady Corbet’s Brutalist threatens to crush its audience. Credit: Andriy Baidak/Shutterstock The architectural term “Brutalism” is often subject to a false etymology. Most people think it refers to the force exerted by some of the more muscular Brutalist buildings, but…
The LA fires bring to mind the less rarefied side of the stars. (By Maks Ershov/Shutterstock) I have never set foot in California, but as I watched the awful, authentically apocalyptic images this week of Los Angeles overtaken by fire…
Part-timers Tamworth produced a heroic display to take Tottenham to extra-time before the Premier League club limped into the FA Cup fourth round with a 3-0 win. Andy Peaks’ National League outfit pushed Spurs all the way at a buoyant…
Justin Rose hailed his “relentless” Great Britain and Ireland side after they beat Continental Europe 17-8 to win the Team Cup in Abu Dhabi. Rose’s team had won the first two sessions 3.5-1.5 and Saturday afternoon’s foursomes 4-1 to lead…
Nathan Ake believes Kyle Walker would be a huge loss to Manchester City should he leave the club this month. City skipper Walker was left out of the matchday squad for Saturday’s 8-0 FA Cup rout of League Two Salford…
Thousands of people demonstrated against a conference of the far-right Alternative for Germany party on Saturday, blocking some roads and delaying the start as parties launched their campaigns for the country’s election next month. A heavy police presence was in…
The black boxes of a Boeing passenger plane that crashed in South Korea last month stopped recording about four minutes before the accident, officials said on Saturday, possibly complicating investigations into the cause of the disaster that killed 179 people.…
A packed concert hall in Damascus came alive this week with cheers as Wasfi Maasarani, a renowned singer and symbol of the Syrian uprising, performed in celebration of “Syria’s victory”. The concert on Wednesday marked Maasarani’s return to Syria after…