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The man tipped for No 10 could also come under immediate pressure if his chancellor is deemed by bond markets to be too left-wingAndy Burnham would enter Dow...

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As a podcast host, I speak daily to people on both sides of the breakup. A decade after the referendum, it’s clear who’s moved onLet’s imagine you’ve been du...

As anybody who’s ever encountered Mexican traffic jams will know, there are times when it feels you’ll never get through the impasse. Colombia must have felt...

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Matriarchal groups in east and west exhibit distinct click patterns, used to form social structuresFrom “Howdy” to “G’day”, English – like other languages –...

Church marks 300 years with exhibition and online archive telling of UK’s first Black voters, and history of compassion and protestFrom a family of chimney s...

Party colleagues concerned opposition leader was missing an opportunity to differentiate Coalition from One NationFollow our Australia news live blog for lat...