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The futility of the Russia-Ukraine peace talks

Russian attacks on Ukraine continued throughout the two days of scheduled peace talks in Istanbul.

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Guy Stenhouse: Scottish Government ferries decision is a disaster for our islands

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In a country where capitalism is king, exam scores can save families thousands

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How Pope Leo XIV will end the Catholic Church’s ‘age of arbitrariness’

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New funding is a vote of confidence in Citizens Advice service

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More than 60 transport schemes cancelled in Scottish city in one fell swoop

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Steven Camley on... Scotland's housing emergency

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Mark Smith: The death of Pride and the people who killed it

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Cassie’s detailed Diddy testimony: Letters to the Editor — May 17, 2025

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ANDREW NEIL: Donald Trump's 'bromance diplomacy' in the Middle East has achieved more in a few days than the conventional approach has in decades

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NJ Transit strike has its roots in the hapless MTA’s Metro-North and LIRR labor contracts

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Zohran Mamdani’s Holocaust non-vote disqualifies him from NYC’s mayoralty

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DAILY MAIL COMMENT: This Bill is mired in confusion and doubt

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Trump’s $400M Qatari jet: Letters to the Editor — May 16, 2025

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Brussels is demanding a youth mobility free-for-all — the PM must stand firm or face the fury of voters

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ALEX BRUMMER: UK must nurture big pharma

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How Nawrocki outmaneuvered Tusk to lift U.S. chip sanctions on Poland

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Air traffic control fiascos continue to snarl travel around the country

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Don’t push people with disabilities like me to give up their lives by legalizing doctor-assisted suicide

Don’t push people with disabilities like me to give up their lives by legalizing doctor-assisted suicide

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Cheap train fare schemes pushed by eco-idiots & WFH brigade is insanity – hardworking taxpayers are left to foot bill

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Progressive era is over, NY’s leaky mega-budget and other commentary

Progressive era is over, NY’s leaky mega-budget and other commentary

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James Comey’s anti-Trump derangement just hit a new low with dangerous post

James Comey’s anti-Trump derangement just hit a new low with dangerous post

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Letters to the Editor: Problems at Skid Row can't 'be magically fixed by treating people as unwanted criminals'

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Letter to the editor: A soft touch won't cut it with Putin

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Letter to the editor: A soft touch won't cut it with Putin

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What happened to "jurisdiction thereof"?

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What happened to "jurisdiction thereof"?

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Letter to the editor: Cost of losing "long peace" would be catastrophic

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Letters to the Editor: To those criticizing Mayor Bass' proposed budget: Where would you make cuts?

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KENNEDY's damning Diddy verdict: Sean Combs is guilty... of committing a nauseating offense against his own daughters

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Imagine if '8647' seashells had been '8644,' for Obama

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Why bad reform is worse than the status quo when it comes to Scottish education

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Bridging nations and strengthening voices

The U.S. needs a reset in the Russia-Ukraine peace negotiations

washington times

The U.S. needs a reset in the Russia-Ukraine peace negotiations

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Brian Wilson: How local government lost its way - and why it matters to us all

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All we want is a supermarket: is that really too much to ask?

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Contributor: The tension between overestimating risks and ignoring them

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Insane progressive leniency keeps letting more young terrors skirt

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Diary: It's amazing what you have to be expert at these days...

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Mark McGeoghegan: Starmer is no Enoch Powell, but he has got this so wrong

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Letters: Time for change: CalMac cannot be the future of west coast ferry services

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Douglas Murray: Qatar’s ‘gestures’ to Trump raise suspicions on both ends of the political spectrum

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QUENTIN LETTS: Volcanic Sir Lindsay's eruptions left hapless minister buried in ash

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Americans want to move to Scotland— they might want to think twice

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A federal takeover of Rikers Island jails is long overdue — and shouldn’t be delayed

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Cassie’s testimony against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs revealed a monster worse than any of us realized — but is it enough to send him to prison?

Supremes consider whether one district judge can derail a president

Supremes consider whether one district judge can derail a president