After years in power, Syria's President Bashar al-Assad was toppled with surprising speed. On Saturday afternoon, it became clear rebels who had already taken Aleppo and Hama were closing in…
Ghana's Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia has accepted defeat in Saturday's election and congratulated the opposition candidate, former President John Mahama, on his victory. "The people have voted for change," said Bawumia.…
Ofcom has warned social media companies they will be punished if they fail to take significant extra steps to address the problem of children pretending to be adults online. A…
Here is the text without any HTML tags: The Golden State Valkyries have taken their first steps toward building a roster for their inaugural season in 2025, and Friday's expansion…
I have an overwhelming sense of deja-vu. The build-up music, the stage, the banners, the backdrop, the choreography made this feel like an election manifesto launch. The event looked like…
Boris Johnson's government blocked a request to fund another 10,000 hospital beds at the height of the Covid pandemic, the chief executive of NHS England has said. Amanda Pritchard told…
Here is the result in plain text: It’s that quintessential British tradition that we have been enjoying for hundreds of years. The answer to every crisis, a bonding ritual when…
The major films have all premiered, awards campaigns are well under way, and the Oscars race is rapidly taking shape. The first major film ceremony of awards season, the Golden…
The fall of Bashar al-Assad was unthinkable just a week ago, when rebels started their astonishing campaign from their base in Idlib, in Syria's north-west. Assad came to power in…
Here is the plain text result: Residents in Damascus have told of an anxious wait for news on what was happening in Syria's capital city overnight. After several hours of…
