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Congratulations to Ben Bradley, Conservative MP for Mansfield, who, in little over a week, has managed to clock up more retweets – 55,000 – than all of the Tory party’s tweets in 2018 combined. Unfortunately for Bradley,...

Donald Trump’s fortune has fallen for the second year running, according to Forbes magazine’s annual ranking of the world’s wealthiest people. The magazine on Tuesday saidTrump’s net worth had fallen by $400m (£287m) to $3.1bn over...

Getting barraged with bad reviews on a site such as TripAdvisor has become the bane of every restaurant owner’s existence – but the negative reviews culture has spread well beyond places to eat out. Google’s recent...

The grandees of Hollywood are approaching this year’s Oscars in a pretty subdued and wary mood, the most subdued since the days of 9/11 and the Iraq war. Because this is the Former Court of King Harvey, the...

“A compliment is like a kiss through a veil,” wrote French author Victor Hugo in his novel “Les Misérables.” But sometimes, good intentions can be misinterpreted. Things can get particularly troublesome in an intercultural setting: Misunderstandings...

It’s about time: Rachel Morrison is the first woman to be nominated for an Oscar for cinematography. Hollywood is still far from gender equality, but just how pronounced is the imbalance? #MeToo and “Time’s Up” have...

US President Donald Trump’s planned tariffs on steel and aluminum have met with massive outrage, and have sparked concerns that the measure will distort trade, cost jobs and ultimately lead to a tit-for-tat trade war. After...

Hope Hicks, the White House communications director and longtime aide to Donald Trump, has announced her resignation. The White House confirmed news of Hicks’ departure on Wednesday, one day after Hicks testified before the House intelligence committee...

Donald Trump has repeatedly endorsed a series of gun control proposals that put the Republican president at odds with the National Rifle Association and stunned lawmakers within his own party. The president made the remarks during an...

In an interview with US magazine, Variety, two-time Oscar winner, Barbra Streisand, divulged that she had had her dog cloned. Read more: Barbra Streisand at 75: A girl from Brooklyn makes it big Her beloved pet, Samantha —...