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Richard Branson vows to fight for life of US death row inmate

Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson has vowed to fight for the next 40 days to save the life of a US death row inmate whose...

Greece reopens Olympic venue to cope with refugees

Authorities in Greece have reopened a disused Olympic venue to house migrants and refugees camped out in central Athens. Police escorted buses carrying about 500...

Case of ’mad cow disease’ found on farm in Wales

A case of “mad cow disease” has been identified on a farm in Wales, the Welsh Government said. The case of BSE was found in...

Russia targeting ‘well known groups’ and not just Islamic State with Syria airstrikes

Russia’s airstrikes in Syria are targeting other terrorist groups as well as Islamic State militants, according to a spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin. Russia...

‘464 Iran pilgrims’ died in Saudi Arabia Hajj disaster

Iran’s death toll from the Saudi hajj disaster has nearly doubled to 464 pilgrims killed, state media reported today, a development that is likely...

Paedophiles ‘downloading millions of pictures of children posted on social media’

Innocent photos of children originally posted on social media sites accounts for much of the material found on some paedophile image-sharing sites, it has...

Russian airstrikes ‘targeting Syrian opposition groups, not Islamic State’

Western governments have expressed concern that Russian airstrikes in support of the beleaguered regime of Bashar Assad are targeting moderate Syrian opposition groups. President Vladimir...

Kentucky clerk jailed over gay marriage says Pope told her to ‘stay strong’

A county clerk who went to jail for defying court orders to issue same-sex marriage licences says she met briefly with the pope during...

Uber chiefs face trial in France over low-cost taxi service

Two Uber France executives could face jail in a case hinging on the taxi company’s banned low-cost service. The trial of Thibaud Simphal and Pierre-Dimitri...

Time Present and Time Past: The Oresteia

Sean Sheehan It is over a century since Einstein established that the perception of time depends on an observer’s position but at Trafalgar Studios in...

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