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The African National Congress party has lost its parliamentary majority in an historic election result that puts South Africa on a new political path for the first time since the end of the apartheid system of white minority rule 30…

Convicted Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton, who took female victims to his pig farm during a crime spree near Vancouver in the late 1990s and early 2000s, has died after being attacked in prison, authorities said on Wednesday. He was…

UK Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer finally gave his verdict on whether Diane Abbott can stand as a Labour candidate on July 4th after his previous refusal to do so led to mounting tensions in the party. Here are the…

The bravado behind Donald Trump’ s boastful hypothesis in 2016 – “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose any voters” – is heading for a real-world reckoning. Until now, at least,…

Donald Trump has confirmed he will appeal the guilty verdict that made him the first US president convicted of a crime, though he will have to wait until after his sentencing on July 11th before taking that step. In rambling…

Supporters of former US president Donald Trump, enraged by his conviction on 34 felony counts by a New York jury, flooded pro-Trump websites with calls for riots, revolution and violent retribution. After Mr Trump became the first US president to…

Nigel Farage has “absolutely no interest” in striking an election deal with the Tories, as Reform UK proposed a multi-billion pound tax on businesses for employing overseas workers. Mr Farage had suggested “we might have a conversation” about what the…

A French court has ruled the auction of a trophy awarded to the late Diego Maradona after the 1986 World Cup can go ahead as planned despite opposition from his heirs, their lawyer told the Associated Press on Thursday. The…

Spain’s parliament has given final approval to a controversial amnesty law for hundreds of Catalan separatists involved in the illegal and unsuccessful 2017 secession bid. The legislation was backed by Spain’s left-wing coalition government, two Catalan separatist parties, and other…

Chinese president Xi Jinping reiterated calls for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state and promised more humanitarian aid for people in Gaza as he opened a summit with leaders of Arab states in Beijing on Thursday. “Since last October,…