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The day dawned brightly on 21 March 1960, as residents of the South African township of Sharpeville gathered to protest against pass laws, which forced “Black,…

Prisons in England and Wales are full because sentences have increased, and everybody knows this. Lord chief justices know this – four of them said it…

When law student Zhao Wei heard that her AI boyfriend was going to be switched off, she was “heartbroken”. She had been talking to Wang Ye…

The UK government and police chiefs are reviewing the process through which US military personnel accused of committing serious crimes on UK soil are avoiding the…

Zohran Mamdani, the New York City mayor, acknowledged on Tuesday he does not have the authority to arrest Benjamin Netanyahu, but urged US federal authorities to…

Crude oil prices hit highest levels in four weeksCrude oil prices have hit their highest levels in four weeks, as Washington and Tehran traded attacks and…

Resident doctors in England have voted to accept a new government deal on pay and jobs, bringing an end to strike action that has cost the…

The UK government is facing increasingly urgent calls for action to protect people against the intensifying effects of the climate crisis.With the country in the grip…

A rickshaw driver in Somalia has been sentenced to three years in prison for comments she made on social media, in a case that has caught…

Keith Sonderling sent letters to 53 states and US territories demanding action to “combat waste, fraud, and abuse” within the unemployment insurance program, threatening to withhold…