The UK’s ‘most charming’ drug smuggler.
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The consumption of homegrown cannabis has risen sharply over the past decade.
Walter Paget
A century ago, a group of rebels sought to found an Irish republic. This is their story.
You don’t necessarily need to be chained up to be a slave.
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Why don’t modern victims and criminals regard themselves as slaves and slavers?
Luc Mercelis
There’s capacity for 220,000 new homes where many people least expect it.
EPA/Wael Hamzeh
Lebanon is host to well over 1m Syrian refugees, and their situation is getting ever more desperate.
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Social media is notoriously unsuitable for population studies, but these researchers have found a way to make the bias work in their favour.
Spieth having to help David Willett on with his green jacket for the world’s cameras.
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Why did the young Texan wunderkind fluff the Masters, and how does he overcome the damage?
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British public is the least well-informed of any EU country when it comes to Europe.
England and Wales have been bound together under one legal system for more than 500 years.
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What Wales needs if it’s to have a separate system and why it needs to do so.
Donald Trump has been touting his foreign policy “record”.
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Whatever his position on the Iraq War was in 2003, Donald Trump is ready to attack Hillary Clinton for hers – and from the left, too.
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Focusing on ‘corrupt countries’ misses the point – it is people who are corrupt and their money flows in and out of shady deals all the time.
Backed the wrong horse?
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Sorry Boris, those with a bet at stake think we’re staying put.
The aftermath of an anti-terrorist raid in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
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Islamic State has been spreading its influence beyond the Middle East – and Central Asia could be in the firing line.
Keiko Fujimori, enjoying it while she can.
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Peru’s democracy has been relatively stable for most of the 21st century, but its elections are famously lurid and chaotic.
The failed Darien venture is regarded as one of the greatest catastrophes in Scottish history.
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Panama is no stranger to financial shenanigans … even in the 17th century.
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The ‘apostolic exhortation’ calls for greater understanding of divorced couples, but falls short of allowing them a full life within the church.
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A new study reveals that we are more likely to trust people who follow simple moral rules – or at least give moral problems some serious thought.
Under pressure.
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Whether or not David Cameron’s association with an offshore fund was legal isn’t the point.
Counting of the Dutch referendum ballots gets underway.
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Explained: the implications of a Eurosceptic victory in the Netherlands vote.
Rose tinted.
Eric Fischer
Why those who want to lean on imperial relations should think again.
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It could be battle royale for the Republicans at the Ohio convention in July.
Migrants stuck at the Greece-Macedonia border.
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Reforms to where in Europe people in need of protection can claim asylum do not go far enough.
Cul-de-Zac?
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The Conservative candidate for London mayor – Zac Goldsmith – is in hot water for “patronising” the British Indian community with targeted campaign.
Just what are the fruits of the union?
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The EU is responsible for a whole lot more than just making it illegal to eat your pet horse.
Radio 4 listeners have been gripped by the Helen and Rob storyline.
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How the kind of abuse Rob subjected Helen to often goes unnoticed.