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Christopher Nkunku grabbed a 90th-minute equaliser at Fiorentina but Milan are two points behind the leaders after their second consecutive draw ...

Hopes are high among British Iranians that Ayatollah Khameni’s theocracy is finally about to be toppled ...

The president’s inability to tell right from wrong fuels his increasingly dictatorial, illegal and erratic behaviour, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall ...

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Palestinian academic rejects accusations of hypocrisy, saying board resisted attempts to remove Thomas Friedman, while cancelling her invitation this year ...

A congressional hearing this week underscored the danger a WBD deal would pose to journalism and the American public ...

In first TV interview since he was sacked as UK ambassador to US, Mandelson says association with Epstein was ‘terrible mistake’ but adds: ‘I was not culpable’ ...

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions. In this week’s replies, readers ponder whether acting wins success ...

A guard at a construction site near a 2026 Winter Olympic venue in the mountain resort of Cortina d’Ampezzo died during a freezing overnight shift ...

Shots to prevent respiratory syncytial virus recommended only for high-risk babies even as experts hail jabs’ success ...