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Sen. Angus King of Maine delivered a floor speech on Thursday urging his Senate colleagues to stand up for the U.S.

The Shure Unidyne 55 microphone has been a favourite of musicians and public speakers since 1939 – from Elvis Presley to Metallica, and from John F. Kennedy to Martin Luther King.

As with climate change, why are we so slow to recognise the existential threat that drug use poses to humanity?

Donald Trump is forming the youngest US administration in the last quarter of a century. The average age of the key members of his new team is 51.8 years, Izvestia calculated. This figure not only ...

Three years in the sun of Gisborne, New Zealand – with Toplis working on the local daily newspaper – would be a nice break for them all. It turned out to be a long stretch. Eric Gilbert Toplis ...

A familiar pattern has emerged since President Donald Trump returned to the White House less than three weeks ago: He makes a ...

Stefan Korshak, Kyiv Post’s military correspondent, shares his perspective on recent developments in Russia’s war in Ukraine.

The presidency of Donald Trump began at noon on Jan. 20, 2017, when he was inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States. While Trump was despised by the Democrats and most of the media, ...

Rob Williams enjoys a play about a film about a shark at The Lowry - but laments a missed opportunity to go deeper.

A transcript of the conversation, which we have verified matches the audio made available through the Nixon Presidential ...