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Marks and Spencer reports a big fall in annual profits, as troubles in its clothing division continue.

At least 91 people, including 20 children, are feared killed as a gigantic tornado rips through Oklahoma City suburbs, flattening whole neighbourhoods.

David Cameron says he would never employ anyone who "sneered" at Conservative activists, and praises them in an email for their "duty and decency".

Forget Paris: Stymied by Socialist Policies, the French Start to Quit France
TIME
Yet for those of us living in France, the exodus has been notable. Around New Year, a moving truck rolled up to our building and loaded the worldly possessions of the couple and four children living below us as they headed off to Singapore where better ...

Forget Paris: Stymied by Socialist Policies, the French Start to Quit France
TIME
Ernest Hemingway once described Paris in spring as a time when “there were no problems except where to be happiest.” Clearly Hemingway did not foresee the springtime of 2013. For many of Paris's residents right now — in fact, for many French in ...

Legislation binding contracts between dairy farmers and milk processors must be drawn up if a voluntary code of practice fails, say MPs.

An inquiry into the future of devolution is inviting the public to have its say at the first of a series of drop-in sessions taking place across Wales.

A small cruise liner which ran aground in the waters of Oban Bay, with 112 people on board, is refloated.

The underwater prowess of the penguin may have cost the bird its ability to fly, scientists believe.

Police investigate 10 people over allegations of sex abuse at a residential school after claims ex-MP Sir Cyril Smith abused boys there.

President Barack Obama praises the leadership of Burma's Thein Sein after historic White House talks, but urges his visitor to halt violence against Muslims.

The organisers of the World Police and Fire Games confirm the number of athletes who have signed up to take part so far is almost 50% below the 10,000 target.

A.V. Club
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A.V. Club
French Montana is a poor man's rap star, but that hasn't stopped him from getting rich. He shares Future's knack for sing-songy choruses, lending memorable hooks to hits by Rick Ross (“Stay Schemin'”), P.A.P.I. (“Tadow”), and Chinx Drugs (“I'm A Coke ...

Secretary of State for Education Michael Gove says its time for England, Wales and Northern Ireland to go their separate ways on GCSEs and A-levels.

Apple is accused of being "among America's largest tax avoiders" by a Senate committee, who says the company avoided paying billions of dollars in US taxes.

France's Growing Islamist Problem
FrontPage Magazine
france The reaction to a recent Muslim robbery of a priest in France is a sad indication of where the country is headed. A Catholic official pointed out, “If it had been an imam or rabbi, he [the Interior Minister] would already been on the spot.” This ...

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Papers claim prime minister is facing 'humiliation' in the Commons

Guatemalan former military leader Efrain Rios Montt has his conviction for genocide overturned by the constitutional court.

The government's same-sex marriage bill will receive its third and final Commons reading later after surviving resistance from Conservative opponents.

A Chinese fishing crew seized by unidentified North Koreans two weeks ago is freed along with their boat, reports say.