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School holidays are a bad idea, at least when it comes to children's spelling and arithmetic in the short term,…

Divorced people who have remarried "are still part of the Church" and should not be treated as if they have…

EU governments have a duty to help the flood of migrants arriving in Europe and not cave in to "populist"…

Pro-government forces pursued fleeing Shiite Huthi fighters in south Yemen Wednesday, military sources said, as they looked to press recent…

The contraceptive pill has prevented some 200,000 cases of womb cancer over the last decade in rich nations alone, according…

Photos of a dog buried alive up to its head in France sparked an outpouring of anger on social media…

Once hailed as a symbol of freedom, South Sudan's only brewery may be forced to shut down as the world's…

Qatar has broken ranks with the Arab League to give close ally Turkey its full support for air strikes in…

Egypt is to inaugurate an expansion of the Suez Canal on Thursday, which it is touting as a boost to…

Super tall, super skinny and super expensive: a new generation of New York skyscrapers, some taller than the Empire State…