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Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen, including Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn at PMQs and David Davis, the Brexit secretary, giving evidence to the Commons Brexit committee. Corbyn says Labour would not...

Amy Tan is the author of six bestselling novels, including The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God’s Wife and The Bonesetter’s Daughter. She has also written a memoir, The Opposite of Fate, and two children’s books, The Moon Lady and Sagwa. She co-produced and...

In early 2017, shortly after Jared Kushner moved into his new office in the West Wing of the White House, he began receiving guests. One visitor who came more than once was Cui Tiankai, the Chinese...

Written by Hannah Devlin Science correspondent DNA and biomarkers could be used to detect and identify cancers, including five types for which there is currently no screening test. Scientists have made a major advance towards developing a blood...

Shortly after The Sixth Sense became a global sensation, its director, M Night Shyamalan – hailed on the cover of Newsweek in 2002 as “the next Spielberg” – told an interviewer that, years earlier, he had realised the...

WASHINGTON — Stephen K. Bannon, President Trump’s former chief strategist, was subpoenaed last week by the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, to testify before a grand jury as part of the investigation into possible links...

A former CIA agent reportedly believed to be behind the unmasking of an espionage network in China, including more than 12 spies who were killed or imprisoned by the Chinese authorities, has been arrested in New York....

Sharon Stone has opened up about her near-death experience following a severe brain haemorrhage. The actress reveals how she was given a ‘five per cent chance’ of living and had to re-learn ‘everything’ when her life...

Lewis Hamilton has been accused of criticising his ex-girlfriend Nicole Scherzinger when talking to new girlfriends, amid claims that the Formula 1 driver regularly flies off the handle at trivial incidents. Model Veronica Valle, who was...

Victoria Beckham is being blasted over her latest fashion campaign, which features a ‘sickly skinny’ model. The 43-year-old posted two Instagram shots over the weekend of the model wearing a pair of oversized specs from her Victoria...